Most recently, she has been West Coast LEAF’s executive director
Jennifer Whiteside, British Columbia’s labour minister, appointed Raji Mangat, a practising lawyer who has served as executive director of West Coast LEAF, as a public-interest member of WorkSafeBC’s board of directors for a two-year term ending May 31, 2028.
According to a news release from the BC Ministry of Labour, Mangat fills the vacancy arising from William Laird Cronk’s appointment as the WorkSafeBC board chair last Feb. 26.
The news release provides more information regarding Mangat’s legal and governance experience, recognition, and educational background.
With over two decades of experience in constitutional and administrative law, Mangat most recently worked with West Coast LEAF, a non-profit legal organization that aims to advance gender justice. She obtained a King's Counsel designation in 2024.
She has acted as an adviser to the Law Commission of Canada and as a delegate to the 2022 Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference.
Mangat has sat on the Canadian Civil Liberties Association’s national committee and the boards of Legal Aid BC, Health Justice, and Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre.
She received the Law Society of British Columbia’s 2019 Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Award and the King Charles III Coronation Medal.
As an adjunct professor of the University of Victoria Faculty of Law, Mangat has taught a course focusing on civil liberties and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
She earned her certificate in community capacity building from Simon Fraser University in 2021, her JD from the University of Victoria in 2003, her MA in international affairs from Carleton University in 1999, and her BA in political science and international relations from the University of British Columbia in 1997.
More on WorkSafeBC
Apart from its efforts to engage with and educate employers and employees on safe work practices, WorkSafeBC enforces the province’s Occupational Health and Safety Regulation and Workers Compensation Act.
Under the Workers Compensation Act, WorkSafeBC’s board should feature a range of professionals with pertinent areas of proficiency, including workers, employers, public-interest members, and representatives from the healthcare, occupational health and safety, and other sectors.
According to the labour ministry’s news release, the board seeks to serve as a steward of WorkSafeBC and the provincial workers’ compensation system.
