Erica Olmstead has joined the Red Cross Steering Committee helping to plan a conference for February, 2017. The conference is on International Humanitarian Law (Respecting International Humanitarian Law in the changing face of Global Conflict. Details to follow as planning progresses.
Judith Boer and Peter Edelmann are giving an information session for families with temporary status (working / student visa) who would like to remain in Canada as permanent residents. The information session is organized by the Settlement Workers in School Program from the Vancouver School Board. November 30, 2016 4:30 to 6:30 pm VSB District [...]
On behalf of the Canadian Bar Association, Peter Edelmann is appearing before the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security regarding Bill C-22. Bill C-22 is an Act to establish the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts. You can watch a video of the appearance [...]
Peter Edelmann is giving a presentation to CBA - Edmonton (Canadian Bar Association) regarding crimmigration on November 16, 2016. Crimmigration is the intersection between criminal law and immigration law.
Peter Edelmann is participating in the national consultation by the standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on The Green Paper. This Green Paper is intended to prompt discussion and debate about Canada's national security framework, which will inform policy changes that will be made following the consultation process.
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).
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.
Jennifer Ellis is giving a talk about Representing Vulnerable Persons at the Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants' National Education Conference in Vancouver.
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 [...]
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.