Introduction to Canadian Immigration Law in British Columbia
The course will conduct a general overview of the Canadian immigration system, and in particular, will analyze various temporary and permanent residence legal concepts. In addition, students will gain an understanding of the key aspects of the general principles of Canadian immigration law including the grounds of inadmissibility. Finally, the foregoing will be studied in light of Canada’s jurisdictional particularities.
Dominic Therrien is the founder of One Continent Immigration Law Corporation and he has been a lawyer since 2002. Mr.Therrien, fluent in English and French, has a long and diversified international experience as he lived in the United States, France and China. In addition to obtaining a Quebec law degree and a Certificate of Qualification in common law, he pursued undergraduate studies in political science at the University of Montréal, and graduate studies in international politics at the prestigious Université de la Sorbonne (Paris, France). Mr. Therrien was called to the Law Society of Quebec (2002), to the Law Society of British Columbia (2010), and to the State Bar of California (2019). In addition to his immigration law practice, Mr. Therrien is an Immigration Law instructor at the University of British Columbia and at Ashton College. Mr.Therrien’s law career followed several years of playing professional baseball in the Atlanta Braves organization. Mr. Therrien has been living in British Columbia since 2009 with his family and too many pets.
