Deputy Chairperson of the Immigration Appeal Division
Caroline Labranche was appointed Acting Deputy Chairperson of the Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) in June 2024, following which she became Deputy Chairperson of the IAD in January 2025. She initially joined the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) in 2016 as a member of the IAD and subsequently became the Assistant Deputy Chair (ADC) of the IAD Eastern Region, in 2017.
From 2003 to 2016, Ms. Labranche held various positions with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, including Regional Program Advisor, Citizenship Manager, Senior Analyst and Liaison Officer and Acting Director of Operations Support with the Regional Operations Support Directorate.
Ms. Labranche holds a Bachelor of Teaching English as a Second Language, a Bachelor of Laws and was called to the Barreau du Québec in 1994.