
#121 - Top Federal Court Immigration Cases
Deanna and Steven discuss what we consider to be some top Federal Court immigration decisions to this point in 2024.Cases include Toor v. Canada, 2024 FC 1146 (restoration), Chung v. Canada, 2024 FC 1...
23 Aug 202455min

#120 - Is Canadian Immigration Policy Broken, with Siavash Shekarian
Siavash Shekarian is an immigration lawyer in Toronto, and the Executive Member & Public Affairs Liaison of the Ontario Bar Association, Citizenship and Immigration Law Section. Hosted on Acast. See a...
14 Aug 20241h 1min

#119 - Canada's Caregiver Programs
Deanna and Steven discuss Canada's caregiver programs, including the Live-in Caregiver Program (1992 to 2014), the Caring for Children and Caring for People with High Medical Needs pilots (2014 to 201...
6 Aug 202441min

#118 - Suing Immigration Consultants and Lawyers, with Eoin Logan
Eoin Logan is a lawyer at Meridian Law Group. Fifty percent of his practice is suing immigration consultants and lawyers for professional negligence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
16 Jul 20241h 7min

#117 - Open Work Permit for Vulnerable Workers and Access to Justice issues
A discussion of the Open Work Permit for Vulnerable Workers program, a program which provides ppen work permit for vulnerable foreign workers who are victims of abuse. We also discuss access to justic...
12 Jul 20241h 24min

History Episode 2 - Railway to Exclusion Part 1 - Chinese Migration to Canada - 1850-1885
Part 1 of 2 in a historical deep dive of Chinese immigration to Canada. This episode covers the period of 1850 - 1885, and includes an overview of events in China at the time (including the Opium Wars...
9 Jul 20243h

#116 - Chinook, AI Triaging and ITAT, with Zeynab Ziaie Moayyed
Zeynab Ziaie Moayyed is an immigration lawyer in Toronto. She can be found on X at @ZeynabZiaieWe discuss Chinook, AI triage and IRCC's Integrity Trend Analysis Tool. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...
25 Jun 202443min

#115 - The Walls Have Eyes, Artificial Intelligence in Border Surveillance, with Petra Molnar
Petra Molnar is a lawyer and anthropologist specializing in migration and human rights. We discuss her recent book, The Walls Have Eyes Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.Topics...
19 Jun 20241h 1min



















