I am a University of Saskatchewan alumni  http://www.usask.ca/ , and a member of the Law Society of Saskatchewan http://www.lawsociety.sk.ca/, which makes me a member of the Western Canadian Bar; I have represented clients at all three (3) levels of Saskatchewan Courts, as well as the Provincial and Queen's Bench Courts in Alberta, and the Supreme Court level in Manitoba and British Columbia.  I am a member of the Saskatchewan Trial Lawyers Association http://www.stla.ca/ . I live in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan: http://www.patourism.ca/ http://www.citypa.ca . Prince Albert was he home of the University of Saskatchewan between the years 1873 and 1906, when it moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; the Saskatchewan Pentientiary now sits on the site of the first U of S campus in Prince Albert. For more news from Prince Albert, here's a link to Councillor Atkinson's blog: http://www.councillorleeatkinson.blogspot.com/

In February of 2007, I was appointed aslegal member of the Canada Pension Plan/Old Age Security Review Tribunal for the Province of Saskatchewan for a period of three years: http://www.ocrt-bctr.gc.ca/index_e.html. 

For immigration matters, I have represented clients in the Federal Court Trial Division, Immigration Division, Immigration Appeal Division, and appeared with clients at interviews with CIC in Canadian embassies and consulates in the United States, Ukraine and CIC offices in Canada. I have represented clients from every continent (except Antarctica).

I am conversant in both Russian and Ukrainian. Я могу нэмножка разгаваривать руским языком. Я можу трошки розмовляти українською мовою.

My assistant, Shauna Eveleigh (seveleigh@shaw.ca), speaks fluent Spanish.

I recently attended a seminar on immigration law hosted by the Law Society of Alberta. I am also a member of the Immigration Committee for the Ukrainian Canadian Congress http://www.ucc.sk.ca/ . I do pro bono legal work for the Prince Albert Multicultural Centre and for two religious organizations in relation to their immigration law needs.

Thank you, Fr Ivan, for the great website: http://stgeorge.sasktelwebsite.net/Templates/index.html

About Saskatchewan: http://www.sasktourism.com/ 

We have a few months of winter every year, and I am counsel for the Prince Albert Winter Fesival: http://www.princealbertwinterfestival.com/

Criminal Law: links to articles and cases: http://www.mbcradio.com/news/news/news_item2.asp?NewsID=1320

http://www.fact.on.ca/news/news0205/sk020525.htm