Week 2 Post 2

School-related reflection

1.     What resources are you using at your placement? 

The electronic and physical closed files are good resources to understand the immigration process. They involve all documents from beginning to end in respect to each case. Google is helpful.

2.     Have you discovered resources on the Internet that were/are useful to you, other than those introduced in class?  If so, please share the URLs.

The website "Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada" is the most important.

 3.     Review the list of responsibilities submitted by you before your placement.  Indicate whether the list was accurate or whether you were exposed to different responsibilities or did fewer than were listed. 

 My supervisor wants me to experience overall office procedures, so I am learning all legal office procedures. 

 4.     What do you consider two of your strengths?  How are you using them to your advantage at this placement?

 Two of my strengths are organization and attention to details skills. These are very important to my tasks because I have to organize the closing files and check the missing documents. 

Comments

  1. Janet26 April 2017 at 05:34

    Claire - do you think that we should include a module on immigration law in the program? If so, what aspect would you suggest?

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  2. mwCDEV201526 April 2017 at 18:56

    Week 3 Comment 1
    Hi Clair!

    I am so happy you found such a warm place and it looks like you are enjoying it.
    Is Immigration Law a lot different from the other types of law we learned?
    Are all their documents in English or in other languages too?

    Miss you!!!
    (I'm the one you sat beside a lot I don't use names online)

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  3. Alexandra Watt27 April 2017 at 09:49

    Hi Claire!
    I wanted to see how you were doing! Are you enjoying your placement? How are you finding the work? What kind of work are you doing? Do you feel comfortable with the tasks your given?
    I bet you're doing great!
    Fighting!

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