2008
May 28 | Port of Entry Practices
George Bowles & Marie Estabrooks
| April 23 | Case Comment and Joint Federal Provincial Advisory Council
Andrew Wlodyka & Catherine Sas, QC
| March 26 | Corporate and Securities Law for Immigration Practitioners
William He & Alex Stojicevic
| February 27 | Expedited Labour Market Opinion (e-LMO) Pilot Program
BC PNP Subcommittee Report on the Entry-Level and Semi-Skilled Pilot Project
Greg Anstruther & Marilyn Leonidas
| January 30 | Taxation Considerations for Temporary and Permanent Residents
Rick Wong & Michael McLaren |
2007
November 30 | LexisNexis File and Serve
Jeffrey Purkiss & Tamsin Ramsay
| October 24 | Strategic Occupations Category
Ian Mellor
| September 26 | Immigration and Customs Perspectives and Related Initiatives Concerning the 2010 Olympic and Paralympics Winter Games
David Rizzo, Tony Wong & Don MacKay
| June 27 | Permanent Resident Cards
Margaux Kaczor
| May 30 | Employment Law Issues
Jeevyn Dhaliwal
| April 25 | Citizenship Issues
The Honourable Judge William Day, Citizenship Judge, BC/Yukon
L R (Randy) Jankowski, CIC Senior Program & Policy Advisor, BC/Yukon Region
| March 21 | CPC Vegreville Update & CPC Mississauga Update
Jacques Therrien, Odell Fodchuk & Frank Perriccioli
| February 28 | Investor Class Applications and BC Provincial Nominee Program
Eric Major & Soo-Kyung Ahn
| January 31 | Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) Update and Service Canada BC/Yukon Region Developments
Kim Workun & Jenny Lo |
2006
October 25 | Challenging Sponsorship Undertakings
Raj Chouhan, MLA, Cate Jones & barbara findlay, QC
| September 27 | Service Canada, CIC, New Foreign Workers Pilot Project in Vancouver
Jenny Lo, Darcy Bromley, Dani Willetts & David Rizzo
| June 26 | Operations and Procedures for Facilitation and Enforcement at Vancouver International Airport
Dave Rizzo & Anita Haidar
| May 31 | Recent Pension Law Decisions
Philip B Webber
| April 26 | CIC – Vancouver Admissions / Case Review: Raju v Kumar
Robert Godfrey, Dani Willets, Jane Hidalgo, John Forgie & John McGreevy
| January 25 | Immigration Operations in Seattle
Heather Michaud, Vice-Consul, Canadian Consulate, Seattle |
2005
December 5 | The “IAD Innovation Project”
Jean-Guy Fleury
| November 30 | Vegreville Update and Questions About Processing and Procedures at Vegreville
Doug Haaland
| October 26 | BC Provincial Nominee Program Updates
When does GST and PST apply to immigration files?
Joe Kenney & Benton Mischuk
| September 28 | Information and Updates on the Immigration Appeal Division
Anita Boscariol
| May 25 | Enforcement Issues at the Canada Border Services Agency
Rob Johnston & Rebecca Winesanker Hunter
| April 27 | Town Hall Discussions and Report on Immigration Division Initiative
| March 30 | Update by CIC, Vancouver Regional HQ
Jim Redmond, John Forgie, Dani Willetts & Andrew Wlodyka
| February 23 | What Lawyers and Their Clients Need to Know About the SIN Card
Dominique Pilkington
| January 19 | Recent & Future Initiatives at the Immigration & Refugee Board, Provincial Cutbacks to NGOs & the Section’s Position on These Cutbacks
Jean-Guy Fleury, Naomi Minwalla, Tim Welsh, Alexandra Charlton & Cecilia Tagle |
2004
November 24 | Latest Developments in US Immigration and Citizenship Law
Ronald Zisman
| October 27 | Inland Processing – Humanitarian & Compassionate (H & C) Application
Dani Willetts & John Forgie
| September 27 | Immigration Division
Daphne Shaw-Dyke |
2003
October 29 | Port of Entry Issues, Hourly Based Immigration Duty Counsel & Report on Meeting of National Executive
Beverley Steeves, David Griffiths, Rochelle Appleby & Gordon Maynard
| September 24 | Permanent Resident Card & Processing Centre, BC PNP & HRDC Low Skilled Workers Program Update, etc
Dani Willetts, Josie White, Darcy Bromley, Brian Tsuji, Andrew Wlodyka & Richard Kurland
| May 28 | Current Challenges & Issues Arising Under IRPA
John Kent, Patricia Auron, Sherrey Wiebe, Deanna Chan, Deb Zehr & Rebecca Hunter
| April 24 | Indeterminate HRDC Employment Confirmations, Access to Information & Privacy Legislation, Cross Border Currency Reporting, & Search & Seizure
Tony Wong & Andrew Wlodyka
| March 26 | The Dragan Case
Lawrence Wong & Richard Kurland
| February 26 | Vegreville
barbara findlay, QC
| January 22 | Issues Surrounding the Treatment of People of Middle Eastern Descent Post September 11, 2001
Sawsan Habbal |
2002
November 27 | Human Resources & Skills Development Canada
Greg Anstruther, Tom Steele & Jenny Low
| October 23 | New Rules of the RPD & Experience with the New Legislation, & Changes to Visa Policy and Immigration Procedures
Richard Jackson & Steven Giegerich
| September 25 | BC Business Immigration, Enforcement, etc
Deanna Chan, Rob Johnson, John Kent & Carole Young
| January 23 | Funding Issues & the Legal Services Society
The Honourable Geoff Plant, Attorney General of British Columbia |
2001
October 24 | The Role of Paralegals, The Preparation of a Refugee Claim & New Regulations in the People’s Republic of China
Brian Tsuji, Daniel McLeod & Bonnie Teng
| September 26 | Bill C-11
Gordon Maynard
| June 26 | Mail Openings & High Tech Issues such as CAIPS Notes & Lexbase
Richard Curland
| May 30 | Bill C-11
Gordon Maynard, Andrew Wlodyka & Renee Miller
| April 25 | Citizenship & Immigration Canada
Robert Godfrey & Josee White
| March 28 | Citizenship & Immigration Canada
Kensi Gouden & Gurjit Parhar
| February 28 | Validation of Offer of Employment Process, Bill C-11 & The IAD
Sharon Gray, Gordon Maynard & Peter Larlee
| January 31 | Reviews of Detention Orders by the Federal Court & Expediting the Hearing in Federal Court
Darryl Larson |
2000
November 29 | US vs Canadian Immigration Policy
Michael Chang, Consular Section Chief, US Consulate in Vancouver
| October 25 | Entry Requirements for Temporary Visitors
Denise Hall
| September 27 | Conduct in Federal Court
The Honourable Mr Justice Gibson, Federal Court Trial Division |
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