Immigration Issues in Depth 2014
Course Date: December 5, 2014
Total: 3h 41min
Course Date: December 5, 2014
Welcome and Introduction
Darryl W. Larson — Embarkation Law Group, Vancouver
Sandra E. Weafer — Department of Justice Canada, Vancouver
Jurisprudence Update: Administrative and Immigration Law
Timothy Fairgrieve — Department of Justice Canada, Vancouver
Fritz Gaerdes — Elgin, Cannon & Associates, Vancouver
Warren Puddicombe — Elgin, Cannon & Associates, Vancouver
Banafsheh Sokhansanj — Department of Justice Canada, Vancouver
Networking Break
Overview of Developments in Canada's New Refugee Determination System (RPD/RAD) and Operations of the ID/IAD
Trent Cook — Member, Immigration Division, Western Region, IRB, Vancouver
Douglas Fortney — Assistant Deputy Chairperson, Immigration Appeal Division and Refugee Appeal Division, Western Region, IRB, Vancouver
Karin Michnick — Assistant Deputy Chairperson, Refugee Protection Division, Western Region, IRB, Vancouver
Lunch with Keynote Speaker
Nick Noorani, "The Expert on Immigrant Outcomes" — Managing Partner, Prepare for Canada, North Vancouver
Inadmissibility
- security issues
- serious criminality
Becky Chan — Hearings Officer, National Security Unit, Inland Enforcement Section, Enforcement and Intelligence Division, Canada Border Services Agency, Vancouver
Caroline Christiaens — Department of Justice Canada, Vancouver
Shepherd Moss — Chand & Company Law Corporation, Vancouver
Selected Topics Concerning Loss of PR Status
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relationship fraud? and domestic abuse?
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cessation of refugee status
Deanna L. Okun-Nachoff — McCrea & Associates, Vancouver
Erica Olmstead — Edelmann & Company, Vancouver
Andrew Z. Wlodyka — Direction Legal LLP, Vancouver
Networking Break
View From the Bench
The Honourable Douglas Campbell — Federal Court, Ottawa
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