Kinbrace board member
Randall Cohn is continuing to demonstrate his passion for assisting refugees as a new board member at Kinbrace.
Article in the Tyee re: Detained migrants and COVID-19
Molly Joeck's study with Dr. Efrat Arbel was the base of an article that appeared in the Tyee: Detained Migrants Get a Pandemic Lifeline The tribunal deciding who to hold has new rules about harsh treatment. Result: more are being freed from incarceration.
Edelmann & Co’s participation in the inaugural bilingual Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Law Moot
By Molly Joeck A version of this blog post was originally posted here. Edelmann & Co is honoured to have supported the University of British Columbia Peter A. Allard School of Law’s participation in the inaugural bilingual Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Law Moot on March 11 and 12, 2021. It constituted Canada’s first ever moot [...]
Job posting – legal assistant
The legal assistant tasks include Immigration -Preparing, indexing and filing documents for disclosure in accordance with all divisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board, Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal and Supreme Court rules; -Drafting correspondences including faxes, emails, and letters to various government agencies; -Completing immigration forms, cross-referencing for accuracy; -Performing cursory country conditions [...]
Federal Court of Appeal: applicability of duress defence to immigration inadmissibility
Erin Roth will be appearing before the Federal Court of Appeal on Wednesday at 1:00pm to argue about the applicability of the duress defence to immigration inadmissibility allegations in Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Gaytan. Information to view the proceeding can be obtained from the Registry by contacting them at least 48 hours [...]
Webinar on International Students
Will Tao and Edris Arib presented a webinar to MOSAIC on the challenges faced by international students during the pandemic.
Immigration issues in depth – CLE BC
Erica Olmstead and Molly Joeck presented at the BCCLE Immigration Issues in Depth on Friday, December 4, 2020. Jurisprudence Update: Administrative and Immigration Law – Cases from 2020 - Erica Olmstead Detention Update – Brown and conditions of detention - Molly Joeck
Deportations Resume – Happy Holidays from the CBSA
By Erin C. Roth On November 30th, the CBSA announced that they would begin enforcing removal orders and deporting individuals from Canada. After eight months without removals, the change in direction by the Department is both curious and problematic. Photo by yousef alfuhigi on Unsplash When pandemic lockdowns commenced in March 2020, CBSA stopped removals [...]
The Under-examined Role of Racialization in Canadian Immigration
By Will Tao Last week, I presented at the NCIC 2020 on the emerging topic of Critical Race Theory. I wanted to share such a slice of my presentation for further discussion. — CAPIC-ACCPI (@capicaccpi) November 20, 2020 Among the five foundational tenets [which include per Delgado and Stefancic: (1) Racism as Ordinary; (2) Interest [...]
An ‘Organized Crime’ Allegation – when the punishment does not fit the crime
By Erin C. Roth. Participation in organized criminality is a ground for which a foreign national or a permanent resident can be found to be inadmissible to Canada and either not admitted to Canada or deported from Canada. It is a very serious allegation, yet increasingly it is being used by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to capture and punish individuals that were neither arrested nor charged of any criminal conduct in Canada. In effect, a person who the police did not even interview as a possible suspect can still face allegations of organized crime and face loss of status and deportation from Canada.