Appointee Biographies

GEORGE SANTOS

George B. Santos is a Presiding Official with Immigration Refugees Immigration Canadian Citizenship (IRCC) Federal. Court in the Kitchener, Ontario Regional Office. Mr. Santos has now successfully retired as senior labour law, paralegal; Portuguese interpreter, with 31 years of combined service. Mr. George B. Santos had extensive language skills and expertise in labour law with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT), The Pensions Appeal Board of Canada (PAB) and Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario (WSIB). He was also President of GBS Paralegal Services Professional Corporation; Commissioner of Oaths and Affidavits serving the Portuguese Community of Haldimand-Norfolk, Hamilton and Kitchener over the last thirty-one (31) years. Mr. George B. Santos is the recipient of numerous levels of awards including: Haldimand-Norfolk Regional Board of Commissioner of Police Certificate of Award, Meritorious Service, Ministry Of Solicitor General Crime Prevention Award, Canada Day Award for Excellence Secretary of State of Canada; Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal of Excellency and Rotary Youth Leadership Award District No. 7090. Mr. Santos, has also just been awarded the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award, now known as the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers in June of 2023; the King Charles III Coronation Medal, in November 2024.