Yanni Nicolidakis-Mustafa will speak at World Refugee Day 2026 – Strengthening Borders, Weakening Rights?, a public event hosted by the UBC Centre for Migration Studies and the Multi-Agency Partnership (MAP) BC on June 22, 2026. The event brings together lawyers, academics, advocates, and community leaders to discuss the impact of recent changes to Canada's refugee [...]
Erica Olmstead will appear on behalf of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (“BCCLA”) before the Supreme Court of British Columbia in The Narwhal News Society and Amber Bracken v. Attorney General of Canada et al., a case that raises important questions about the scope of freedom of the press under s. 2(b) of the [...]
Erica Olmstead and Connie Campbell appeared before the Federal Court of Appeal on behalf of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers ("CARL") in Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness v. Wahab. The appeal raises important questions about the interpretation of Canada's s. 35(1)(b) inadmissibility provision and the extent to which decision-makers must consider Canada's [...]
Connie Campbell was recently featured on the Borderlines podcast, one of Canada's leading podcasts covering immigration, refugee, and border law issues. In Episode 103, Ms. Campbell joined immigration lawyer Steven Meurrens to discuss organized criminality inadmissibility under Canada's immigration legislation, including the legal principles that govern when individuals may be found inadmissible for alleged involvement [...]
By Erica Olmstead Refugee Law 101: A person will be found to be a ‘Convention refugee’ if they face a well-founded fear of persecution in their home country, based on a nexus ground, like race, religion, or political opinion, under s. 96 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The “well-founded fear” standard lies below [...]