Brenda Wong - Partner

Education and Affiliations

Glendon College, York University, BA Hons, 1998
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, LLB, 2001
Seneca College, Immigration Practitioner Certificate Program, 2004
Called to the Bar of Ontario, Canada, 2002
Admitted to the Bar of Massachusetts, USA, 2009
Member of the Law Society of Upper Canada
Member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, USA
Member of the Canadian Bar Association - Immigration Section
Member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association

Highlights

• Brenda provides personalized services to a diverse clientele from around the world including small and large corporations, highly skilled and well-educated individuals, and family members wishing to reunite in Canada.
• She has successfully prepared and submitted work permit, business visitor visa, permanent residence, provincial nominee, study permit, Permanent Resident Card and Canadian citizenship applications to immigration offices in Canada, and to Canadian visa posts overseas.
• She has prepared visa applications for business visits and expatriate assignments for Canadian employees of multi-national corporations destined for India, China, Peru, France, New Caledonia, Belgium, Indonesia, the Philippines, Russia, and Chile.
• She has appeared before the Immigration Appeal and Refugee Protection Divisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board.
• She has lectured on the subject of immigration and refugee law at Seneca College and the Toronto Hostels Training Centre.
• Brenda has contributed articles published in ImmQuest (a national immigration law newsletter).
• She serves as a National Executive Member of the Chinese Canadian National Council and as a member of the personnel committee at the Syme-Woolner Neighbourhood and Family Centre. She also served as a Grant Review Team Member at the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
• Her previous experience includes working as a Customs Inspector and Labour Relations Analyst, and as a law student at the Superior Court of Justice, Parkdale Community Legal Services, Smith Lyons LLP and Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP.
• During her university studies, she participated in academic exchanges in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec; Chongqing, China; and Barbados, West Indies.
• Brenda is conversant in French, and she has studied Spanish, Cantonese and Japanese.

Contact Information

Telephone: 416-368-2333
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