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SMLS - What Canada can Learn from Global Climate Migration Policies

Canadian Institute of Resources Law

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Sat, 25 Oct, 2025 at 10:00 am

2 hours

Murray Fraser Hall, Room MFH 2370

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Sat, 25 Oct, 2025 at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm (GMT-06:00)

Murray Fraser Hall, Room MFH 2370

Faculty of Law, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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SMLS - What Canada can Learn from Global Climate Migration Policies
The session explores gaps in Canada’s immigration law on climate migration, drawing on examples from leading countries addressing this issue

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The Canadian Institute of Resources Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary invites you to the following free, hybrid workshop:



Lessons from the Frontlines: What Canada can Learn from Global Climate Migration Policies

Climate migration has emerged as a legal issue in the context of global migration and migration governance. Migration policy in any destination country like Canada focuses on the traditional causes of migration. Such reasons include persecution, war, famine, poverty, few economic opportunities and genocide. But what about the effects of climate change? This is fast becoming a type of justification for seeking residency in receiving nations.

Yet there is no legal framework or recognition of climate migration in Canada's immigration system of laws or policies. For this reason, we rely on developments in international law (e.g. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification or UNCCD) and key jurisdictions in the world (like Australia) that have taken the lead in addressing climate-induced migration.

This presentation will focus on the treatment of climate migration using a comparative law analysis. It concludes on how Canada should adopt climate migration into its migration governance framework.



Kamaal Zaidi is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary. He currently teaches administrative law, immigration and refugee law, contracts, civil procedure, and criminal law and procedure. His current research focuses on climate change and immigration and professional regulation in administrative law. A question-and-answer period will be held after the presentation. Coffee and tea will be served to the in-person attendees.



Please see below for the zoom link:

https://ucalgary.zoom.us/j/95954029545



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SMLS  -  What Canada can Learn from Global Climate Migration Policies, 25 October | Event in Calgary | AllEvents
SMLS - What Canada can Learn from Global Climate Migration Policies
Sat, 25 Oct, 2025 at 10:00 am
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