Partner With Purpose: Co-Creating Sustainable Solutions for Refugees
At Refugee Pathways and Integration Canada Inc. (RefPIC), we believe that meaningful solutions to forced displacement are never achieved in isolation. Lasting impact requires collaboration, bringing together the strengths of humanitarian agencies, governments, the private sector, philanthropy, and academia to respond with purpose and scale.
Partnerships are more than strategic tools. They are essential. They enable us to meet urgent needs and build pathways to belonging for those uprooted by conflict, persecution, and crisis.
RefPIC contributes deep local knowledge, agile operations, and trusted community relationships. Governments provide policy frameworks, resettlement infrastructure, and public funding. Corporate partners bring resources, logistics expertise, innovation, and technology. Foundations and philanthropic donors offer catalytic funding and global visibility. Academic institutions help generate evidence and insights that improve program design and scalability.
Together, these alliances mobilize the financial and material support needed to launch and sustain programs that might otherwise remain out of reach. A single education initiative, for instance, may combine a public-sector grant, donated hardware from a corporate partner, training from a university, and direct implementation by our teams.
These partnerships also elevate service delivery. NGOs like RefPIC are often best positioned to deliver health, housing, and legal support directly to displaced communities. Meanwhile, private-sector partners provide infrastructure and tools that accelerate impact and reduce inefficiencies. This cross-sector collaboration ensures better coverage, real-time problem solving, and measurable results.
Advocacy is another key area of alignment. While governments set policy, NGOs and corporate partners are often on the front lines of public education campaigns and rights-based advocacy. Together, we work to shape systems that foster inclusion, dignity, and equity, while countering misinformation and xenophobia.
Partnerships also bring durability. Innovations from the private sector, such as renewable energy solutions or digital technologies, are more likely to thrive when NGOs adapt them to local settings. Strong alliances mean not just program delivery, but long-term sustainability, stronger accountability frameworks, and shared outcomes that inspire donor confidence.
Most importantly, our work is rooted in the voices and experiences of refugees and host communities. We co-design and evaluate every initiative with those directly affected, ensuring that programs reflect real needs and uphold human dignity. Partnerships that put communities first foster trust and create lasting change.
We also work beyond emergency response, supporting peacebuilding, economic development, and climate resilience in areas where displacement begins. And when return is no longer an option, we collaborate to build durable solutions, including resettlement, integration, and safe mobility pathways. True resilience lies in working across sectors, across borders, and alongside those we serve. At RefPIC, we are proud to lead and participate in multi-stakeholder consortia, from cross-border NGO coalitions to public-private networks and community-led partnerships.
If you share our belief in shared responsibility and inclusive integration, we invite you to partner with purpose. Together, we can co-create systems that respond to crisis, uplift lives, and build a more just and welcoming world. Please email us at admin@refugeecanada.org
Jimmy Patricks Unzi
Executive Director
Refugee Pathways and Integration Canada Inc.
