Program – 26-28 November 2024
For a detailed program for each day, please use the menu on the left and click on the day you want to access.
Tuesday, November 26
- 8:30am - 9am: Orientation
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- Orientation
Location: Ballroom AB
- Orientation
- 9am - 10am: Working Group Meetings
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- *Immigration & Settlement
Location: Ballroom C - *Inland Protection
Location: Joliet Frontenac - *Overseas Protection and Resettlement
Location: Richelieu
*Please note that the Working Group Meetings are closed to representatives of the Government and the media.
- *Immigration & Settlement
- 10:30am - 12:30pm: Plenary
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- 2024 Opening Plenary - Building Power across Sectors: Reclaiming support for refugees and newcomers - Keynote speakers: JP Hornick, Stephen Brown, Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah, Catherine Lussier
Location: Ballroom AB
- 2024 Opening Plenary - Building Power across Sectors: Reclaiming support for refugees and newcomers - Keynote speakers: JP Hornick, Stephen Brown, Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah, Catherine Lussier
- 1:30pm - 3pm: Workshops Bloc A
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- A1: The need for a National Plan for Asylum with Dignity
Location: Ballroom AB - A2: International Students: Commodification and systemic issues setting the ground for exploitation and abuse
Location: Ballroom C - A3: CCR’s Legal Affairs Committee – Public Interest Litigation and Standing
Location: Richelieu - A4: Mobilizing Our Communities: Service Providers, Advocacy, and Allyship
Location: Joliet Frontenac
- A1: The need for a National Plan for Asylum with Dignity
- 3:30pm - 5pm: Workshops Bloc B
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- B1: Emerging Issues in Immigration Detention
Location: Ballroom AB - B2: Building Stronger Support Systems for Migrant Workers in Canada
Location: Ballroom C - B3: Refugee Resettlement Process from Africa under PSR: Challenges with IRCC and IOM
Location: Richelieu - B4: Root Causes of Palestinian Displacement and Anti-Palestinian Racism: from 1948 to Today
Location: Joliet Frontenac
- B1: Emerging Issues in Immigration Detention
- 5:15pm - 6:15pm: Caucuses
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- Caucus 1: Palestinian Refugees
Location: Ballroom AB - Caucus 2: Is your work threatened by intimidation and organized crime?
Location: To be confirmed - Caucus 3: Secondary migration of refugee claimants
Location: To be confirmed - Caucus 4: Details to come
Location: To be confirmed
- Caucus 1: Palestinian Refugees
- 7pm - 9pm: Social event
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- *Social event
Location: will be shared at a later date
- *Social event
Wednesday, November 27
- 9am - 10:30am: Workshops Bloc C
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- C1: Untold stories: combating sexual violence against women and LGBTQ+ migrants
Location: Ballroom AB - C2: Unpacking collective care and trauma-informed organizations in the sector
Location: Ballroom C - C3: Extractive industries and forced displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Location: Richelieu - C4: Training Workshop: Messaging for Reclaiming Public Support for Refugees and Migrants
Location: Joliet Frontenac
- C1: Untold stories: combating sexual violence against women and LGBTQ+ migrants
- 11:00am - 12:30pm: Workshops Bloc D
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- D1: Government Dialogue: Accountability for Advancing Anti Racism in Refugee and Immigration Policy
Location: Ballroom AB - D2: Current Immigration Policies and their Effects on Young Newcomers
Location: Ballroom C - D3: Are we still Humanitarian? Challenges in Quebec and across Canada to the future of PSR
Location: Richelieu - D4: Looking globally, thinking locally: Best Practices for Building Public Support
Location: Joliet Frontenac
- D1: Government Dialogue: Accountability for Advancing Anti Racism in Refugee and Immigration Policy
- 1:30pm - 3:30pm: Working Group Meetings
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- *Immigration & Settlement
Location: Ballroom C - *Inland Protection
Location: Joliet Frontenac - *Overseas Protection and Resettlement
Location: Richelieu
*Please note that the Working Group Meetings are closed to representatives of the Government and the media.
- *Immigration & Settlement
- 4pm - 5:30pm: Plenary
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- 2024 Plenary - Keynote Speaker: The Honourable Marc Miller (tbc)
Location: Ballroom AB
- 2024 Plenary - Keynote Speaker: The Honourable Marc Miller (tbc)
- 7:30pm - 9pm: Plenary
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- 2024 Plenary - Keynote Speaker: Anat Shenker Osorio
Location: Ballroom AB
- 2024 Plenary - Keynote Speaker: Anat Shenker Osorio
Thursday, November 28
- 9am - 11:30am: Plenary and Annual General Meeting
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- 2024 Closing Plenary and Annual General Meeting - Keynote Speaker: Toula Drimonis
Location: Ballroom AB
- 2024 Closing Plenary and Annual General Meeting - Keynote Speaker: Toula Drimonis
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