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OTTAWA IMMIGRATION LAW CONFERENCE
Keeping Up with Immigration Law: Exploring Pathways to PR and More
AGENDA - JUNE 4, 2024
9:00-9:10 Opening remarks
9:10-9:50 People in Limbo due to ADRs and TSRs: Caselaw update and Tips (Laïla Demirdache, Community Legal Services of Ottawa)
9:50-10:40 Skilled Refugees: New Programs and Paradigms (Nathan Benson, University of Ottawa Refugee Hub/Pathways International; Veronica Wilson, TalentLift Canada; Warren Creates, Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP)
10:40-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Panel on Current Refugee Issues – including use of Photo Recognition to challenge identity (Adam Sadinsky, Silcoff Shacter, Barristers & Solicitors, Samuel Plett, Desloges Carvajal Law Group)
12:00-1:00 Lunch (provided)
1:00-1:40 Update on benefits associated with Immigration Status (Samanta Garcia Fialdini, Corporate Immigration Law Firm; Kristin Marshall, Canada Border Clinic)
1:40-2:00 Tribute to Peter Showler
2:00-3:00 Pathway to PR and Work Permits through the Skilled Trades (Jelena Urosevic, Urosevic Law; Alex Callinan, Kingwell Immigration Law)
3:00-3:20 Break
3:20-4:00 This Year Today with Tamara & Ronalee: 2024 Immigration Law & Policy Updates – Express Entry, OINP, International Student Program, and International Conflict & Unrest Temporary Public Policies (Tamara Mosher- Kuczer, Lighthouse Immigration Law; Ronalee Carey, Ronalee Carey Law)
4:00-4:10 Wrap-up
CPD Credits: 5 hours substantive; 1 hour professionalism
The Ottawa Annual Immigration Law Conference Organizing Committee has been approved as an Accredited Provider of Professionalism Content by the Law Society of Ontario.
Keeping Up with Immigration Law: Exploring Pathways to PR and More
AGENDA - JUNE 4, 2024
9:00-9:10 Opening remarks
9:10-9:50 People in Limbo due to ADRs and TSRs: Caselaw update and Tips (Laïla Demirdache, Community Legal Services of Ottawa)
9:50-10:40 Skilled Refugees: New Programs and Paradigms (Nathan Benson, University of Ottawa Refugee Hub/Pathways International; Veronica Wilson, TalentLift Canada; Warren Creates, Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP)
10:40-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Panel on Current Refugee Issues – including use of Photo Recognition to challenge identity (Adam Sadinsky, Silcoff Shacter, Barristers & Solicitors, Samuel Plett, Desloges Carvajal Law Group)
12:00-1:00 Lunch (provided)
1:00-1:40 Update on benefits associated with Immigration Status (Samanta Garcia Fialdini, Corporate Immigration Law Firm; Kristin Marshall, Canada Border Clinic)
1:40-2:00 Tribute to Peter Showler
2:00-3:00 Pathway to PR and Work Permits through the Skilled Trades (Jelena Urosevic, Urosevic Law; Alex Callinan, Kingwell Immigration Law)
3:00-3:20 Break
3:20-4:00 This Year Today with Tamara & Ronalee: 2024 Immigration Law & Policy Updates – Express Entry, OINP, International Student Program, and International Conflict & Unrest Temporary Public Policies (Tamara Mosher- Kuczer, Lighthouse Immigration Law; Ronalee Carey, Ronalee Carey Law)
4:00-4:10 Wrap-up
CPD Credits: 5 hours substantive; 1 hour professionalism
The Ottawa Annual Immigration Law Conference Organizing Committee has been approved as an Accredited Provider of Professionalism Content by the Law Society of Ontario.
