Ethics and Professionalism Issues in Representing International Students

Included with our Passes

March 5, 2025 at 12:00pm EST

$30

1 hour

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SUMMARY

This course discusses common ethical issues that arise in the representation of international students and their family members. Topics will include the role of the education and immigration consultant, representation of multiple parties, and how to address client dishonesty.   

Includes:

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

  • Education Consulting
  • Conflicts of interest
  • Representing Multiple Parties
  • Working for an academic institution and advising students at the same time
  • Advising the principal applicants and family members
  • Handling “Questionable” Client Evidence
  • Misrepresentations and omissions
  • Dishonesty and fraud by client

CPD CREDITS

For Lawyers and Paralegals
Law Society of Ontario

Substantive Hours: This program is eligible for up to 1 hour.

Law Society of British Columbia

Approved for 1 CPD credit.

Law Societies of Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia

For members of these Law Societies, consider including this course as a CPD learning activity in your mandatory annual requirements

For Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants and RISIAs
College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants

Approved for 1 CPD Hour (contains 1 hour of professionalism content)
Video recording valid until March 5, 2026

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INSTRUCTORS

Andrew Carvajal

Managing Lawyer
Carvajal Law

Andrew is a Toronto immigration lawyer and the Managing Lawyer of Carvajal Law. He received a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Civil Law from McGill University. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2011.

Andrew’s immigration practice focuses on all types of business immigration, including the relocation of foreign workers through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and the International Mobility Program. This involves the representation of employers and employees on all types of Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) applications and Canadian work permit applications. He also assists professionals and entrepreneurs around the world with permanent residence applications under federal and provincial economic programs.

Having been involved in the international student industry for over 10 years, Andrew also assists clients with study permits and visitor visas. He is the CEO of the education consulting firm mobility.study.

For over 10 years, Andrew has taught at the university and college levels, as well as professional development courses to immigration lawyers, Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants and paralegals. He is the Curriculum Developer for LPEN and an instructor of multiple online courses and workshops dealing with labour mobility programs, permanent residence and study permits. He is also a frequent contributor to several publications dealing with immigration law and has been invited to speak about immigration changes on local and national news segments, as well as to testify before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.

Prior to practising law, Andrew was a sociology professor at McGill University and a university researcher in projects dealing with criminal justice, equality laws, family transformation and social research methods. He is also the host of the biweekly wine and immigration podcast “Vivir Afuera”.

Matthew McDonald

Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant
Matthew McDonald Immigration Services

Matthew is based out of Toronto but currently runs his digital-first practice from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he is studying Spanish and getting a personal refresher on migration. His formal education includes a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from Brandon University and a Master of Arts from the University of Ottawa. He completed his Immigration Consultant education through Humber College and became an RCIC in 2016.

Before shifting into Canadian immigration work full time in 2023, Matthew worked in the Canadian post-secondary sector for 10 years, first as an international student advisor at Humber College, and then at Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.

Because of his extensive experience supporting international students from within colleges and universities, his practice grew through requests to support international students and their family members navigate a range of temporary and permanent resident applications. He particularly enjoys supporting family-class applications; his first encounter with Canada’s immigration system took place in 2011 when he began the process of sponsoring his husband for permanent residence while living in Skopje, Macedonia.

Matthew’s career began as a university instructor and high school teacher, and he continues to keep teaching as part of his work. In addition to professional development courses for LPEN, he has spent multiple years as part of the team that develops and delivers the International Students and Immigration Program through the Canadian Bureau of International Education, which is the training program for Regulated International Student Immigration Advisors (RISIAs) who advise international students within Canada’s post-secondary sector.