Ken Sandhu
Deputy Chairperson
Refugee Protection Division
Ken
Sandhu was appointed member of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
(IRB)
on June 21, 2004 and designated Deputy Chairperson of the Refugee Protection
Division on March 5, 2007.
Mr. Sandhu worked for the Ontario Public Service from 1971 to 1988, during
which he held several positions, including in human resources management,
estimates planning and operational and corporate policy development.
In the late 1980s, he began a six-year term as the Executive Vice-Chair
of the Ontario Board of Parole (OBP) followed by seven years as the Chair
of the OBP. He saw the Board through significant change management in
the 1990s and represented the Board’s interests and profile at numerous
national and international justice venues.
In the early 2000s, he was Executive Lead for developing a provincial,
multi-ministry Inspections, Investigations and Enforcement Learning Strategy
with the Ontario Ministry of Labour, followed by a term as Regional Director
of Probation and Parole Services, Ministry of Public Safety and Correctional
Services.
Mr. Sandhu is a past President of the Canadian Criminal Justice Association,
past President of the Ontario Association of Corrections and Criminology
and past President of the Quarter Century Club, an organization dedicated
to recognition of long service employees in the public service in Ontario.
He is also a past treasurer of the Association of Paroling Authorities
International and a past director of the American Probation and Parole
Association.
In 2001, he was awarded the Medal of Honour by the Society of Ontario
Adjudicators and Regulators for his outstanding contribution to the administrative
justice system of Ontario and, in 2002, the Association of Paroling Authorities
International awarded him the Vincent O'Leary award for his contribution
to the field of parole. He is also a recipient of The Government of Canada’s
Corrections Exemplary Service Medal & Bar for managing offenders and
law enforcement programs.
He has a Bachelor of Arts (honours) in Political Science and Criminology
from the University of Guelph and a Masters in Criminology from York University.
He is also a graduate of the National Defence Academy, Poona, India.
He is married and has three children.
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