http://patricianathan.com/PNIC/Canadian_Immigration_Blog/Canadian_Immigration_Blog.html This is Patrícia’s place to inform people of new events and Canadian immigration information. Patrícia may use this space to answer your questions, or to explain changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. iWeb 3.0.4 http://patricianathan.com/PNIC/Canadian_Immigration_Blog/Entries/2009/4/27_CSICs_Mission,_Vision_and_Values_Retreat.html 19528233-d2b1-4022-8f63-59c089121910 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:39:22 -0700 The Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants (CSIC) celebrated its fifth anniversary this year. The Society's Board of Directors invited a few select members and its management team to a strategic planning retreat (April 18-19, 2009), in order to revise CSIC's Mission, Vision and Values. The draft worked on at this meeting will be presented to the members for further input before the final version is decided upon.<br/><br/>Patrícia was one of 6 members (in addition to the board of directors and staff of CSIC) invited to attend the meeting and is looking forward to contributing to the Society's successful future.<br/> http://patricianathan.com/PNIC/Canadian_Immigration_Blog/Entries/2009/4/27_The_Canadian_Migration_Institute.html 2c31d5e1-5bb9-40fd-bf1f-834df719b15e Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:24:09 -0700 In 2007, the Canadian Migration Institute (CMI) was founded. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants (CSIC). While CSIC is responsible for regulating all authorized Canadian immigration consultants, CMI's main goals are to educate, accredit and advocate on Canadian immigration law and policies. Read more about CSIC and CMI on their websites, <br/><a href="http://www.csic-scci.ca/content/about">http://www.csic-scci.ca/content/about</a><br/><a href="http://www.cmi-icm.ca/content/activity_content">http://www.cmi-icm.ca/content/activity_content</a><br/><br/>Patrícia is a fellow of the <a href="http://www.cmi-icm.ca/">Canadian Migration Institute </a>(FCMI) and certified by CSIC as a Canadian immigration consultant. She is also a founding member of the British Columbia Chapter of CMI, holding the position of Liaison of Communications.<br/><br/>