{"id":2199,"date":"2023-03-13T16:41:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T20:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cila.co\/?p=2199"},"modified":"2024-02-17T08:10:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T13:10:24","slug":"announcement-of-cila-officer-nominations-for-2023-annonce-des-nominations-des-dirigeants-de-lacai-pour-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cila.co\/fr\/announcement-of-cila-officer-nominations-for-2023-annonce-des-nominations-des-dirigeants-de-lacai-pour-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcement of CILA Officer Nominations for 2023 \/ Annonce des nominations des dirigeants de l\u2019ACAI pour 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article was authored by\u00a0Nicolas Simard-Lafontaine,\u00a0Co-President, Member Relations, and\u00a0Ravi Jain,\u00a0Co-President,\u00a0 External Relations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(La version fran\u00e7aise suit.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Dear CILA Members,<\/p>\n

Following CILA\u2019s first election for the Board of Directors, it is our great pleasure to announce that officers have been selected and approved.<\/p>\n

We are proud of this first end-to-end election and officer nomination process completed by CILA. The success achieved in getting CILA from an idea to where it is today is due in great part to the support of the founding members and the hands-on work of the CILA Steering Committee. However, we are still a young organization, and we have much to do for CILA to reach its full potential. We believe CILA has a wonderful future ahead; our first elected Board is instrumental to CILA\u2019s success for years to come.<\/p>\n

Considering the work ahead of us to concurrently build a strong organization now and for the future, our Board of Directors decided, at least for the first term, to appoint Co-Presidents. Please see the attached Organizational Chart.<\/p>\n

Nicolas Simard-Lafontaine is the Co-President of Member Relations and he will lead a group of Vice-Presidents: \u00a01) Lou Janssen Dangzalan, Member Resources, 2) Ho Sung Kim, CLE & Mentorship, 3) Barbara Jo Caruso, Events and Fundraising and 4) Vance Langford, Finance, Governance & Secretary.<\/p>\n

Nicolas and his team will be focused on ensuring current and future members yield great value from their CILA membership. Their forward-looking initiatives will seek to grow the CILA membership, to ensure strong mentorship and continuous legal education (CLE) programs, to develop members\u2019 resources on the CILA website and through the online library, to organize events for members and to maintain sufficient revenues to sustain CILA\u2019s operations. This team will also be responsible for finance and governance. Finally, Nicolas and his team will build processes and procedures to facilitate the work for the next cohorts of board members and officers.<\/p>\n

Ravi Jain is the Co-President of External Relations and he will also lead a group of Vice-Presidents: 1) Betsy Kane, Government Relations; 2) Jonathan Leebosh, Stakeholder Relations; 3) Maxime Grenier-Labrecque, \u00a0Quebec Relations; 4) Samuel Escobar, Communications & Media; and 5) Randy Hahn, Special Legal Projects.<\/p>\n

Ravi and his team will ensure that CILA continues to provide an incredible platform for the voices of immigration lawyers as well as critical and timely<\/i> commentary on important issues both in the media and at Parliamentary committees as well as to Ministers, MPs, Senators,\u00a0High Commissioners, Program Mangers and outside organizations such as the Business Council of Canada, the Conference Board of Canada, AILA and SABA. Moreover, this team will build on previous coalitions with other immigration lawyer associations already formed and will tackle key issues, such as Access to Counsel.<\/p>\n

Also assisting CILA will be Megan Fanjoy, Policy & Communications Coordinator and Dinah Singh, Administrative Membership Coordinator.<\/b><\/p>\n

All of CILA\u2019s Board Members have taken up Officer positions and the leadership will meet soon to further refine strategic priorities. We will then establish committees to support the work of the Vice Presidents. We encourage you to reach out to the relevant Vice President to get involved, as per your interests<\/b>. CILA volunteers will always be supported, respected and encouraged.<\/p>\n

