CBC – Radio Canada
Peter Edelmann did a French interview on Radio Canada regarding the deportation of a life-long Canadian permanent resident.
Vancouver Sun
Peter Edelmann is interviewed by Ian Milgew of the Vancouver Sun for his article Trump's immigration chaos is keeping border lawyers busy.
Borderlines Podcast: Episode 14 LGBTQ asylum claims
In this fourteenth Borderline episode we discuss how to overcome systemic barriers in LGBTQ asylum claims. Much of this episode is dedicated to establishing how LGBTQ asylum claimants must prove their sexual identity during their refugee claim. How does someone from a country where being gay is illegal and who has been a closeted homosexual [...]
Immigration Law Conference – CBABC
Jennifer Ellis is moderating a panel on Inadmissibility related to Residency Obligations and Misrepresentation at the Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch) Immigration Law Conference held on February 24, 2017 in Vancouver.
Appearing as a witness before the Committee on Public Safety
Peter Edelmann will be appearing, as an executive member of Canadian Bar Association, before the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU) on February 13, 2017. The topic is Canada's National Security Framework.
Presenting at IRSA Winter Benefit Gala
Peter Edelmann will be presenting at the International Relations Students' Association (IRSA)'s Winter Benefit Gala We are in Solidarity: Bearing witness to exile, we live with refugee claimants on Saturday, February 11, 2017. Tickets are available here.
Special Webinar on Immigration and Trump’s Executive orders
Peter Edelmann and Southern California-based immigration lawyer Nikhil Shah to discuss the widely felt impacts of the 45th President of the United States's three immigration-related Executive Orders. Content of webinar is subject to change in this evolving landscape following the President Trump's swift actions since taking office on January 20, 2017, however it will have [...]
Borderlines Podcast: Episode 13 – Efrat Arbel on Problems with the Safe Third Country Agreement and Interdiction
Efrat Arbel is Assistant Professor at the Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. She is an executive member of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers. This podcast focuses on the distinction between physical borders and legal borders in the refugee context, how interdiction works, and the Safe Third Country Agreement. The Safe [...]
In-land refugee presentation
Judith Boer is presenting on Tuesday, February 7th to the settlement workers from Mosaic about the in-land refugee claim process.
2017 Vancouver International Law Conference
Erica Olmstead is one of the organizers of the 2017 Vancouver International Law Conference - Respecting International Humanitarian Law within the changing face of global conflict. Registration info is here.