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New Perspectives - Canada's next immigration crisis: how will we respond to the era of climate migration?

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We’ve all seen, and may have even experienced, the growing devastation extreme climate events have caused around the world, from historic floods in Pakistan, unprecedented droughts in China and Europe, and intense forest fires in Canada, Australia and even the Amazon.

As climate change worsens in the coming years, it is likely they will increasingly make areas of the planet uninhabitable and force many people to move both nationally and internationally.

This new era of climate-related migration will create new practical and policy challenges for local and national governments. Our upcoming New Perspectives event aims to identify what these challenges will be and what role Canada could play in addressing climate migration.

We have an amazing panel of speakers to discuss this topic. Warda Shazadi Meighen from Landings LLP is joined by Dr Alison Shaw from SFU and Patrick Michell, former chief of the Kanaka Band in Lytton, BC. They will also be moderated by Laura Lynch from CBC.

This event is in partnership with the Ismaili Centre of Vancouver and CBC.

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Jan 23, 2023 04:30 PM in Vancouver

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Message preview	Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Jan 23, 2023 04:30 PM Vancouver Topic: New Perspectives - Canada's next immigration crisis: how will we respond to the era of climate migration? Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6tXheYXZRhOyAMomLDUzWg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Warda Shazadi Meighen (@Landings LLP) Warda Shazadi Meighen has over a decade of experience and is recognized as a leading immigration lawyer in Canada. Throughout her career, Warda has represented clients on a wide range of refugee and immigration matters and serves as the Co-Chair of the International Justice Circle in the executive committee of Human Rights Watch Canada. She is also the Co-Vice President of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers. She holds a graduate degree from the University of Oxford where she focused on refugee, migration, and international refugee law. She has appeared as an expert before Parliamentary and Senate committees on issues relating to refugee and immigration law and previously worked on prosecutions in relation to the Rwandan genocide at the United Nations Tribunal for Rwanda. Patrick Michell (Fmr Chief of Kanaka Band ) Patrick Michell is a member of the Nlaka’pamux Nation and has lived in British Columbia’s Fraser Canyon all his life. Patrick has an Administrative Management diploma from Douglas College 1989 and a Bachelor of Law (UBC 1992). Patrick worked for the federal and provincial governments before practicing law in the Fraser Canyon from 1997 to 2005. Patrick then joined the Kwoiek Hydro Project Team as a Community Liaison until its completion in 2014. Patrick then transitioned into the Kanaka Bar Indian Band’s Community Economic Development and Lands Officer and with the retirement of Kanaka’s Chief James Frank in the Spring of 2015, Patrick became the Chief of Kanaka until he retired in July 2022 to focus on his families health and the design and rebuild of his families intergenerational home lost in the Lytton fire in June 2021. Dr Alison Shaw (@Simon Fraser University) Dr. Alison Shaw is a scientist and practitioner with over 20 years of experience in pioneering climate change and sustainability research-to-practice approaches. As Executive Director of ACT – the Action on Climate Team at Simon Fraser University, Alison aims to advance pioneering research to practice approaches and partnerships. Climate change is not an environmental problem but is instead a governance and design challenge. At ACT, Alison and her team work to co-create, test, and evaluate practical and effective approaches that enhance resilience, promote rapid decarbonization, and advance multi-solving across equity, biodiversity, future-proofing communities, businesses, and governments, and accelerate the sustainability transition.

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