Centre for Foreign Policy Studies

The Centre will be hosting a panel discussion on Nov. 13th from 12:30 - 2:00 in the Lord Dalhousie Room of the A&A.

Everyone is welcome and refreshments will be provided. The panelists will speak for the first hour and the remaining 30 minutes will be for a question and answer period.

The panel consists of:

Ambassador James Bissett
Ambassador Bissett is the former Executive Director of the Canadian Immigration Service and is a critic of Canada's current immigration and refugee policy. He recently published "Canada's Asylum System: A Threat to American Security?" for the Center for Immigration Studies and appeared on CBS's 60 Minutes to discuss his concerns about
Canada's immigration policy.

Lee Cohen
Mr. Cohen is an immigration lawyer who specializes in immigration and human rights matters. He has assisted hundreds of foreign nationals seeking entry into Canada. He is the former chair of the Canadian Bar Association - Nova Scotia Branch Immigration Law Section and has appeared before Canadian parliamentary committees to comment upon
proposed amendments to immigration legislation. He is the founder of the Halifax Refugee Clinic.

Joseph Rikhof
Mr. Rikhof received his law degree from the University of Nijmegen (Netherlands). He also studied law at the University of British Columbia and McGill University. He has been employed with the Department of Justice since 1987. His area of expertise in the last
decade lies in the area of the law related to organized crime, terrorism, genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, especially in the context of immigration and refugee law.

Best regards,
Marcia
Marcia R. Seitz-Ehler, MA
Research Grants Coordinator
Centre for Foreign Policy Studies
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS B3H 4H6
ph: 902-494-6444
fax: 902-494-3825
www.dal.ca/~centre