Strategic Outcome and Program Activity Architecture

The image is a flow chart.

There are six boxes.

The first box at the top stretches the width of the diagram and describes the following:

Strategic Outcome
Resolve immigration and refugee cases before the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada efficiently, fairly and in accordance with the law.

This box flows into the five boxes below. These boxes describe the program activities, and are arranged as four wide boxes on the left, and one narrow box on the right.

The first box on the left describes the following:

Refugee Protection Program Activity

Renders quality decisions and otherwise resolves cases in a timely manner regarding:

• Refugee protection claims made by persons in Canada
• PRRA of persons subject to a removal order (When transferred from CIC, see Program Activity 1 section for more details).

Below that is the second box describing the following:

Refugee Appeal Program Activity (When proclaimed, see Program Activity 2 section for more details)

Renders quality decisions and otherwise resolves cases in a timely manner regarding:

• Appeals against RPD decisions concerning refugee protection claims.

Below that is the third box describing the following:

Admissibility Hearings and Detention Reviews Program Activity

Renders quality decisions and otherwise resolves cases in a timely manner regarding:

• Admissibility of foreign nationals or permanent residents who are alleged to be inadmissible to Canada pursuant to the provisions of the IRPA.
• Detention reviews for foreign nationals or permanent residents who are detained under the IRPA.

Below that is the fourth box describing the following:

Immigration Appeal Program Activity

Renders quality decisions and otherwise resolves cases in a timely manner regarding:

• Sponsorship applications refused by CIC.
• Certain removal orders made against permanent residents, refugees and other protected persons, and holders of permanent resident visas.
• Permanent residents who have been found outside of Canada not to have fulfilled their residency obligation.
• Appeals by the Minister of Public Safety of ID decisions at admissibility hearings.

The fifth narrow box on the right stretches the length of the other four program activity boxes, and flows back into them. It describes the following:

Internal Services Program Activity

Management and Oversight
Communications
Legal
Human Resources Management
Financial Management
Information Management
Information Technology
Procurement and Assets Management
Internal Audit and Evaluation