PERBEEN Mann has been appointed Provincial Court judge in Abbotsford by the B.C. Government effective May 1, according to an announcement by the Ministry of Attorney General.

Mann has been a federal prosecutor since 2004, first serving as a standing federal Crown agent before joining the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) in 2007. In 2009, Mann became an organized crime prosecutor, and in 2022, was appointed to team leader of the PPSC – Surrey office.

Mann has recently been on assignment at PPSC headquarters in Ottawa as senior legal and strategic adviser to the deputy director.

Mann has served as an adjunct professor in the master of laws (LLM) program at the Peter A. Allard School of Law since 2018, teaching Canadian Criminal Law and Procedure and Canadian Private Law: Contractual Obligations and Remedies.

Mann has also held a leadership role on the Public Prosecution Service of Canada’s National Council of Racialized Employees, providing advice to senior government officials on advancing cultural competency and anti-racism initiatives in the workplace.