Multicultural Social Planner, City of Vancouver

Plenary Panelist

As Multicultural Social Planner at the City of Vancouver, Baldwin has worked on issues related to diversity, multiculturalism and immigration for over two decades. From 2005- 2008, he was liaison staff to the Vancouver Mayor’s Task Force on Immigration, which proposed priorities and recommendations to the City regarding newcomers’ integration. The Task Force co-convened the Metro Leaders Summit on Immigrant Employment in the fall of 2008. Baldwin is a member of the Joint Federal and Provincial Immigration Advisory Council. He also serves on the management board of Metropolis B.C. a multi-sectoral body which undertakes research on migration and integration issues in B.C. In his volunteer work, Baldwin has participated on the boards and committees of various non-governmental organizations, including Leadership Vancouver, the Law Society of B.C., and Coast Mental Health Society. Baldwin was Chair of the Provincial Advisory Council on Multiculturalism, which advises the Provincial Minister on issues related to the promotion of multiculturalism in the Province of British Columbia.