Overview of the Consultation program 2025

Program – 18-20 November 2025

For a detailed program for each day, please use the menu on the left and click on the day you want to access.

Tuesday, November 18

9am - 10am: Working Group Meetings

• *Immigration & Settlement
  Location: Workshop Room 2
• *Inland Protection
  Location: Workshop Room 1
• *Overseas Protection and Resettlement
  Location: Workshop Room 3

*Please note that the Working Group Meetings are closed to representatives of the Government and the media.

10:30am - 12:30pm: Plenary

• 2025 Opening Plenary – We're Better Together: Growing Public Support for Immigrants and Refugees
  Location: Plenary Room

1:30pm - 3pm: Workshops Bloc A

• A1: Ripple Effects: How U.S. Political Changes Influence Canada’s Asylum and Resettlement Landscape
  Location: Plenary Room
• A2: Technology and Surveillance in Migration: Risks and Opportunities
  Location: Workshop Room 1
• A3: Building Common Ground: Newcomers, Refugees, Settlers, and Indigenous Communities in Dialogue
  Location: Workshop Room 2
• A4: Breaking Down Silos: Enhancing Collaboration Across Sectors
  Location: Workshop Room 3

3:30pm - 5pm: Workshops Bloc B

• B1: Setting Up Sanctuary for Scholars Programs across Canada
  Location: Workshop Room 1
• B2: ‘We’re Better Together’ Training: How to Use the Messaging and Campaign
  Location: Plenary Room
• B3: Building Federal – Provincial Cooperation to ensure Asylum with Dignity for Refugee Claimants
  Location: Workshop Room 2
• B4: Challenging the Safe Third Country Agreement: Rethinking Advocacy and Mobilization
  Location: Workshop Room 3

5:15pm - 6:15pm: Caucuses

• Caucus 1: Advocating for Equitable Processing in Africa
  Location: Workshop Room 1
• Caucus 2: Strengthening Collective Advocacy to Support Refugee Claimants
  Location: Workshop Room 2
• Caucus 3: Immigration Levels - Implications and Strategies for Response
  Location: Workshop Room 3

7pm - 9pm: Social event

• *Social event
  Location: will be shared at a later date

Wednesday, November 19

9am - 10:30am: Workshops Bloc C

• C1: How to Support People who Lose Status
  Location: Workshop Room 1
• C2: Beyond the Broken System: Reimagining Protection Pathways in Canada
  Location: Workshop Room 2
• C3: Nafeer: Root Causes of Displacement in Sudan
  Location: Workshop Room 3
• C4: Resisting Erasure: LGBTQIA+ Rights, Border Bills, and the Fight for Free Movement
  Location: Plenary Room

11:00am - 12:30pm: Workshops Bloc D

• D1: Collective Repair: Exercise for Sustainable Hope
  Location: Workshop Room 1
• D2: Beyond the Bill: Youth Allyship Against Anti-Migrant Laws
  Location: Workshop Room 2
• D3: Post-Refusal Pathways: Exploring Post-Claim Recourses and Humanitarian Pathways to Permanent Residency
  Location: Workshop Room 3
• >D4: No Refuge from Racism: Exposing Anti-Palestinian Racism in Canada’s Communities, Policies and Refugee System
  Location: Plenary Room

1:30pm - 3:30pm: Working Group Meetings

• *Immigration & Settlement
  Location: Workshop Room 2
• *Inland Protection
  Location: Workshop Room 1
• *Overseas Protection and Resettlement
  Location: Workshop Room 3

*Please note that the Working Group Meetings are closed to representatives of the Government and the media.

4pm - 5:00pm: Plenary

• Keynote with The Honourable Wab Kinew, Premier of Manitoba (with Hon. Malaya Marcelino, Minister of Labour and Immigration)
  Location: Plenary Room

Thursday, November 20

9am - 11:30am: Plenary and Annual General Meeting

• 2025 Closing Plenary and Annual General Meeting
  Location: Plenary Room

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