#90 - Compassion Fatigue and Burnout while Practicing Immigration and Refugee Law
Deanna Okun-Nachoff, Erica Olmstead, Erin Roth, Kamaljit Kaur Lehal and Laura Best discuss compassion fatigue in the practice of refugee law and how they avoid burnout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
24 Nov 20231h 3min
#89 - The Implications of the Supreme Court decision in Mason v. Canada (PSEP)
Mason v. Canada was a Supreme Court of Canada decision which assessed whether inadmissibility on security grounds for engaging in violence required a nexus to national security.The Supreme Court of Ca...
25 Okt 20231h 8min
#88 - The history of Canadian deportation law, with Simon Wallace
“When and why did Canada develop the legal powers to detain and deport immigrants?” This is the question asked by Simon Wallace, a PhD Student at Osgoode Hall Law School and refugee lawyer, in his pap...
5 Okt 20231h 5min
#87 - Visa Officers and the IAD Ignoring or Disagreeing with Federal Court, with Raj Sharma
Raj Sharma is an immigration lawyer in Calgary. In Borderlines Podcast Episode 69 we discussed his case Mohammad v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 1, in which the Federal Court quashed ...
29 Aug 202353min
#86 - Refugee Resettlement and the Housing Crisis, with Laura Best
Laura Best is an immigration lawyer practicing in Toronto. We discuss refugee resettlement and Canada's housing crisis, as well as whether Canada's housing shortage is impacting support for immigratio...
21 Aug 20231h 5min
#85 - Security Delays, Study Permits and Mandamus, with Lev Abramovich
There has been an increase in security screening in Canadian visa applications for residents of several countries.Chen v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FC 885 is the first Federal Court o...
9 Aug 20231h 10min
History Episode 1 - Banning Black People Because Canada is Cold, Order in Council PC 1911-1324
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...
29 Jun 20231h 51min
#84 - Thoughts on Starting and Immigration Law Firm, with Will Tao
Will Tao is a Canadian immigration and the founder of Heron Law Office. During this episode we discuss what got Will into immigration law, why he started his own firm, how he balances client files, ...
6 Jun 20231h 3min
