Reappointments to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
OTTAWA, Dec. 8 /CNW Telbec/ - The Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today announced two full-time reappointments to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). These reappointments were made in accordance with the IRB's merit-based reappointment process.
Joulekhan Pirbay has been reappointed as a full-time member in the
Montreal regional office for a term of one year, effective October 20, 2006.
Ms. Pirbay has been with the Board since October 20, 1997. Prior to her
appointment to the Board, Ms. Pirbay was a member of the National Settlement Committee of the Ismaili Council for Canada, the Director of FOCUS Canada, a literature and language teacher and a small-business owner. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Madagascar and her bachelor's and master's degrees in Hispanic Studies from the University of Montreal.
Paule Robitaille has been reappointed as a full-time member in the
Montreal regional office for a term of three years, effective January 6, 2007. Ms. Robitaille has been with the Board since January 5, 2004. Prior to her appointment to the Board, Ms. Robitaille acquired over 15 years of experience in journalism while working at the Canadian Press, La Presse, Le Devoir, L'Actualité and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She won several awards during her career as a broadcast and print journalist. Ms. Robitaille received her Bachelor of Civil Law and her Bachelor of Laws from McGill University and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1987.
Created in 1989, the IRB is an independent administrative tribunal that
reports to Parliament through the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. The Board has three divisions - the Refugee Protection Division, the Immigration Appeal Division and the Immigration Division. The IRB determines refugee protection claims made in Canada, hears immigration appeals, and conducts admissibility hearings and detention reviews.
For further information: (media inquiries): Pema Lhalungpa, Press
Secretary, Minister's Office, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, (613)
954-1064