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Quebec's distinct immigration regime examined through its programs, selection processes, and practical challenges for practitioners advising clients in 2026.
Lisa Middlemiss
$90
3 hours
Attend Live Online and On-Demand Recording
This course provides a comprehensive, practitioner-focused overview of Quebec's distinct immigration regime in 2026, covering the constitutional foundations, program structures, and practical challenges unique to this jurisdiction. Participants will examine Quebec's shared federal-provincial authority under the Canada-Quebec Accord, the invitation-based Arrima system, the PSTQ economic immigration streams, and temporary residence pathways including CAQ requirements for students and workers. The course also addresses French language thresholds, family class quotas, misrepresentation risks, and refusal remedies, with real-world fact patterns integrated throughout to ground the legal framework in practice. Designed for immigration lawyers and RCICs advising clients in Quebec, this course equips practitioners to navigate one of Canada's most complex and rapidly evolving immigration jurisdictions.
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Principal Lawyer
Middlemiss Immigration Law
Lisa Middlemiss is the principal lawyer at Middlemiss Immigration Law which she founded in September 2024. Previously, Lisa worked at Gomberg Dalfen, a boutique immigration law firm in Old Montreal for 11 years, first as Associate and then as a Law Partner. She initially joined the firm as a student in 2010 and subsequently articled at the firm. Called to the Quebec Bar (Barreau du Québec) in August 2013, Lisa has been practising exclusively in Canadian immigration and citizenship law ever since.
Lisa completed civil law and common law degrees in 2012 at McGill University’s Integrated Law Program in Montreal. She was awarded her bachelor of arts in polit- ical science in 2008 from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia and completed a related university exchange in 2006 at l’Institut d’Études Politiques in Lille, France.
Throughout her practice in immigration and citizenship law, Lisa has been involved with the Canadian Bar Association (CBA). She initially served as vice-president and then president of the Quebec Branch of the CBA’s Immigration Law Section. Subsequently, Lisa was elected as a table officer of the CBA’s National Immigration Law Section’s executive, holding the lock-step positions of secretary/communications officer, vice-chair, chair, and immediate past chair.
Lisa has co-authored with Amandeep Hayer the Emond publication Maintaining Permanent Residence and Acquring Citizenship.
Before attending law school, Lisa worked for the International Policy and Agreements Division of Human Resources and Social Development Canada in Ottawa, which gave her an appreciation for the civil service.
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