Lubomyr Luciuk Appointed to Parole Board of Canada
Kingston,
Ont., April 2, 2013 – Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk has been appointed as a
part-time Member of the Parole Board of Canada. A professor in the
Department of Politics and Economics at the Royal Military College of
Canada, in Kingston, Ont., he is also a Fellow of the Chair of
Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto. Dr. Luciuk has
written and edited numerous books, papers, and opinion-editorials on
a wide range of topics, notably in the fields of political geography,
refugee studies, Ukraine, and Canadian ethnic & immigration
history. Currently, he is co-editing a book on modern European
famines with Dr. Declan Curran (University of Dublin) and Dr. Andrew
Newby (University of Helsinki) scheduled for publication by
Routledge.
Announcing five new appointments and one reappointment to the Parole Board, the Honourable Vic Toews, Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, said: “As an independent administrative tribunal, the Parole Board of Canada makes conditional release, record suspension and clemency decisions that contribute to the protection of society.”
A Governor in Council (GIC) appointment is made by the Governor General on the advice of the Queen’s Privy Council of Canada (i.e. the Cabinet) through an Order in Council. Prof. Luciuk’s first GIC appointment was in 1996-1998, when he was a Member of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.
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Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk