Schedule for MCC Ottawa Office Student Seminar 2016 Refuge. Asylum. Displacement. Canada’s response.
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church 82 Kent Street, Ottawa
Note: This schedule is subject to change as speakers are confirmed.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18
8:30 a.m. Welcome and introductions
9:00 Opening reflection – Saulo Padilla, Coordinator of Immigration Education, MCC U.S. 9:45 Session 1: Hearing from Members of Parliament – Jenny Kwan, NDP Member of Parliament for Vancouver East and critic for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship 10:45 Break
11:00 Session 2: Migration 101 – Saulo Padilla, Coordinator of Immigration Education, MCC U.S.
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:15 Question Period, House of Commons
3:30 Session 3: Hearing from Members of Parliament - Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party
4:15 Session 4: Introduction to the work of MCC and the Ottawa Office - Jennifer Wiebe, Director MCC Ottawa Office 5:00 Debrief the day FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19
8:30 a.m. Opening reflection – Allison Goerzen, MCC Alberta Intern
9:00 Price is Right game
9:30 Session 5: The global picture of forced migration – Michael Casasola, United Nations High Commission for Refugees
10:30 Break
11:00 Session 6: Refugee resettlement in Canada - Sandra Elgersma, Analyst, Library of Parliament - Derrick Deans, Assistant Director Refugee Affairs, Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:15 Session 7: Interactive session on resettlement planning – Brian Dyck, Coordinator for Migration and Resettlement, MCC Canada
2:45 Break
3:15 Session 8: Advocacy on behalf of refugees - Joe Gunn, Executive Director, Citizens for Public Justice - Catherine Veillet St Amant, Representative of Student Refugee Program, World University Service Canada - Don Smith of Refugee 613
5:00 Debrief of the day SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20
8:30 Opening reflection – Virginia Graves, Ottawa Mennonite Church
9:00 Session 9: Pulling things together; a holistic response – Brian Dyck
10:15 Closing comments and evaluation
11:15 Prayer at Eternal Flame and group photo on steps of Parliament Building
11:45 Tour of Parliament Building
1:00 Farewell and departures - Visit to the MCC Ottawa Office for anyone interested.