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(English precedes.)<\/p>\n

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Chers membres de l\u2019ACAI,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer que les dirigeants de l\u2019ACAI ont \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9s par le conseil d\u2019administration. Cette \u00e9tape d\u00e9coule de la r\u00e9ussite d\u2019un premier processus \u00e9lectoral pour notre organisation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nous sommes fiers de cette premi\u00e8re \u00e9lection et de ce premier processus de nomination des dirigeants r\u00e9alis\u00e9 par l\u2019ACAI. L\u2019ACAI est pass\u00e9 d\u2019une id\u00e9e \u00e0 ce qu\u2019elle est aujourd\u2019hui gr\u00e2ce en grande partie au soutien des membres fondateurs et au travail terrain du Comit\u00e9 directeur de l\u2019ACAI. Cependant, nous sommes encore une jeune organisation et il nous reste beaucoup \u00e0 faire pour que l\u2019ACAI atteigne son plein potentiel. Nous croyons que l\u2019ACAI a un avenir brillant devant elle et notre premier Conseil d\u2019administration \u00e9lu est essentiel au succ\u00e8s futur de l\u2019ACAI.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Compte tenu de la charge de travail n\u00e9cessaire pour b\u00e2tir une organisation forte aujourd\u2019hui et pour l\u2019avenir, notre conseil d\u2019administration a d\u00e9cid\u00e9, au moins pour ce premier mandat, de nommer des co-pr\u00e9sidents. Veuillez consulter l\u2019organigramme ci-joint.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nicolas Simard-Lafontaine est le Co-pr\u00e9sident des relations avec les membres et dirige un groupe de vice-pr\u00e9sidents compos\u00e9 de\u00a0: 1) Lou Janssen Dangzalan, Ressources aux membres, 2) Ho Sung Kim, Initiatives de mentorat et de formation continue, 3) Barbara Jo Caruso, \u00c9v\u00e8nements et commandites et 4) Vance Langford, Finances, Gouvernance et Secr\u00e9taire. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Nicolas et son \u00e9quipe veilleront \u00e0 ce que les membres actuels et futurs de l\u2019ACAI b\u00e9n\u00e9ficient d\u2019un maximum de valeur de leur adh\u00e9sion \u00e0 l\u2019ACAI. Leurs initiatives viseront \u00e0 accro\u00eetre le nombre de membres de l\u2019ACAI, \u00e0 livrer des programmes solides de mentorat et de formation juridique continue, \u00e0 d\u00e9velopper des ressources pour les membres sur le site web de l\u2019ACAI et par le biais de la biblioth\u00e8que en ligne, \u00e0 organiser des \u00e9v\u00e9nements pour les membres et \u00e0 maintenir des revenus suffisants pour soutenir les activit\u00e9s de l\u2019ACAI. Cette \u00e9quipe sera \u00e9galement responsable des finances et de la gouvernance. Enfin, Nicolas et son \u00e9quipe mettront en place des proc\u00e9dures pour faciliter le travail des prochaines cohortes de membres du Conseil d\u2019administration de l\u2019ACAI et de ses dirigeants.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ravi Jain est le Co-pr\u00e9sident des relations externes et dirige aussi un groupe des vice-pr\u00e9sidents compos\u00e9 de :
1) Betsy Kane, Relations gouvernementales; 2) Jonathan Leebosh, Relations des parties prenantes;
3) Maxime Grenier-Labrecque, Relations avec le Qu\u00e9bec; 4) Samuel Escobar, Communications et m\u00e9dias; et 5) Randy Hahn, Projets juridiques sp\u00e9ciaux.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ravi et son \u00e9quipe s\u2019assurerons que l\u2019ACAI continue \u00e0 \u00eatre une plateforme de communication hors pair portant la voix des avocats en droit de l\u2019immigration.\u00a0Cette \u00e9quipe va \u00e9galement va \u00e9galement livrer des commentaires et des perspectives en temps opportun sur des questions importantes, tant dans les m\u00e9dias que devant les comit\u00e9s parlementaires, les ministres, les d\u00e9put\u00e9s, les s\u00e9nateurs, les hauts-commissaires, les gestionnaires de programmes et les organisations ext\u00e9rieures telles que le Conseil canadien des affaires, le Conference Board du Canada, l\u2019AILA et la SABA. En outre, cette \u00e9quipe s\u2019appuiera sur les coalitions d\u00e9j\u00e0 form\u00e9es avec d\u2019autres associations d\u2019avocats en droit de l\u2019immigration et s\u2019attaquera \u00e0 des questions essentielles, telles que l\u2019acc\u00e8s aux services d\u2019un avocat.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Les personnes suivantes appuis \u00e9galement \u00e0 la gestion de l\u2019ACAI : Megan Fanjoy, Coordinatrice aux politiques et aux communications et Dinah Singh, Coordinatrice administrative et de l\u2019adh\u00e9sion.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Tous les membres du Conseil d\u2019administration de l\u2019ACAI ont pris leurs fonctions des dirigeants et ils se r\u00e9unissent bient\u00f4t pour raffiner les priorit\u00e9s strat\u00e9giques. Nous cr\u00e9erons ensuite des comit\u00e9s pour soutenir le travail des vice-pr\u00e9sidents. Nous vous encourageons \u00e0 contacter le vice-pr\u00e9sident concern\u00e9 pour vous impliquer en fonction de vos int\u00e9r\u00eats<\/b>. Les b\u00e9n\u00e9voles de l\u2019ACAI seront toujours soutenus, respect\u00e9s et encourag\u00e9s.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Adh\u00e9rer \u00e0 l'ACAI<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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