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. .