Fall 2023 Consultation

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Best Western Premier Calgary Plaza Hotel & Conference Centre
1316 33 St NE
Calgary AB T2A 6B6
Canada

We will be holding our Fall 2023 Consultation in person in Calgary. 

Theme: "The Power of the Collective: Decolonizing and Advocating for Systemic Change"

This consultation will address key challenges in our refugee and immigration system. Participants will learn, brainstorm, hear from and give input to government officials and share resources and strategies to respond to these issues in a series of workshops, caucuses, and meetings.

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The 3-day event will take place at the Best Western Premier Calgary Plaza Hotel & Conference Centre. Here is what you can expect:

  • 16 workshops
  • 3 plenaries
  • 1 social event

Click here for program details

We will be updating the program regularly with the information provided by the Workshop Planning Committees, so bookmark the page and come back to it often for updates!

For more information about accommodation and to register:

 

Registration fee scale
Online registration: now open (until Thursday, November 9)
Early bird rates - Until October 13

Please note that meals are not included in the Consultation registration fees.

  • CCR Member:
    • First two participants registered: $150 per participant
    • From the third participant registered: $130 per participant
    • One-day registration: $100 per participant
  • Non-member NGO:
    • First two participants registered: $200 per participant
    • From the third participant registered: $170 per participant
    • One-day registration: $130 per participant
  • Government or Intergovernmental organizations:
    • Full registration: $295 per participant
    • One-day registration: $190 per participant
  • Other organizations, individuals and general public:
    • Full registration: $220 per participant
    • One-day registration: $190 per participant
  • Low-income* registration:
    • Full registration: $80 per participant
    • One-day registration: $50 per participant
  • Indigenous Representatives and Refugees**:
    • FREE
  • Students (younger than 25 years old):
    • Full registration: $40

*To confirm if you fall under this category, follow the LICO (Low-Income Cut-Off) table 2023

**Refugees (including Newcomer Youth younger than 25 years old) who have arrived in Canada within the last five years and who are without an organization that could pay their registration fee can register free of charge.

No individual or organization should be prevented from participating due to fees. To discuss a reduction, group rates, or any other question about the fees, please email us at consultation@ccrweb.ca, or if you are in individual, please fill out this form.

Regular rates - After October 13

Please note that meals are not included in the Consultation registration fees.

  • CCR Member:
    • First two participants registered: $220 per participant
    • From the third participant registered: $180 per participant
    • One-day registration: $140 per participant
  • Non-member NGO:
    • First two participants registered: $280 per participant
    • From the third participant registered: $230 per participant
    • One-day registration: $180 per participant
  • Government or Intergovernmental organizations:
    • Full registration: $375 per participant
    • One-day registration: $240 per participant
  • Other organizations, individuals and general public:
    • Full registration: $315 per participant
    • One-day registration: $240 per participant
  • Low-income* registration:
    • Full registration: $110 per participant
    • One-day registration: $70 per participant
  • Indigenous Representatives and Refugees**:
    • FREE
  • Students (younger than 25 years old):
    • Full registration: $50

*To confirm if you fall under this category, follow the LICO (Low-Income Cut-Off) table 2023

**Refugees (including Newcomer Youth younger than 25 years old) who have arrived in Canada within the last five years and who are without an organization that could pay their registration fee can register free of charge.

No individual or organization should be prevented from participating due to fees. To discuss a reduction, group rates, or any other question about the fees, please email us at consultation@ccrweb.ca, or if you are in individual, please fill out this form.

Additional information
  • Amina Malko Fund for Refugee Participation: CCR member organizations who know refugees (either working for or associated with your organization) can encourage them to apply for the Fund. Look for the email sent to members (on Friday, August 25) or email us at refpart@ccrweb.ca. Deadline to apply: Thursday, September 21.
  • Simultaneous translation: This option will be available between English and French in all sessions. Please remember to bring your earphones/headsets to be able to listen to the service available via an app. 

Workshops and plenaries at the Fall 2023 Consultation

  • Orientation Session
  • Working Group meetings Part I
  • Opening plenary
  • Anti-racism, intersectionality and coloniality (Anti-oppression workshop) 
  • More than a Roof over Their head: The vital need for wrap around supports for newly arrived refugee claimants
  • Equity in response to emergencies: How do we turn public attention into broader support for refugees? 
  • Decade of People of African Descent: Colonialism and Forced Displacement 
  • Broadening the definition of family (LGBTQI + Specific cultural context)
  • How to navigate the world of Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants (RCIC) and Regulated International Student Immigration Advisors (RISIA)
  • The refugee process (Public education workshop) 
  • Unsettling our borders: the expansion of the STCA and Canada’s colonial project  
  • Caucus: Youth Network
  • Caucus: International Students
  • Caucus: Detention
  • Mid plenary
  • Solidarity Across Communities: Coming Together to Build Advocacy
  • Gender-based violence (Government representative workshop) 
  • Turning our differences into strengths: the future of young newcomers and refugees
  • The impact of technological advances in government systems on access to protection  
  • Working Group meetings, Part II
  • Tools for collective advocacy for grassroots organisations and frontline workers (Training workshop) 
  • Migrant workers in rural and remote areas, access to basic services and working with the community. 
  • Trauma-informed approaches to work 
  • Resettlement 101: Fundamentals of refugee resettlement in Canada  
  • Closing plenary