About the Participants
Presenters | Other Participants | Additional York University Participants
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| Professor, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University | |
| Prof. Sharryn Aiken | Associate Dean (Graduate Studies and Research) and Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario |
| Osamu Arakaki, Ph.D. | Professor of International Relations, Kansaigaidai University |
| Dr. Sasha Baglay | Assistant Professor, Faculty of Criminology, Justice and Policy Studies, University of Ontario Institute of Technology |
| Prof. Michael Barutciski |
Associate Professor / Professeur agrégé, Director of Graduate Studies, Glendon School of Public and International Affairs | Directeur des études supérieures, École des affaires publiques et internationales de Glendon, York University |
President, Asylum and Immigration Chamber, Upper Tribunal,
United Kingdom |
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| Justice Ana M. Calzada | President, Supreme Court of Costa Rica |
| Dr. Nergis Canefe | Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and School of Public, Policy and Administration & Associate Director,
Centre for Refugee Studies,
York University |
| Justice Geoffrey Care | Chairman, EurAsylum Ltd., Advisory Board and the Founding President of the IARLJ, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Tom Clark | Author and formerly the National Coordinator of the Inter-Church Committee for Refugees (ICCR), linked with the Canadian Council of Churches |
| Prof. Barbara Crow | Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University |
Executive Director, Canadian Council for Refugees, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
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Associate Vice-President Research and Innovation, Social Science and Humanities, York University |
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Supreme Federal Administrative Court of Germany; Honorary Professor of the Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Leipzig, Germany |
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Departmental Lecturer in International Refugee and Human Rights Law, Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development (QEH), University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
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| Justice Nathan Charles Erasmus | High Court of South Africa, Western Cape Provisional Division, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa |
Professor School of Law University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester, United Kingdom |
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Chairperson, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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Senior Research Fellow All Souls College University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
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Professor European Migration Law, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
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| Prof. Jennifer Hyndman | Department of Social Science; Resident Faculty, ORU-Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS), York University |
Lecturer in Residence and Senior Fellow, Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law School of Law University of California at Berkeley, United States of America |
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Supreme Court of India, Tilak Marg, New Delhi, India |
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Chief Justice Federal Court (Canada) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Professor, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
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Director, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University |
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Head of Division (Division 3.1) European Court for Human Rights Council of Europe, France |
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| Nuala Mole | Director, The AIRE (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe) Centre, London, UK |
UN Special Rapporteur Faculty of Law Chulalongkorn University Phyathai, Bangkok, Thailand |
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Transvaal Division Court, High Court of the Republic of South Africa and Justice of the African Court of Human and People's Rights, Arusha, Tanzania |
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Immediate Past President of the International Association of Refugee Law Judges Federal Court of Australia |
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Osgoode Hall Law School, York University |
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Thai representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights; Lecturer, Centre for Human Rights Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand |
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| Peter Showler | Director, The Refugee Forum, Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies and a Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS) Scholar at York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Senior Policy Advisor, International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA), Geneva, Switzerland |
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Director of the Division of International Protection, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Geneva, Switzerland |
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Federal Court (Canada) Ottawa, Ontario Canada |
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| OTHER PARTICIPANTS | |
Patricia A. Atkinson |
Senior Policy Advisor,
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada,
Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Response Division, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Director General, Immigration Division, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |
| Simon Coakeley | Executive Director, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Susan Davis |
Executive Vice-President, Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy, Toronto, Canada |
Sylvia Cox-Duquette |
Senior General Counsel, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Prof. Susan Dimock |
Master, McLaughlin College & Department of Philosophy, York University |
| Nancy Drozd | Policy and Research Analyst, NHQ - Strategic Policy and Priorities Sector | AC - Politique et priorités stratégiques, Citizenship and Immigration Canada | Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada |
| Lois D. Figg | Assistant Deputy Chairperson, Refugee Protection Division, Central Region, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Brian Gorlick |
Chief Office of Staff Legal Assistance Office of the Administration of Justice United Nations Secretariat New York, New York, USA |
Angus Grant |
Staff Lawyer, LAO Law, Atrium on Bay,Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Professor School of Public Policy and Administration 132 McLaughlin College York University |
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| Mary Teresa Glynn | A/Manager,
Canada Border Services Agency,
Operations Training Support, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
OBE Director, Refugee Programme Fahamu Networks for Social Justice, Oxford, United Kingdom |
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Prof. Les Jacobs |
Director York Centre for Public Policy and Public Law, York Research Tower, Toronto, Ontario |
Rana Khan |
Legal Advisor, UNHCR Toronto, Ontario |
| The Hon. Justice Luc Martineau |
Federal Court (Canada), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Peter McDougall | Director General, Refugees Branch Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Refugees, Ottawa, Canada |
Coordinator, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University |
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| Kirsten Mlacak | Director, Horizontal Policy & International Protection | Élaboration de la politique horizontale & de la protection, NHQ - Refugees | AC - Réfugiés Citizenship and Immigration Canada | Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada, Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada |
Alice Nah |
Chairperson Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Nework, Migration Working Group The National Human Rights Society (HAKAM), Malaysia |
Prof. Delphine Nakache |
School of International Development and Globalization Faculty of Social Science University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Robert Néron | Assistant Deputy Chairperson, Refugee Protection Division, Eastern Region, Refugee Protection Division, Central Region, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Mr. Benjamin Perryman | Law Clerk, Federal Court, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Joseph Rikhof | Senior Counsel/Avocat Conseil, Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes Section/Section des crimes contre l'humanité et des crimes de guerre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Ken Sandhu |
Deputy Chairperson, Refugee Protection Division, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Josh Scheinert |
Law Clerk to the Honourable Chief Justice Allan Lutfy |
Hy Shelow |
Senior Protection Officer, UNHCR Branch Office for Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Shari A. Stein | Deputy Chairperson, Immigration Appeal Division, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Yasmeen Siddiqui | RSD Consultant UNHCR, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Kees (Cornelis) Wouters | Senior Refugee Law Advisor,
Division of International Protection (DIP),
UNHCR, Geneva, Switzerland |
High Court Judge at the
Administrative Court of the Republic of Slovenia and a Researcher at the |
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| Additional York University Participants | |
| Flavia Genovese | Anthropology |
| Darri Gepilano | Global Political Studies |
| (John) Yeong Joong Lee | JD Candidate, Osgoode Hall Law School |
| Jonathan Tao-Yang Lee | JD Candidate, Osgoode Hall Law School |
| Eric Leung | War Crimes and Refugee Status Research Workshop Coordinator |
| Yasmine Mathurin | Political Science |
| Christian Ernest Rock | English and Education |
| Nomusa Taylor-Dube | Conference Coordinator |
| Samia Tecle | International Development Studies |
| Irene Tumwebaze | Graduate Studies, Osgoode Hall Law School |
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*Prof. Vitit Muntarbhorn was unable to travel to Canada because of the present situation in his city and country, Bangkok, Thailand
