Queen's Law Refugee Support Program

09/12/2019

Hi Everyone!! The Queen's Law Refugee Support Program and Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL) Student Chapter are looking to get going for the year, and we need a new Executive Team!!

QLRSP is a club dedicated to serving the needs of the local refugee community in Kingston. Through this club we hold events, socials, and fundraisers to help support the integration of newcomers to Kingston.

CARL QL is directed by CARL National and executes their directives on academic and advocacy initiatives related to immigration and refugee law issues. The host a conference this year at Parliament for students to practice speaking with MPs about important issues in immigration and refugee law.
The current executive team sees QLRSP and CARL QL as two branches of the same organization. We would like QLRSP and CARL QL to work concurrently in hosting both community and academic-based events and envision one executive team to overseeing both clubs.
We are seeking:
· 2 Presidents: Will determine the overall direction of QLRSP’s and CARL’s and lead the development of the year-long plan.
· 2 VP Social Events: Will fundraise and plan community and QL-based social events for QLRSP
· 2 VP Academics: Will organize academic based events for CARL QL liaise with professors and CARL National
· 1 VP Marketing and Outreach: Will design posters, share events via the LSS Listserv and Facebook, and maintain our volunteer list.
** To Join our Exec you must have paid the optional SGPS fee for the year (when you paid your tuition) **

TO APPLY:
Please include a short paragraph (max. 250 words) which explains your interest in QLRSP/CARL and email to Kristina Beer [email protected] by Sunday September 15 at 4 pm.

Thanks!!

09/12/2019

Hi Everyone!! The Queen's Law Refugee Support Program and Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL) Student Chapter are looking to get going for the year, and we need a new Executive Team!!

QLRSP is a club dedicated to serving the needs of the local refugee community in Kingston. Through this club we hold events, socials, and fundraisers to help support the integration of newcomers to Kingston.

CARL QL is directed by CARL National and executes their directives on academic and advocacy initiatives related to immigration and refugee law issues. The host a conference this year at Parliament for students to practice speaking with MPs about important issues in immigration and refugee law.
The current executive team sees QLRSP and CARL QL as two branches of the same organization. We would like QLRSP and CARL QL to work concurrently in hosting both community and academic-based events and envision one executive team to overseeing both clubs.

We are seeking:
· 2 Presidents: Will determine the overall direction of QLRSP’s and CARL’s and lead the development of the year-long plan.
· 2 VP Social Events: Will fundraise and plan community and QL-based social events for QLRSP
· 2 VP Academics: Will organize academic based events for CARL QL liaise with professors and CARL National
· 1 VP Marketing and Outreach: Will design posters, share events via the LSS Listserv and Facebook, and maintain our volunteer list.
** To Join our Exec you must have paid the optional SGPS fee for the year (when you paid your tuition) **

TO APPLY:
Please include a short paragraph (max. 250 words) which explains your interest in QLRSP/CARL and email to Kristina Beer [email protected] by Sunday September 15 at 4 pm.

Thanks!!

09/25/2018

Executive Team Applications

QLRSP is a club dedicated to serving the needs of the local refugee community in Kingston. Through this club we hold events, socials, and fundraisers to help support the integration of newcomers to Kingston. CARL QL is directed by CARL National and executes their directives on academic and advocacy initiatives related to immigration and refugee law issues.

The current executive team sees QLRSP and CARL QL as two branches of the same organization. We would like QLRSP and CARL QL to work concurrently in hosting both community and academic-based events and envision one executive team to overseeing both clubs.

We are seeking:
- 2 VP Social Events: Will fundraise and plan community and QL-based social events for QLRSP
- 2 VP Academics: Will organize academic based events for CARL QL liaise with professors and CARL National
- 1 VP Marketing and Outreach: Will design posters, share events via the LSS Listserv and Facebook, and maintain our volunteer list.

Please include a copy of your resume and a short paragraph (max. 250 words) which explains your interest in QLRSP/CARL and email all application materials to [email protected] by October 1, 2018 @ 4 pm.

03/28/2018

If you have missed the awesome perfume sale at the Bazaar, the Almatar family will be selling again tomorrow (Thursday) at Queen's Arc from 5-9! So come down, get your scent, get to know your neighbors and support local refugees!

After fleeing Syria, Mr. Almatar set up a perfume business in Lebanon for 4 years. His children, Mohamed Saber and Abdulmalek, were also an integral part of the family business, learning the craft at a young age and they are now experts at assembling perfume. The family business, GOLD MIST Perfumes, offers a great variety of perfumes and unique bottle designs to sell.

In an interview with Queen's Law Refugee Support Program, they said:

“One of the best things about being in Canada is the fact that we can build a life here. Everywhere else has been temporary. But this is it. Canada is it. Now we can pursue the stability we always dreamed about.”

“We just hope for all the Syrian people to be able to pursue what they love without fearing of it being destroyed the next day. We hope for the situation there to be conducive to that”
The Almatar family will have a table at the arc offering a wide range of perfumes. You will be able to sample until you find your new scent. Let GOLD MIST Perfumes help you find the new name for your personal style!

