Charles Romulus Cambaliza was previously an articling student with the firm before continuing as a lawyer after his call to the Ontario Bar. He works in the initiatory and appellate phases of the refugee and immigration process, as well as a variety of other immigration matters.
Charles is a Filipino lawyer who previously served as counsel for the Philippine government, a position that deeply immersed him in immigration and refugee law. He was concurrently a member of the Philippine Department of Justice’s Refugees and Stateless Persons Protection Unit, where he heard and decided applications for declaration of refugee or stateless status from Africa, the Americas, and various regions of Asia. He also lectured at government agencies and law schools on topics in business immigration and refugee law.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Canadian Common Law from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto and a Juris Doctor from the San Beda University in Manila, and has attended courses on refugee law at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in Italy and international economic law at the Hague Academy of International Law.
Si Charles ay may kakayahang tumulong at magbigay-payo sa wikang Tagalog para sa mga nangangailangan.
Off hours, Charles enjoys ordering the oddest item on each restaurant’s menu and taking in the occasional Godspeed You! Black Emperor concert.
