CILPP graduation ceremony at UBC
Erica Olmstead is giving the welcoming and congratulatory remarks this evening at the graduation ceremony for the University of British Columbia's Certificate in Immigration: Laws, Policies and Procedures (CILPP).
Panel member at UBC re: Inequalities and the realities of intersectionalities
Erica Olmstead participated in a panel discussion on Inequalities and the realities of intersectionalities - applying theories to the real world in a sociology class (SOC 361) at the University of British Columbia.
CAPIC conference presentation
Jennifer Ellis is giving a talk about Representing Vulnerable Persons at the Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants' National Education Conference in Vancouver.
CBC radio interview re: 2017 immigration
Peter Edelmann was interviewed on CBC radio regarding the Federal government's 2017 level of immigration plan.
CBC radio interview re: hate crimes
Peter Edelmann was interviewed on CBC radio's The Coast regarding hate crimes in Abbotsford
Borderlines Podcast: Episode 7 – David Eby and Tom Davidoff on Vancouver’s Housing Market
On the 7th Borderlines podcast episode, Tom Davidoff and David Eby joins Peter Edelmann and I to discuss Vancouver’s housing market. Tom Davidoff is an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business. He is frequently cited in the Vancouver media as being an expert on Vancouver’s housing market, and was part of [...]
Guest lecturer at Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Peter Edelmann was a guest lecturer at the Administrative and Regulatory law seminar in the Criminology Department at the Richmond campus of Kwantlen Polytechnic University. He gave the students a practitioner's view of immigration law and the nuts and bolts of administrative decision-making, with a particular focus on the Tran case that will be heard [...]
Borderlines Podcast: Episode 6 – Dani Willetts on the Transition from Working for CIC to being an Immigration Consultant
On the 6th podcast episode of Borderlines, Dani Willetts joins Peter Edelmann and Steve Meurrens to discuss the decision making process at Canada’s immigration department, her experience transitioning from a career working for CIC to being an immigration consultant, some recent cases impacting international graduates in particular with regards to the Post-Graduate Work Permit program, a recent [...]
Co-teaching Appellate Advocacy course at UBC
Erica Olmstead is co-teaching the Appellate Advocacy course at the University of British Columbia law school every Thursday for the Fall, 2016 semester. The upper year course teaches issues relating to advocacy before appellate courts in criminal and immigration proceedings and techniques of appellate advocacy.
Borderlines: Episode 5 – Marilyn Sanford – Search of Electronic Devices at the Border
On the 5th podcast episode of Borderlines, Marilyn Sanford joins Peter Edelmann and Steven Meurrens to discuss whether the Canada Border Services Agency can search people’s electronic devices. In addition, we discussed the recent stay of proceedings in the Nuttall decision, a well publicised case in which two individuals were charged with attempting to blow up the [...]