Catherine Sas, KC will speak on a panel at CBA’s February Spotlight Series: Love and the Law — Rights, Recognition, and Responsibility on February 4, 2026.

Catherine Sas, KC will speak on an online  panel at CBA’s February Spotlight Series: Love and the Law — Rights, Recognition, and Responsibility on February 4, 2026 at 12:00-1:15 p.m. Eastern Time

Catherine will speak on the first panel titled “Love Across Borders: How Digital Immigration Decisions Are Reshaping Fairness for Families”

Canadian immigration now relies on digital and automated decision-making in ways that directly affect how families reunite. When algorithms influence sponsorship decisions or online platforms replace in-person adjudication, your role as counsel becomes even more critical. Knowing how these systems operate — and where they fall short — gives you the power to protect due process and advocate with precision.Gain the insight you need to recognize when technology, rather than a fully informed officer, is driving an outcome. Build strategies that reinforce fairness, challenge opacity, and strengthen your submissions in an age where digital tools increasingly mediate life-altering decisions.

Enhance your ability to:

• Detect when automated or digital tools may be shaping an immigration decision and evaluate the fairness risks for your client.
• Spot early signals of bias, inconsistency, or procedural shortcuts hidden within online decision workflows.
• Frame submissions that use Canadian administrative and Charter principles to hold digital systems accountable to fairness and transparency standards.
• Guide clients in preparing stronger evidence and documentation suited to digital review environments.
• Pursue remedies with confidence when unexplained or technologically driven outcomes undermine due process for families.