Chantal Desloges and Deanna Okun-Nachoff
September 8, 2025 at 11:00am EST
$120
4 hours
Attend Live and On-Demand Recording
This course delves into the world of permanent residence applications that are often required as a last resort, due to clients not being eligible under regular immigration programs or because of prohibitions to applying. Our instructor will discuss what types of application are appropriate for humanitarian and compassionate requests, the legal test and when such relief is not an option. Topics will also include what to consider before applying, what evidence to include as part of these applications, ethical considerations and common mistakes made by H&C applicants.
Substantive Hours: This program is eligible for up to 4 hours.
Approved for 4 CPD credits.
For members of these Law Societies, consider including this course as a CPD learning activity in your mandatory annual requirements
Approved for 4 CPD Hours
Video recording valid until September 8, 2026
Chantal Desloges is certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in both Citizenship/Immigration law and Refugee law. Her practice encompasses every possible area of Canadian citizenship, immigration and refugee law, such as business class applications, skilled workers, family sponsorships, work and study permits, refugee cases, citizenship applications, plus Appeals and Judicial Reviews of refused cases. She was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1999 and is the founding and senior partner of Desloges Law Group.
Chantal taught Immigration Law at Osgoode Hall Law School in 2000/2001. She also taught in the Immigration Practitioner Certificate Programme at Seneca College from 1999 – 2010 and the Immigration Consultant Diploma at Herzing College from 2015 – 2018. She currently teaches a number of continuing professional development programs for LPEN, IMEDA and the Ontario Bar Association, among others.
In November, 2016, Chantal and her good friend Cathryn Sawicki published the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Law: A Practitioner’s Handbook. Chantal has been called upon 15 times by Parliamentary and Senate Committees to appear as an expert witness on immigration and refugee issues.
In 2012, Chantal was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, followed by the Canadian Bar Association Young Lawyers’ Pro Bono award. In 2013, Chantal was appointed by the Minister of Justice to serve on the Federal Court Rules Committee, and was reappointed for a further term in 2016. In 2014, Chantal was also elected to the Executive of the Canadian Bar Association, Immigration Section, where she served until 2018.
Chantal is a regular immigration commentator on CTV Power Play, and has been interviewed by both national and local television stations such as CBC, CTV National News, W5, Canada AM, Global News and CP24. She has also been interviewed and quoted in national and local newspapers such as the Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, Globe and Mail, National Post and the Ottawa Citizen.
Deanna has been working in the immigration field for over 20 years, and has recently founded Evolution Law Group – to further focus her work on strategic litigation aimed at redressing systemic injustices in the immigration system. She started her career in the non-profit sector serving the needs of foreign live-in caregivers. Her current practice focuses on litigation and permanent migration to Canada, especially for those seeking to overcome admissibility and eligibility barriers. She represents refugees, foreign nationals and permanent residents at all levels of the IRB and at the Federal Court. Deanna runs a trauma-informed practice and has extensive experience assisting victims of domestic violence and undocumented workers.
Deanna speaks at various conferences and for grassroots organizations and has been an active volunteer with the Canadian Bar Association’s national immigration section, where she has served in various executive positions over the years, including that of section Chair. She also co-hosts Borderlines, a weekly podcast and YouTube show on immigration and other topical social justice issues.
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