| immigration_conference_agenda_2026._march_16.pdf |
OTTAWA IMMIGRATION LAW CONFERENCE
More Changes & Dealing with Long Delays
AGENDA - April 17, 2026
9:00-9:10 Opening remarks
9:10-10:00 Practice Strategies for Dealing with Long Delays (Ayesha Kumararatne, Kumararatne Law, Ottawa; Camille Boireau, Galileo Partners, Montréal)
10:00-10:40 Professional Responsibility in the Face of Long Delays (John Norquay, Refugee Law Office, Toronto)
10:40-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Non-Legal Advocacy: Using the Media and Other Strategies (Maureen Silcoff, Silcoff Shacter/Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto; David Fraser, CBC)
12:00-12:05 Intro to Settlement Worker Luncheon Roundtables (Lili-Anne Kondo, Community Legal Services of Ottawa)
12:05-1:00 Lunch (provided)
1:00-1:45 Recent Changes to the Citizenship Act (Bruce Allen, Allen & Hodgman, Beachwood, Ohio)
1:45-2:30 Update on Sponsorships (Sylvie Okros, Community Legal Services of Ottawa; Adrienne Smith, Smith Immigration Law/University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Toronto)
2:30-2:50 Break
2:50-3:30 What’s Happening with LMIAs? (Alexandra Callinan, MGL Lawyers, Ottawa)
3:30-3:45 Conference Wrap-up
3:45-5:00 Networking Reception
CPD: 3 hours substantive; 2 hours 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.
More Changes & Dealing with Long Delays
AGENDA - April 17, 2026
9:00-9:10 Opening remarks
9:10-10:00 Practice Strategies for Dealing with Long Delays (Ayesha Kumararatne, Kumararatne Law, Ottawa; Camille Boireau, Galileo Partners, Montréal)
10:00-10:40 Professional Responsibility in the Face of Long Delays (John Norquay, Refugee Law Office, Toronto)
10:40-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Non-Legal Advocacy: Using the Media and Other Strategies (Maureen Silcoff, Silcoff Shacter/Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto; David Fraser, CBC)
12:00-12:05 Intro to Settlement Worker Luncheon Roundtables (Lili-Anne Kondo, Community Legal Services of Ottawa)
12:05-1:00 Lunch (provided)
1:00-1:45 Recent Changes to the Citizenship Act (Bruce Allen, Allen & Hodgman, Beachwood, Ohio)
1:45-2:30 Update on Sponsorships (Sylvie Okros, Community Legal Services of Ottawa; Adrienne Smith, Smith Immigration Law/University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Toronto)
2:30-2:50 Break
2:50-3:30 What’s Happening with LMIAs? (Alexandra Callinan, MGL Lawyers, Ottawa)
3:30-3:45 Conference Wrap-up
3:45-5:00 Networking Reception
CPD: 3 hours substantive; 2 hours 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.
