CARL’S FALL 2025 CONFERENCE: December 1, 2025

 

REGISTER HERE

 

CARL is pleased to announce that registration is now open for CARL’s Spring 2025 conference, to be held on December 1, 2025 in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, 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: December 1, 2025
  •          Start: 7:30am (PDT) / 8:30 AM (MDT) / 9:00 (CDT) / 10:00am (EDT) / 11:00 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)

 

 

9:00 – 9:30 (CDT)

10:00 – 10:30 (EDT)

11:00 – 11:30 (ADT)

30mins

 Light breakfast
9:30 – 10:00 (CDT)

10:30 – 11:00 (EDT)

11:30 – 12:00 (ADT)

30 mins

 Pre-Conference Panel: Requesting Discretionary Interim Federal Healthcare Program (IFHP) Coverage Various speakers (in-person only)
8:00 – 8:10 (PDT)

9:00 – 9:10 (MDT)

10:00 – 10:10 (CDT)

11:00 – 11:10 (EDT)

12:00 – 12:10 (ADT)

10 mins

 CARL Opening Remarks

 
  •          Aisling Bondy, CARL President

 
8:10 – 8:30 (PDT)

9:10 – 9:30 (MDT)

10:10 – 10:30 (CDT)

11:10 – 11:30 (EDT)

12:10 – 12:30 (ADT)

20mins

 Keynote Address: Navigate Bills C-2 and C-12
  •          Adam Sadinsky, CARL Advocacy Committee
  •          Gabriella Utreras Sandoval, CARL Advocacy Committee
8:30 – 9:30 (PDT)

9:30 – 10:30 (MDT)

10:30 – 11:30 (CDT)

11:30 – 12:30 (EDT)

12:30 – 1:30 (ADT)

60mins

 Where Family and Immigration Law Meet

 
  •          Mojan Farshchi, MKS Immigration Lawyers
  •          TBD
8:30 – 9:40 (PDT)

9:30 – 10:40 (MDT)

10:30 – 11:40 (CDT)

11:30 – 12:30 (EDT)

12:30 – 1:40 (ADT)

10mins

 BREAK
9:40 – 10:40 (PCT)

10:40 – 11:40 (MDT)

11:40 – 12:40 (CDT)

12:40 – 1:40 (EDT)

1:40 – 2:50 (ADT)

60mins

 Class Actions in Immigration Law
  •          Jared Will, Jared Will and Associations; Tina Q Yang, Goldblatt Partners
10:40 – 10:50 (PCT)

11:40 – 11:50 (MDT)

12:40 – 12:50 (CDT)

1:40 – 1:50 (EDT)

2:50 – 2:50 (ADT)

10min

 Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers AGM
10:50 – 11:40 (PCT)

11:50 – 12:40 (MDT)

12:50 – 1:40 (CDT)

1:50 – 2:40 (EDT)

2:50 – 3:40 (ADT)

50mins

 Lunch
11:40 – 12:25(PCT)

12:40 – 1:25 (MDT)

1:40 – 2:25 (CDT)

2:40 – 3:25 (EDT)

3:40 – 4:25 (ADT)

45mins

 IRPA s. 87 and the Appointment of Special Advocates
  •          Moderator: Asiya Hirji, Downtown Legal Services
  •          Prasanna Balasundaram, Downtown Legal Services
  •          Barbara Jackman, Jackman and Associates

 
12:25 – 1:40(PCT)

1:25 – 2:40 (MDT)

2:25 – 3:40 (CDT)

3:25 – 4:40 (EDT)

4:25 – 5:40 (ADT)

75 mins

 Supporting Vulnerable Claimants: Practitioner and Clinician Perspectives
  •          Moderator: Delphine Nakache, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
  •          Mego Nerses, Psychotherapist
  •          Kate Forrest, Legal Aid Ontario
1:40 – 1:45 (PCT)

2:40 – 2:45 (MDT)

3:40 – 3:45 (CDT)

4:40 – 4:45 (EDT)

5:40 – 5:45 (ADT)

5 mins

 Closing remarks 5 mins
  •          TBD, Member of the CARL Education Committee
1:45 – 2:15 (PDT)

2:45 – 3:15 (MDT)

30 mins

 Post-Conference Panel: Requesting Discretionary Interim Federal Healthcare Program (IFHP) Coverage Various speakers (in-person only)

 

In-person venues
Vancouver Edmonton Winnipeg Toronto Ottawa Montreal Halifax
TBD Legal Aid,

10123 – 99 St NW, Edmonton, AB, T5J 3H1

 Clark Immigration Law, Suite 409, 428 Portage Avenue

Winnipeg, MB R3C 0E2

Canada

 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 TBD

 

 

 McInnes Cooper Tower,

Purdy’s Wharf, 13th Floor, Multipurpose Room, 1969 Upper Water St., Halifax, NS B3J 3R7

 

Fees
  Member

(early bird)

 Non-Member (early bird) Member

(normal fee)

 Non-Member
Lawyer $110 $210 $130 $230
Articling Student /Student $20 $30 $30 $40
*Lunch included
  •          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

 

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

 

CPD ACCREDITATION:

Ontario: 3h35mins Substantive, 1h15 Professionalism

British Columbia: 4h50mins

Québec: 4h50mins