Working Your Way Into Canada 2019
Course Chairs
Kyle C. Hyndman — McCrea Immigration Law, Vancouver
Craig Natsuhara — EY Law LLP, Vancouver
Ryan N. Rosenberg — Larlee Rosenberg, Vancouver
About the Course Chairs
Kyle Hyndman is a partner at McCrea Immigration Law in Vancouver. He has a diverse practice with a focus on business immigration. He has been an executive member of the CBA's National Immigration Law Section and a past chair of its BC subsection. He has served on the boards of non-profit agencies serving immigrants and refugees, has been a member of the Federal Provincial Immigration Advisory Council, helped found a pro-bono immigration law clinic, and regularly mentors law students seeking to pursue careers in immigration.
Kyle completed his LLB at UBC in 1999 and his LLM at the University of Toronto in 2013, where he won the Howland Prize for his thesis on the immigration law-making process. He has organized and co-chaired numerous legal education conferences and courses on immigration and citizenship law and has spoken and moderated at both national and provincial conferences. Kyle has frequently been invited to speak on immigration and citizenship law to the media, educational institutions, and community groups.
Craig Natsuhara is an associate partner at EY Law LLP in Vancouver, where he co-leads the Canadian Immigration practice. He has practiced business immigration law since 2000.
Since the last CLEBC conference in 2017, a new area for Craig is the start-up business class, working with Launch Academy by helping foreign entrepreneurs bring their innovative ideas and businesses to BC.
Craig has been recognized by the international Who's Who Legal in its Corporate Immigration and Canada listings since 2011. He was the Chair of the CBABC's Immigration Section from 2007 to 2009. He has also been an instructor for UBC's Certificate in Immigration: Laws, Policies and Procedures program since 2009, where he has been teaching the in-person module on temporary foreign workers. Craig has been a Director of the SPARK Computer Graphics Society since 2010 and a Director (and past President) of the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre since 1998.
Ryan Rosenberg is a Vancouver based Canadian immigration lawyer who advises clients on all Canadian immigration and citizenship issues. Called to the bar in 2003, he has significant experience assisting Canadian and multi-national corporations transfer key employees to Canada through the utilization of Labour Market Impact Assessments, Provincial Nominee Programs, and various international trade agreements. He is particularly active with clients across Canada working in engineering, civil infrastructure, natural resources, e-commerce, and various skilled trades. Ryan also customizes strategic immigration solutions for individuals and families, with an emphasis on employment, investment, and family sponsorship based applications.
Ryan co-founded Larlee Rosenberg in 2009 and serves the firm as Managing Partner. He is a published columnist, a regular panelist at immigration law conferences, and an active member of the CBA. In 2011, he testified as an expert witness before the Senate of Canada on proposed amendments to Canadian immigration laws.
Faculty
Sharon An — Manager, Tax, PwC Law LLP, Vancouver
Victor Ing — Sas & Ing Immigration Law, Vancouver
Robert Leong — Lowe & Company, Vancouver
Jae-Yeon Lim — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Silvia Macedo — McCrea Immigration Law, Vancouver
Benton Mischuk — Sheffman & Company, Victoria
Helen Park — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver
Vivian Yuen — Electronic Arts Canada, Burnaby
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Immigration Issues in Depth 2019
Course Chairs
Laura A. Best — Embarkation Law Corporation, Vancouver
Brett J. Nash — Department of Justice Canada, Vancouver
About the Course Chairs
Laura Best is a founding Director of Embarkation Law Corporation, where she practices Canadian immigration and refugee law. She assists clients who want to come to or remain in Canada: to reunite with family, to find safe haven, to pursue economic and academic opportunities. She represents clients with their applications to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and in proceedings with Canada Border Services Agency. She regularly appears before all levels of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada and at the Federal Court of Canada. She has also represented clients at the BC Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.
Laura regularly presents on issues of immigration and refugee law at continuing legal education conferences.
Brett Nash is counsel with the Department of Justice Canada in Vancouver and practices primarily in the area of immigration and refugee law. Brett has appeared in the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal on a wide range of immigration and refugee issues. Prior to focusing on immigration matters, Brett was counsel on Aboriginal rights and title claims in the Aboriginal Law Section, and prior to joining the Department of Justice, he had a general litigation practice. Brett holds a Master of Laws degree focusing on constitutional and statutory interpretation and international law.
Planning Committee
R. Keith Reimer — Legal Counsel, IRB, Vancouver
Faculty
The Honourable Paul Favel — Federal Court, Ottawa
Becky Chan — Acting Assistant Deputy Chairperson, Refugee Protection Division, Western Region, IRB, Vancouver
Adrienne Denham — LeBeau Law, Coquitlam
Amanda Dunn — Federal Court Registry, Vancouver
Paula Faber — Acting Assistant Deputy Chairperson, Refugee Appeal Division, Western Region, IRB, Vancouver
Cristie Ford — Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of BC, Vancouver
Darren McLeod — Legal Counsel, IRB, Vancouver
Jocelyne Mui — Department of Justice Canada, Vancouver
Helen Park — Department of Justice Canada, Vancouver
Kay Scorer — Scorer Law Corporation, Vancouver
Banafsheh Sokhansanj — Department of Justice Canada, Vancouver
Alice Tang — Assistant Deputy Chairperson, Immigration Division, Western Region, IRB, Vancouver
William Tao — Edelmann & Company Law Corporation, Vancouver
Linda Taylor — Assistant Deputy Chairperson, Immigration Appeal Division, Western Region, IRB, Vancouver
Sandra E. Weafer — Department of Justice Canada, Vancouver
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