03/05/2018

Executive Team Applications

QLRSP is a club dedicated to serving the needs of the local refugee community in Kingston. Through this club we hold events, socials, and fundraisers to help support the integration of newcomers to Kingston. CARL QL is directed by CARL National and executes their directives on academic and advocacy initiatives related to immigration and refugee law issues.

The current executive team sees QLRSP and CARL QL as two branches of the same organization. We would like QLRSP and CARL QL to work concurrently in hosting both community and academic-based events and envision one executive team to overseeing both clubs.

We are seeking:
- 2 Presidents: Will determine the overall direction of QLRSP's and CARL's and lead the development of the year-long plan.
- 2 VP Social Events: Will fundraise and plan community and QL-based social events for QLRSP
- 2 VP Academics: Will organize academic based events for CARL QL liaise with professors and CARL National
- 1 VP Marketing and Outreach: Will design posters, share events via the LSS Listserv and Facebook, and maintain our volunteer list.

Please include a copy of your resume and a short paragraph (max. 250 words) which explains your interest in QLRSP/CARL and email all application materials to [email protected] by April 7th.

03/03/2018

A current need exists in the community for legal support in private refugee sponsorship applications. The Refugee SSP, in partnership with the Refugee Sponsorship Training Program (RSTP) and DOORS Kingston will be holding a lawyer training, a sponsor information session and legal clinic on March 17th from 9:30am to 4:30pm at the Bath Road Baptist Church. Lunch will be provided!

If you are interested and available to join please register at the following link. If you have any questions or are only available to attend part of the day please contact [email protected].

Who We Are: The Refugee Sponsorship Support Program (SSP) is an initiative of The Refugee Hub. Its aim is to harness the incredible energy of Canadian sponsor groups and pro bono lawyers in order to bring refugees to safety in Canada, faster. By connecting dedicated volunteer lawyers to private spon...

02/27/2018

Seven students, representing the QL chapter of CARL (Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers), visited Parliament Hill yesterday to lobby Ministers of Parliament on refugee and immigration law issues: Alyssa Moses, Tiffany Huynh, Yamen Fadel, Kali Larsen, Tina Gougoushvili, Tanya Gill and Kristina Beer.

After a full Sunday of lobbying training, including a keynote by Alex Neve the Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada, we met with MPs on Monday, and asked them to (1) remove several statutory bars to humanitarian and compassionate applications under IRPA and (2) create an external, independent and binding oversight body for the Canadian Border Services Agency.

We had extremely productive meetings with these MPs and many were supportive of our position on these issues. Due to our lobbying, some MPs committed to introducing the issues within Standing Committees and with the Hon. Minister Hussen (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship) and the Hon. Minister Goodale (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness).

06/20/2017

"I’ve met so many who have lost so much. But they never lose their dreams for their children or their desire to better our world. They ask for little in return – only our support in their time of greatest need" — UN Secretary-General, António Guterres

On World Refugee Day, held every year on June 20th, we commemorate the strength, courage and perseverance of millions of refugees. This year, World Refugee Day also marks a key moment for the public to show support for families forced to flee.

04/06/2017

On April 3rd, Queen's Law Refugee Support Program was privileged to accept the Law Students' Society Professional Excellence Award.

This award is presented annually to an organized group of law students who, in the opinion of the selection committee, has best demonstrated initiative, contribution, participation and involvement in activities and events that promote educational and professional excellence.

We're so grateful for the contributions from: the innumerable Queen's Law students who signed letters and volunteered their valuable time to do "24 hours" of research, Professor Sharry Aiken, Professor Art Cockfield, and Professor Darryl Robinson who helped host our events, and to the larger Kingston community who made some truly generous donations to both the donation depot and our private sponsorship fundraiser.

And of course we couldn't have done it without our executive team of: Caileigh Gruner, Stephanie Bishop, Yamen Fadel, Meg CF, Tiffany Huynh, Kanwar Dhaliwal, Liz Guilbault, Kali Larsen, Alyssa Indira, Michelle Soucy and Ana Toma.

We hope you'll join us next year in advocating for refugee rights and supporting our local refugee community!

02/09/2017

Thanks to everyone for coming out to our Learn-In on Trump's executive order on immigration.

02/04/2017

Thanks to Professor Kerr for this capturing this great shot of all the QL students researching for refugees today!

Link to the national page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1501776266529493/

01/30/2017

Hi QL!

This Weds/Thurs we will be distributing letters which call on our government to take immediate action to assist refugees endangered by the actions of the United States in the lounge. Come by our table to sign one, and we'll mail it off to our Immigration Minister Hussen for you!

Here is a Google Doc link, if you would like to print it out and mail it yourself! Don't forget that it is free to mail your MP, Minister Hussen or Prime Minister Trudeau, you do not need a postage stamp!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xqcux4HtCJx5HwVUpejS2Lo0pKScjxyvauaWtGs8QBM/edit?usp=sharing

You may also be interested in signing this 'No One is Illegal' petition.
https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/tell-trudeau-welcome-those-fleeing-violence-and-deportation-under-trump