Our Team
Meet Our Team
Jennifer Dagsvik
Jennifer Dagsvik (she/her) has been an immigration and refugee lawyer since 2007. Before becoming the Clinic’s director, Jennifer worked in private practice serving migrants and refugees in Thunder Bay, and before that she represented the Government of Canada in immigration and refugee cases at Federal Court. Jennifer also teaches the immigration and refugee law course at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law.
Elena Kusaka
Elena (she/her) graduated from the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law in 2024 with a Specialization in Aboriginal and Indigenous law. Elena worked for the Newcomer Legal Clinic as a clinic student before transitioning to her current role as a lawyer for the clinic. She studied International Relations and gender studies at UBC and graduated with a Master of Arts from the University of Toronto. She has thoroughly enjoyed meeting new clients, community partners, and students and looks forward to supporting the clinic's work.
J. Bianca Espinoza
Bianca is our Clinic’s Outreach and Program Coordinator. Bianca has graduated with a Master’s in Social Justice from Lakehead University. She collaborates with community partners, coordinates with interpretation services for staff who need it, researches and updates anything related to the TFW program, reports and budgets for the clinic, trains temporary staff and law students, and interprets for the clinic, as needed.
María del Mar Rojas
Past Bora Laskin Faculty of Law Clinic Students
Brandon Teo
Rahemah Siddiqui
Jesse Ruberto
Sharon Tathgur
Harleen Toor
Mina Eskaroos
Esma Haider
Siera Hammill
Anais Giasson
Miranda Dell'Anna
Alex Ahmadi
Nahal Golmohammadi
Yeldi Nuri
Mary Beshay
Charlotte Bueckert-Dyck
Alexandra Fank
Aida Hossein Zadeh
Kiana Naser
Past Master in Social Justice Clinic Students
Durba Shyam
