Will Tao, as part of the CBABC's Equality and Diversity Committee, helped organize a Diversity on the Bench panel on June 6, 2018. The event had over 100 attendees including the Chief Justice of the B.C. Supreme and the Chief Justice of the B. C. Provincial Court.
Edelmann & Co. appealed the decision in R. v. Wong, 2016 BCCA 416 to the Supreme Court of Canada to seek clarification in the law on the test to withdraw a guilty plea for an accused who was not properly informed of consequences flowing from that plea - like deportation. The law on this issue [...]
Will made his first Mandarin-speaking television appearance on June 5, 2018 on the TalentVision show "Expert's Hour".
Molly is the guest speaker at the Canadian Bar Association's Refugee Lawyers' Group meeting on Monday June 11, 2018. She will be sharing her expertise on the topic of Exclusion.
Molly appears in an article about the 2018 Social Justice Law Conference in the May 2018 edition of The Advocate.
Will Tao was interviewed for an article that appeared in The Star - Vancouver about delays on residency applications.
In this Borderlines episode Erin Roth discusses issues in Canadian medical inadmissibility law. When can someone be inadmissible to Canada because they are sick? How does one confront such an allegation? What changes are upcoming?
Molly Joeck was interviewed by Radio Canada (French CBC) in relation to rejected visitor visas.
Erin Roth moderated and spoke on a panel at the Canadian Bar Association National Immigration Conference in Ottawa, April 2018 The panel addressed best practices for preparing witnesses to give testimony before the Refugee Protection Division. Peter Edelmann moderated a panel on criminal inadmissibility and spoke about the changes to the pardon and record suspension process.
The Canadian Bar Association - Immigration Law Section recognized Peter Edelmann's hard work and dedication with a Special Appreciation Award at the National Immigration Conference in Ottawa in April 2018.