8:30am – 9:00am

Light Breakfast

9:00am – 9:30am

Welcome Address

• Professor Barbara Crow, Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University

• Professor Susan McGrath, Director, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University

• Professor Emeritus Howard Adelman, York University, Chairperson of the “War Crimes and Refugee Status Conference” and founding Director, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University

9:30am – 10:30am

The War Crimes and Refugee Status Research Project

• Kate Jastram, Lecturer in Residence and Senior Fellow, Miller Institute
  for Global Challenges and the Law, University of California, Berkeley,
  School of Law

• James C. Simeon, Deputy Director, Centre for Refugee Studies and Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, York University

10:30am – 11:00am

11:00am – 12:30pm

Recent Jurisprudential Trends on Article 1F(a)

• Joseph Rikhof, Senior Counsel, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Unit, Justice Canada, Ottawa, Canada

• Nancy Weisman, Legal Counsel, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Central Region, Toronto, Canada

12:30pm – 1:30pm

UNHCR Guidelines on the Application and Interpretation of Article 1F(a)

• Jennifer Bond, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

2:30pm – 3:00pm

Networking Break

3:00pm – 4:30pm

The Future of Article 1F(a)?

• Dominic Laferriere, Manager, Security and Intelligence Section, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)

• Ward Lutin, Programme Officer, Intergovernmental Consultations on Migration, Asylum and Refugees – IGC, Geneva, Switzerland

• Afke Siezen, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Migration Policy Department, The Netherlands

4:30pm – 4:45pm

Final Reflections & Closing Remarks

• Howard Adelman, Professor Emeritus, York University, Chairperson of the "War Crimes and Refugee Status Conference"

• James C. Simeon, Deputy Director, Centre for Refugee Studies, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, York University