Welcome Home: An Immigration Law Podcast
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Welcome Home: An Immigration Law Podcast
From the publisher that brought you the Immigration Law Series, Emond Publishing presents Welcome Home: An Immigration Law podcast. Hosts Chantal Desloges and Cathryn Sawicki examine the current state of Canadian immigration law, breaking down policy, practice, procedure, and recent immigration case...
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S1E15 - When the Work Hurts: Mental Health in Legal Practice
Have you ever felt like your career success came at the expense of your mental health?
In this thought-provoking episode, we sit down with Regis...

S1E14 - From Advocacy to Algorithms: AI’s Role in Immigration
Can automation truly redefine immigration systems without sacrificing equity and trust?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way...

S1E13 - Canadian Citizenship: What Practitioners Need to Know
In December 2023, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that Canada’s current “first generation” limits on citizenship violated the Canadian Cha...

S1E12 - Making Connections South of the Border, with Erick Widman
Has the US immigration system earned its negative reputation and is Canada’s immigration system as welcoming as we think it is?
In this episode...

S1E11 - How Artificial Intelligence is Influencing the Canadian Immigration Application Process
What degree of transparency should we expect from a government body that leverages AI to expedite processes that have a life-changing impact on thousa...

S1E10 - Economic Immigration: The NOC, Work Permits, and Express Entry
Immigrants make up over 25% of our population and form a critical component of Canada’s workforce. Under Canada’s new immigration plan, we hope to wel...

S1E9 - What Do Clients Look for in a Lawyer?
Has a client ever mentioned why they chose you? Have you ever asked? If you had to guess what matters most to your clients when selecting a legal repr...

S1E8 - An Interview With Pantea Jafari
Unlimited intake quotas, limited processing targets, inaccurate processing times, and resource constraints all contribute to the massive and seemingly...

S1E7 - Legal Intersections: Family Law and Immigration Law
An individual can only make ONE refugee claim per lifetime. Every year, thousands of individuals flee to Canada and exercise their one and only opport...

S1E6 - Sorry, We’re Closed: Business and Corporate Immigration in Canada
Why is Canada falling behind in business and corporate immigration? With minuscule applicant intake numbers, protracted processing times, and unwieldy...

S1E5 - Citizenship and COVID: Processes and Pitfalls
Chantal and Cathryn welcome Lisa Middlemiss, an immigration lawyer at Gomberg and Dalfen in Montreal to discuss the opportunities and obstacles of Can...

S1E4 - 2021 at the Federal Court: A Year in Review
On this week's episode of Welcome Home, join our hosts as they sit down with Steven Meurrens, partner at Larlee and Rosenberg and host of the Borderli...

S1E3 - Immigration in the COVID Era: Cross-Border Travel, Application Backlogs, and Airlines.
Chantal and Cathryn welcome Stephen Green, Senior Partner at Green and Spiegel in Toronto, to discuss the fluid circumstances of Canadian immigration...

S1E2 - Inadmissibility Law: Jaskirat Sidhu - “Does one act define you for a lifetime?”
Join Chantal, Cathryn, and immigration lawyer, Raj Sharma as they navigate the complex and consequential maze of Canada’s inadmissibility laws, keepin...

S1E1 - A roundtable discussion on family class sponsorship: the definition of a Canadian family, effective sponsorship applications, and social media's role in authenticating relationships.
Chantal and Cathryn welcome immigration lawyer, Adrienne Smith as they discuss the evolution of family class sponsorship in Canadian immigration law.<...