SESSION 1

• Adjudicating sexual orientation gender identity cases before the IRB | Author: Adrienne Smith
• Understanding Client Stories | Author: Tess Acton

 

SESSION 2A   Academic Panel Theory into Practice Lightening Round 

• Refugee Law's Fact-Finding Crisis - Flyer | Author: Hilary Evans Cameron
• Academic Panel: Theory into Practice (includes Annotated List) | Authors: Dr. Amrita Hari, Dr. David Moffette & Hilary Evans Cameron

 

SESSION 2B   Labour Market Impact Assessments: Current Trends

• Labour Market Impact Assessments Current Trends | Author: Sarah Fagan
• TFWP and GTS | Authors: Katie Alexander, Chris Chevrier, Korey Mckinnon
• Labour Market Impact Assessments: Current Trends, Scenarios for Discussion | Authors: Meera Thakrar & Sarah Fagan

 

SESSION 2C   Refugee Protection Division – Preparing Witnesses to Testify

• Refugee Protection Division Preparing Witnesses to Testify | Authors: Jane Rukaria & Erin C. Roth
• Witness Preparation - Practice Tips | Authors: Jane Rukaria & Erin C. Roth

 

SESSION 3A   H&Cs 

• Post-Kanthasamy H&C Case Law Review | Author: Alyssa Manning
• H&C Applications | Authors: Rekha McNutt, Alyssa Manning & Helen Park

 

SESSION 3B   Visa Office Processing

• Global Skills Strategy and Visa Processing | Author: Christy Jones
• Fundamentals – Understanding IRCC Processing Times | Author: John Acheson

 

SESSION 3C   Criminal Inadmissibility

• Criminal Equivalency Analysis Chart | Author: Arghavan Gerami
• Changes to the Pardon Process in Canada | Author: Peter Edelmann
• Retrospectivity and the Pardon Regime in Canada | Author: Peter Edelmann
• Criminal Equivalency and Defences | Author: Arghavan Gerami
• Criminal Equivalency and Application of Defences (paper) | Author: Arghavan Gerami
• Operational Bulletin: PRG 2017 67
• Tran v. Canada (disponible en français) | Authors: Nancy Weisman & Joel M. Rubinoff
• Impacts of Tran on IRCC and CBSA | Author: Émilie Tremblay

 

SESSION 4A   Claims of Incompetence of Counsel 

• Counsel Incompetence Real and Alleged (disponible en français) | Author: Paul Aterman
• Dispelling Common Myths about your Insurance Coverage | Author: LAWPRO
• Allegations of Incompetent Counsel before the Federal Court | Author: Alison Engel-Yan
• Errors & Omissions | Author: LAWPRO
• Malpractice Fact Sheet | Author: LAWPRO
• Prompt claims reporting | Author: LAWPRO

 

SESSION 4B   CBSA / Port of Entry Issues

• CBSA POE Issues | Author: Greg Modler

 

SESSION 4C   Immigration Appeal Division 

• Cases Affecting the IAD | Author: Allison Grandish with input from Chantal Desloges & Joel Rubinoff
• New FC And IAD Decisions You Should Know | Authors: Chantal Desloges & Joel Rubinoff
• New FC and IAD Decisions You Should Know (paper) | Authors: Chantal Desloges & Joel Rubinof

 

SESSION 5A   Québec Immigration Programs

• Quebec Immigration Programs | Authors: Nadine Landry, Lisa Middlemiss

 

SESSION 5B   Fundamentals

• Fundamentals - GCMS and Case Status | Author: Greg Modler

 

SESSION 5C  Medical Inadmissibility

• Medical Inadmissibility –Why Section 38 Should be Repealed | Author: Adrienne Smith
• Excessive Demand Policy: Context for Changes (disponible en français) | Author: Michael MacKinnon
• Scoresheet for Recommendations from the Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration | Author: David Chalk

 

SESSION 6

• Social Media & Marketing | Author: Tamara Mosher Kuczer
• Optimize your Digital Strategy | Author: Natasha Mosher

 

SESSION 7A   Refugee Appeal Division

• RAD Cases to Watch | Author: Laura Best
• Refugee Appeal Division (disponible en français) | Author: Anshumala Juyal
• Refugee Appel Division | Author: Stéphanie Valois

 

SESSION 7B   ESDC Compliance Practical Tips

• Immigration Compliance | Author: Jasvinder K. Sandhu
• Temporary Foreign Worker Program | Authors: Donna Blois & Judith Wilson

 

SESSION 7C   Ask and Answered!

• LMIA Exempt Work Permits | Author: Isabelle Dongier 
• Permanent Residence Applications | Author: Carter C. Hoppe
• LMIA Application Tips | Author: Betsy Kane
• Inadmissibility Cases | Author: Gordon Maynard 

 

SESSION 8A   Arrivals of Asylum Seekers from the United States

• Protecting Refugees | Author: David Matas

 

SESSION 8B   Practice Tips for U.S. Travel

• Current Issues US Immigration Law | Authors: Henry Chang & Blair Hodgman

 

SESSION 8C   Practice Tips for U.S. Travel

• R205(a), C-10, Canadian Interests Significant Benefit | Author: Victoria Cowling
• Owner-Operator LMIA | Author: Alicia Kim
• Owner Operator LMIA (paper) | Author: Alicia Kim
• Global Skills Work Permit Exemptions | Author: Jolene Otieno
• Top Tips for ICT Start Ups | Author: Gabriela Ramo
• AIPP Comparison Chart | Author: Janet Thompson-Price
• MPNP Renewal | Authors: Kenneth Zaifman & Dean Szikinger

 

SESSION 9A   Citizenship – “A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian.”

• Citizenship Revocation the Bill of Rights | Author: Warda Shazadi Meighen
• Eavesdropping on Citizenship Chat | Author: Chris Veeman 
• Citizenship Update (disponible en français) | Authors: James Simpson & Teny Dikranian
• Citizenship Revocation & the Canadian Bill of Rights (paper) | Authors: Warda Shazadi Meighen & Steven Blakey

 

SESSION 9B   Express Entry

• Express Entry | Authors: Nathan Po & Meghan Felt 
• Express Entry: Reminders and Tech Tips (paper) | Author: Nathan Po

 

SESSION 9C   Courts and Motions

• Immigration Motions in the Federal Court | Author: Justice Alan S. Diner
• Motions and Applications Federal and Superior Court | Author: Susan Gans
• Habeas Corpus Immigration Detention | Author: Justice Paul Rouleau
• Procedural Options Available to Immigration Detainees | Author: Jared Will

 

 

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