| CARL 2025 SPRING NATIONAL CONFERENCE: 23 May 2025
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CARL is pleased to announce that registration is now open for CARL’s Spring 2025 conference, to be held on 23 May 2025 in Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax. Zoom access will also be available to registrants who are unable to attend in person.
Conference details are set out below:
- Date: 23 May 2025
- Start: 7:30am (PDT) / 8:30 AM (MDT) / 10:30am (EDT) / 11:30 am (ADT)
- End: 1:45 pm (PDT) / 2:45 pm (MDT) / 4:45pm (EDT) / 5:45 pm (ADT)
| Conference Agenda |
| Time |
Topic |
Panelists |
| 7:30-8:00 (PDT)
8:30 – 9:00 (MDT)
10:30 – 11:00 (EDT)
11:30 – 12:00 (ADT)
30mins |
Light breakfast |
|
| 8:00 – 8:30 (PDT)
9:00 – 9:30 (MDT)
11:00 – 11:30 (EDT)
12:00 – 12:30 (ADT)
30mins |
CARL opening remarks
Update on Kanyinda |
Aisling Bondy (CARL President, Bondy Immigration Law)
Panelist: Sibel Ataogul (Melançon Marceau Grenier Cohen) |
| 8:30 – 9:30 (PDT)
9:30 – 10:30 (MDT)
11:30 – 12:30 (EDT)
12:30 – 1:30 (ADT)
60mins |
Ethics
- Practical advice on ethical dilemmas from practitioners
|
Moderator: Kristin Marshall (Canada-US Border Rights Clinic)
Panelists: Asiya Hirji (Downtown Legal Services), Sophie Demers (Aide Juridique), Heather Neufeld (Heather Neufeld Law) |
| 9:30 – 10:00 (PCT)
10:30 – 11:00 (MDT)
12:30 – 2:00 (EDT)
1:30 – 2:00 (ADT)
30mins |
IRPA s. 108
- Best practices in responding to changes of circumstance in country conditions
|
Moderator: Tania Princz-Lebel (Connecting Ottawa)
Panelist: Naseem Mithoowani (Mithoowani Waldman Immigration Law Group) |
| 10 – 10:40 (PCT)
11:00 – 11:40 (MDT)
1:00 – 1:40 (EDT)
2:00 – 2:40 (ADT)
40mins |
Lunch |
|
| 10:40 – 12:10 (PCT)
11:40 – 1:10 (MDT)
1:40 – 3:10 (EDT)
2:40 – 4:10 (ADT)
90mins |
Internal Flight Alternatives
- Review of recent case law
- Use of social media in IFA arguments
- Use of climate change in IFA arguments
|
Moderator: Caitlin Thomas (Heather Neufeld Law)
Panelists: Anthony Navaneelan (Refugee Law Office), Rachel Bryce (Immigration Equality) |
| 12:10 – 12:20 (PCT)
1:10 – 1:20 (MDT)
3:10 – 3:20 (EDT)
4:10 – 4:20 (ADT) |
Break |
|
| 12:20 – 1:40 (PCT)
1:20 – 2:40 (MDT)
3:20 – 4:40 (EDT)
4:20 – 5:40(ADT)
90 mins |
Recent updates affecting refugee law and refugee lawyers in the USA |
Moderator: Anne-Cecile Khouri-Raphael
Panelists: Nicole Johnson (Deputy-Attorney in Charge, Immigration Law Unit – Legal Aid Society, New York), Jill Martin Diaz (Executive Director, Vermont Asylum Assistance Project), and Andrea Saenz (Senior Counsel, Cocounsel.org) |
| 1:40 – 1:45 (PCT)
2:40 – 2:45 (MDT)
4:40 – 4:45 (EDT)
5:40 – 5:45 (ADT) |
Closing remarks |
Tania Princz-Lebel (Connecting Ottawa, Co-Chair, CARL Education Committee) |
| In-person venues |
| Vancouver |
Edmonton |
Toronto |
Ottawa |
Montreal |
Halifax |
| Immigration and Refugee Legal Clinic
510 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC, V6C 3A8 (2nd floor meeting room) |
Legal Aid Alberta
10123 – 99 St NW, Edmonton, AB, T5J 3H1 |
Munk School of Global Affairs
1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON M5S 3K7 (The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility 15) |
Impact Hub Ottawa
123 Slater St. 6th floor, Ottawa, ON K1P 5H2 |
UQAM
201 Av. du Président-Kennedy, Montréal, QC H2X 3Y7 (Salle DS-4375)
|
McInnes Cooper Tower
Purdy’s Wharf, 13th Floor
Multipurpose Room
1969 Upper Water St., Halifax, NS B3J 3R7 |
NOTES ON FEES
| If you are a lawyer facing financial constraints for any reason, we strongly encourage you to reach out to us. We believe that financial barriers should never prevent you from attending a CARL conference. To request a reduced or waived fee, please contact membership@carl-acaadr.ca.
Payment should be made by credit card. If you have any questions or concerns please email membership@carl-acaadr.ca.
*Please note that membership in CARL is free for students |
MEALS
In consideration of our environmental footprint, all food will be vegetarian. For those attending in person, please select Vegetarian (includes dairy and egg), Vegan (excludes dairy and egg), Gluten Free, Other (allergies/restrictions).
LOCATION
Please indicate where you will be attending from — in person (Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal or Halifax) or over Zoom.
CPD ACCREDITATION:
Ontario: 3.5 hours Substantive, 1 hour Professionalism
British Columbia: 4.5 hours
Québec: 4.5 hours
REQUEST TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES:
Given the nature of material to be discussed, we respectfully ask that government employees not attend this conference.
QUESTIONS:
Please contact membership@carl-acaadr.ca |
