#111 - Security Screening Delays and Chinese Espionage Allegations, with Lev Abramovich
Lev Abramovich is a Canadian immigration lawyer in Toronto. We discuss ongoing security screening delays at IRCC, particularly for Chinese and Iranian nationals, mandamus applications, the expanded de...
21 Touko 20241h 2min
#110 - A Former Visa Officer on Locally Engaged Staff and Reconsideration Requests, with Martin Levine
Martin Levine was a Visa Officer and Analyst at Citizenship and Immigration Canada from 1978 - 2009. He then worked as a contract employee as an ATIP Analyst for numerous federal departments. He previ...
14 Touko 20241h 2min
#109 - DUIs and Dangerous Driving, with Kyle Lee
Kyla Lee is a criminal defense lawyer at Acumen Law and the host of the Driving Law podcast. In this episode Kyla answers dozens of questions about common driving offenses, including impaired driving ...
8 Touko 202451min
History Episode 1 - Banning Black People Because Canada is Cold, Order in Council PC 1911-1324 [Repost]
This episode is a historical deep dive on Order in Council PC 1911-1324, an Order in Council from 1911 which stated that for a period of one year black people would not be permitted to immigrate in Ca...
3 Touko 20241h 51min
#108 - A Former Visa Officer on The Culture at IRCC, AI, and Obstacles to Change, with Martin Levine
Martin Levine was a Visa Officer and Analyst at Citizenship and Immigration Canada from 1978 - 2009. He then worked as a contract employee as an ATIP Analyst for numerous federal departments.This epis...
30 Huhti 20241h 21min
#107 - Trauma-Informed Lawyering, Part 2 with Dr. Deborrah Dunne (see also Episode #105)
This is the second instalment (Part 1 is Episode #105 in this mini-series on Trauma-Informed Lawyering. In this segment, Deanna's own clinical counsellor, Dr. Deborrah Dunne discusses in more depth:a)...
27 Huhti 20241h 9min
#105 - "How-to" primer on Trauma-Informed Advocacy, with Dr. Sharalyn Jordan and Dr. Deborrah Dunne
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Sharalyn Jordan (Associate Professor in Counselling Psychology and Equity Studies in Education at Simon Fraser University, and chair of the Rainbow Refugee society i...
27 Huhti 20241h 23min
#106 - Customs Law, Border Seizures and Loss of NEXUS, with Samuel Hyman
Samuel Hyman is a Vancouver lawyer with one of the more well known practices in Canadian customs law. We dive into Canadian customs law for individuals, examining the procedures and rights that Canadi...
23 Huhti 20241h 7min
