Every year, thousands of Canadian citizens move to the United States in pursuit of employment opportunities. However, the process is not as simple as finding a job and making the move. There are many steps that you must take and considerations to think about. What job category will you fit into? What are the benefits and drawbacks of the various work visas? What are the rules surrounding your spouse or kids? Will you be eligible for a green card in the future? Whether the US is in your immediate future of you’re simply curious about the possibility, come hear from consular staff and immigration experts who will make some sense of the sometimes intimidating process of US immigration. The information in this recording is time sensitive and therefore cannot be referenced in any immigration documentation.
This event took place on October 28, Wednesday 2015 6:30-9:00pm at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre, Jack Poole Hall.
Panelists
Nancy Biasi – Chief of the Consular Section at the U.S. Consulate General in Vancouver, BC & Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
Matthew Lieurance – Assistant Chief, Foreign Operations Division, U.S. Border Patrol and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Joel H. Paget – Senior Immigration Attorney, Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland, PLLC
Alex Stojicevic, LLB’94 – Managing Partner, Maynard Kischer Stojicevic – Vancouver Immigration Lawyers
Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library
West, D. M., Brookings Institution, & Ebrary Academic Complete (Canada) Subscription Collection. (2010;2011;). Brain gain: Rethinking U.S. immigration policy (1st ed.). Washington, D.C: Brookings Institution Press. doi:10.7864/j.ctt4cg7xf [Link]
UBC Library Research Guides
Government Publications: Canadian Statistics
Join MOA Director Dr. Anthony Shelton for a special lecture on The Wixaritari (Huichol). The Wixaritari, who live in the mountainous, isolated parts of northwest Mexico, have retained a unique cosmology despite continuous threats to despoil their land and sacred sites. Their homeland was created through the sacrifice of their ancestral deities who became transformed into the land, mountains, seas and plant and animal forms that surround them. This presentation will open a glimpse into this world and describe some of their techniques and philosophy which enables them to see what is invisible to others.
Robert (Bob) Sung is currently the President of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia. A Fourth-Generation Canadian, Bob has a passion for culinary arts & history. He was educated at the University of Hawaii for Business Administration and at the Dubrulle Culinary Institute for Professional Culinary Training. For over twenty-‐five years, his personal & business life have revolved around the Food & Hospitality Industry. Bob’s purpose is to educate and entertain from a culinary & cultural approach. In terms of outreach, he is a member of both the Vancouver Chinatown Revitalization Committee, and serves as an advisor to the Asian Heritage Month Society.
