Welcome Home: An Immigration Law Podcast

Canadian immigration law analysis covering policy, cases and practice AI summary

Emond Publishing Visit website › Government · EN · 15 episodes · latest 2025-05-21 · explicit

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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 cases from across Canada. Explicit content rating due to coarse language.

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S1E15 - When the Work Hurts: Mental Health in Legal Practice E

2025-05-21 · 59 min · Season 1, episode 15

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 Registered Psychotherapist Dawn Binkowski, whose two decades of…
S1E14 - From Advocacy to Algorithms: AI’s Role in Immigration E

2025-05-08 · 58 min · Season 1, episode 14

Can automation truly redefine immigration systems without sacrificing equity and trust? Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way Canadian immigration processes operate, with promises of increased…
S1E13 - Canadian Citizenship: What Practitioners Need to Know E

2024-09-24 · 52 min · Season 1, episode 13

In December 2023, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that Canada’s current “first generation” limits on citizenship violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In this episode, citizenship experts…
S1E12 - Making Connections South of the Border, with Erick Widman E

2023-11-08 · 49 min · Season 1, episode 12

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 Chantal and Cathryn sit down with Erick Widman to discuss United States’…
S1E11 - How Artificial Intelligence is Influencing the Canadian Immigration Application Process E

2023-08-30 · 52 min · Season 1, episode 11

What degree of transparency should we expect from a government body that leverages AI to expedite processes that have a life-changing impact on thousands of people each year? The IRCC has introduced the use of…
S1E10 - Economic Immigration: The NOC, Work Permits, and Express Entry E

2023-06-29 · 53 min · Season 1, episode 10

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 welcome 500,000 new immigrants per year. This could be a tall order as…
S1E9 - What Do Clients Look for in a Lawyer? E

2022-12-08 · 1 hr 12 min · Season 1, episode 9

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 representative, what do you imagine their answer would be? In this…
S1E8 - An Interview With Pantea Jafari E

2022-11-15 · 1 hr 5 min · Season 1, episode 8

Unlimited intake quotas, limited processing targets, inaccurate processing times, and resource constraints all contribute to the massive and seemingly perpetual IRCC backlog. With many cases dragging on for years and…
S1E7 - Legal Intersections: Family Law and Immigration Law E

2022-07-27 · 1 hr 3 min · Season 1, episode 7

An individual can only make ONE refugee claim per lifetime. Every year, thousands of individuals flee to Canada and exercise their one and only opportunity to make a refugee claim. Many of these refugee claims are from…
S1E6 - Sorry, We’re Closed: Business and Corporate Immigration in Canada E

2022-06-09 · 54 min · Season 1, episode 6

Why is Canada falling behind in business and corporate immigration? With minuscule applicant intake numbers, protracted processing times, and unwieldy programs with no guarantees of residency, one could argue that…

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Oldest episode in feed: 11/2021 · over 4 years
Typical length: 55 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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