Minister Kenney Announces Citizenship Judge Appointments

OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Jun 24 (MARKET WIRE) --
Aris Babikian and Floyd Calvin Babcock have been appointed citizenship
judges for three-year full-time terms, Citizenship, Immigration and
Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today.

Mr. Babikian is the new Citizenship Judge in Mississauga, Ontario. For
the last two decades, he has been very involved in immigration,
citizenship, social services, culture, human rights and multicultural
issues in his community. He has served as Executive Director of the
Armenian National Committee of Canada, and been a member of the Ontario
Film Review Board and the Canadian Ethnocultural Council. Mr. Babikian
was awarded the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal and the Ontario Volunteer
Service Award. He speaks English, Armenian, Arabic, Turkish and Greek.

Mr. Babcock, the new Citizenship Judge in Etobicoke, Ontario, was the
president of his own wealth management and financial planning company, an
associate in an executive search firm and Executive Director of a
Christian non-profit organization working in Indonesia. He has
accumulated significant international and cross-cultural experience while
working with profit and not-for-profit organizations that are active in
the developing world. Mr. Babcock is an ordained United Church minister
and a volunteer teacher of English-as-a-second-language.

Citizenship judges are responsible for making decisions with regard to
citizenship applications, presiding over citizenship ceremonies and
administering the oath of citizenship to new citizens.

Contacts:
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Alykhan Velshi
Minister's Office
Alykhan.Velshi@cic.gc.ca

Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Media Relations
Communications Branch
613-952-1650
CIC-Media-Relations@cic.gc.ca

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