Don't Hire a PI to Stalk Your Labour Arbitrator and other Civility & Professionalism Tips, The Eight-Minute Labour Lawyer 2022, Law Society of Ontario, June 2, 2022 | |
Canada’s Best Expedited Labour Arbitration Regime, The Six-Minute Labour Lawyer 2020, Law Society of Ontario, June 29, 2020 | |
The CLC’s Revised Unjust Dismissal Regime: Key Practice Points, The Six-Minute Employment Lawyer 2020, Law Society of Ontario, June 29, 2020 | |
Procedurally Fair Administrative Tribunals: The Law Firm Model, 18th Advanced Administrative Law & Practice, The Canadian Institute, October 23-24, 2018 | |
Procedural Fairness and the Drafting of Reasons, 17th Advanced Administrative Law & Practice, The Canadian Institute, October 24-25, 2017 | |
The Importance of Process for Parties, Tribunals and Courts, The Six-Minute Labour Lawyer 2017, Law Society of Upper Canada, June 20, 2017 | |
“Duties Administrative Tribunals Owe All Parties”, (2017) 30 Can. J. Admin. L. & Prac. 247 | |
Panel: Ethical Issues in Everyday Practice, CBA Annual Administrative Law, Labour and Employment Law Conference, November 18 & 19, 2016 | |
Duties Administrative Tribunals Owe All Parties, Advanced Administrative Law and Practice, The Canadian Institute, October 25-26, 2016 | |
Federal Labour Law 2016: Back to the Future, The Six-Minute Labour Lawyer 2016, Law Society of Upper Canada, May 26, 2016. [Topics: Bill C-4 reinstates card-based certification; awarding legal costs; religious exemptions; First Nations' jurisdiction; harassment and reprisal complaints] | |
Federal Labour Law 2015: 7 Critical Changes, The Six-Minute Labour Lawyer 2015, Law Society of Upper Canada, June 5, 2015. [Topics: Interpreting bilingual legislation; mandatory certification votes (Bill C-525); ATSSC; Part II changes: new definition of “danger” and obligatory written reports; Part III Unjust dismissal and “without cause” terminations] | |
2014 Canadian Labour Board Law Conference, Lancaster House, October 22-23, 2014 (Member: Conference Advisory Committee). | |
Labour Boards and Self-Represented Litigants, Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers, CALL/ACAMS 2014 Conference, June 12-15, 2014. [Topics: The duties tribunals and lawyers owe self-represented litigants; CIRB initiatives for improving access to justice] | |
Important Legislative Changes Impacting the Canada Industrial Relations Board, The Six-Minute Labour Lawyer 2014, Law Society of Upper Canada, June 6, 2014. | |
Pleading Before the Canada Industrial Relations Board, Practice Makes Perfect: Becoming a Better Labour Advocate, Ontario Bar Association, March 24, 2014. [Topics: Oral hearings not required; prima facie test for DFR cases; 90-day time limits; bargaining unit reviews; first contract arbitration; reconsideration of recent decisions] | |
CIRB v. OLRB: Differing Approaches to Collective Bargaining, Similar Approaches to Practice, The Six-Minute Labour Lawyer 2013, Law Society of Upper Canada, June 13, 2013. [Topics: Bargaining agents’ and employees’ protections following certification; first collective agreements] | |
Ontario Labour Relations Board v. Canada Industrial Relations Board: Three MORE key differences, The Six-Minute Labour Lawyer 2012, Law Society of Upper Canada, June 12, 2012. [Topics: Constitutional jurisdiction; reconsideration of recent decisions; who is an “employee”?; appropriate bargaining units] | |
Snakes and Ladders: Navigating the maze of boards, tribunals and courts, 2012 1st Annual Labour Law Conference (Ottawa), Lancaster House, April 11-12, 2012. | |
Challenges to Board Decisions: You've lost at the labour board; what is your next step? 2011 Canadian Labour Board Law Conference, Lancaster House, October 18-19, 2011. | |
Ontario Labour Relations Board v. Canada Industrial Relations Board: Three Key Differences, The Six-Minute Labour Lawyer 2011, Law Society of Upper Canada, June 15, 2011. [Topics: Jurisdictional differences; certification: continuing jurisdiction over bargaining unit descriptions; requirement to hold oral hearings] | |
Innovative Strategies for Resolving Cases: Are Tribunals Falling Behind? The Six-Minute Administrative Law Lawyer 2011, Law Society of Upper Canada, February 23, 2011. | |
What Labour Boards Want from Counsel and What Counsel Want from Labour Boards, 2010 Canadian Labour Board Law Conference, Lancaster House, October 19-20, 2010. | |
Canada Industrial Relations Board: 10 Key Points, The Six-Minute Labour Lawyer 2010, Law Society of Upper Canada, June 15, 2010. | |
Efficient Administrative Tribunals: Why Insist on a Cadillac when a Smart Car will do? 9th Annual Advanced Administrative Law & Practice, The Canadian Institute, October 28-29, 2009. | |
Workshop: Ensuring an Effective Hearing (Workshop Leader), 2009 Canadian Labour Board Law Conference, Lancaster House, October 21, 2009. | |
Labour Boards' Use of Mediation-Arbitration Procedures, Advanced Administrative Law & Practice, The Canadian Institute, October 28-29, 2008. | |
Canada Industrial Relations Board: The Process Is the Message, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 2007 Industrial Relations Conference, September 12-14, 2007. | |
The CIRB’s Impact on Collective Bargaining, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 2005 Industrial Relations Conference, September 14-16, 2005. | |
Canada Industrial Relations Board: Recent Key Decisions, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 2003 Industrial Relations Conference, September 11, 2003. | |
“Trends at the Canada Industrial Relations Board” (2002), 9 C.L.E.L.J. 239. | |