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APPENDIX A: LIST OF WITNESSES

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Angela Gawel, Director General,
International Region

2014/02/26

14

David Manicom, Director General,
Immigration Branch

   

Ryhan Mansour, Manager, Policy, Labour Market Access and Client - Centered Program Policy, Integration / FCRO Branch

   

Robert Orr, Assistant Deputy Minister,
Operations

   

As an individual

Richard Kurland, Policy Analyst and Lawyer

2014/03/04

15

Canada Border Services Agency

Geoffrey Leckey, Director General,
Enforcement and Intelligence Operations Division

   

Lesley Soper, Acting Director General,
Enforcement and Intelligence Programs

   

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Supt Jean Cormier, Director,
Federal Coordination Centres

   

South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO)

Deepa Mattoo, Staff Lawyer and Acting Executive Director

   

The Shield of Athena - Family Services

Melpa Kamateros, Executive Director

   

Siran Nahabedian, Social Worker for Female Victims of Conjugal Violence and of Domestic Violence, Athena's House

   

As individuals

Chantal Desloges, Lawyer,
Chantal Desloges Professional Corporation

2014/03/05

16

Julie Taub, Immigration and Refugee Lawyer and former member of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

   

Canadian Council for Refugees

Heather Neufeld, Representative

   

As an individual

Claudia Andrea Molina, Lawyer,
Cabinet Molina Inc.

2014/03/25

17

Collectif des femmes immigrantes du Québec

Marie-Josée Duplessis, Executive Assistant

   

Girls Action Foundation

Saman Ahsan, Executive Director

 

 

Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)

Debbie Douglas, Executive Director

   

S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

Queenie Choo, Chief Executive Officer

   

Table de concertation des organismes au service des personnes réfugiées et immigrantes

Amel Belhassen, Representative, Women's file

   

As an individual

Christine Straehle, Professor,
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa

2014/04/01

18

DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society

Katie Rosenberger, Manager, Counselling Services

   

Swarandeep Virk, Counsellor

   

Espace féminin arabe

Khadija Darid, Director General

   

Metro Toronto Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic

Avvy Yao-Yao Go, Clinic Director

   

Muslim Canadian Congress

Mohammad Khan, President

   

Reh'ma Community Services

Shirin Mandani, Executive Director

   

Talat Muinuddin, President

   

As individuals

Kamal Dhillon, Author, Black and Blue Sari

2014/04/02

19

Denise Spitzer, Canada Research Chair in Gender Migration and Health, University of Ottawa

   

Canadian Council of Muslim Women

Alia Hogben, Executive Director

   

Coalition of Progressive Canadian Muslim Organizations

Tahir Gora, Secretary General

   

Salma Siddiqui, President

   

South Asian Women's Centre

Kripa Sekhar, Executive Director

   

As an individual

Lorne Waldman, Barrister and Solicitor,
Lorne Waldman & Associates

2014/04/08

20

Maison Afghane-Canadienne (MAFCAN)

Humaira Madawa, Director

   

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment of New Zealand

Lynda Byrne, Senior Advisor, Immigration Policy

   

Phillipa Guthrey, Manager, Immigration International

   

Christine Hyndman, Manager, Immigration Policy

   

Fraser Richards, Senior Solicitor, Corporate and Registries

   

Yellow Brick House

Lorris Herenda, Executive Director

   

Afghan Women's Organization

Adeena Niazi, Executive Director

2014/04/09

21

As individuals

Elizabeth Long, Barrister and Solicitor,
Long Mangalji LLP

   

Audrey Macklin, Professor and Chair in Human Rights Law,
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

   

Kathryn Marshall, Lawyer

   

Greater Vancouver Counselling and Education Society for Families

Poran Poregbal, Founder, Executive Director and Therapist

   

Herizon House Women's Shelter

Laila Fakhri, Crisis Intervention Counsellor

   

Afghan Women’s Centre of Montreal

2014/05/26

28

Makai Aref, President

Patmeena Sabit, Program Assistant

   

As an individual

Shahin Mehdizadeh, Superintendent,
Manitoba, "D" Division, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

   

Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow

Raheel Raza, President