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Not-So Hidden Prejudice: Visa-Office Specific Document Requirements and Chinese Applicants
Canada’s historic mistreatment of Chinese migrants through immigration policy and law, though under-appreciated, cannot be understated. It began with the introduction of the Chinese Head
What To Do About 20,000 High Risk International Students? – Government Policy Making and it’s Important Implications
Based on the most recent publicly-available figures, as of 31 December 2014, there were somewhere in the neighbourhood of 336,502 international students with valid permit in
Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) Releases Their 2016 Immigration Levels Plan
In what can be considered the equivalent to the immigration law version of draft lottery day, the IRCC has released it’s projected numbers of permanent
Proposed Solution for IRCC – Move Response to Further Information Requests to a Portal-Based System
Recently, I have dealt with several files where the issues were entirely a matter of technology and administrative challenges, rather than substance. In the cases
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My Value Proposition
My Canadian immigration/refugee legal practice is based on trust, honesty, hard-work, and communication. I don’t work for you. I work with you.
You know your story best, I help frame it and deal with the deeper workings of the system that you may not understand. I hope to educate you as we work together and empower you.
I aim for that moment in every matter, big or small, when a client tells me that I have become like family to them. This is why I do what I do.
I am a social justice advocate and a BIPOC. I stand with brothers and sisters in the LGBTQ2+ and Indigenous communities. I don’t discriminate based on the income-level of my clients – and open my doors to all. I understand the positions of relative privilege I come from and wish to never impose them on you. At the same time, I also come from vulnerability and can relate to your vulnerable experiences.
I am a fierce proponent of diversity and equality. I want to challenge the racist/prejudiced institutions that still underlie our Canadian democracy and still simmer in deep-ceded mistrusts between cultural communities. I want to shatter those barriers for the next generation – our kids.
I come from humble roots, the product of immigrant parents with an immigrant spouse. I know that my birth in this country does not entitle me to anything here. I am a settler on First Nations land. Reconciliation is not something we can stick on our chests but something we need to open our hearts to. It involves acknowledging wrongdoing for the past but an optimistic hope for the future.
I love my job! I get to help people for a living through some of their most difficult and life-altering times. I am grateful for my work and for my every client.