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Manuel is Senior Counsel and Assistant Manager of Regional Legal Services at the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, where he provides complex legal and legal policy advice to Members and Senior Executives of the Board and manages a team of 10 Legal Advisors. Prior to his appointment at the Board, Manuel spent 11 years as Litigation Counsel in the Immigration Law Division of the Department of Justice in Toronto. In that role he represented the Ministers of Citizenship and Immigration and the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness in legal proceedings before the Federal Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal, and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. In 2022 Manuel served as an Acting Deputy Regional Director and Senior Counsel at the Immigration Law Division of the Department of Justice in Toronto. Manuel was called to the bar of Ontario in 2007. He holds a J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School and a B.A. from McGill University.