Academy Member Inducted 2025
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Recognized to British Columbia Chapter for:
Labour Arbitration Specialist
Regularly travels out of province to: Alberta
Other ADR Services: ADR Systems Design, Med-Arb
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Biographical
With over 30 years of labour relations experience, as a lawyer, mediator and adjudicator, I bring a practical and fair lens to my practice. I have served as Vice-Chair, Registrar and most recently Associate Chair of Mediation and Adjudication at the British Columbia Labour Relations Board, as well as the Director of the Collective Agreement Arbitration Bureau. As a respected neutral in these roles, I worked closely with public and private sector parties, including in health, social services, post-secondary, education, mining, construction, retail, municipal, hospitality, automotive and manufacturing workplaces. I have rendered almost 200 decisions as a neutral and settled countless more through mediation.
I have a reputation as an approachable, common sense problem solver, whether engaged in formal or informal mediation, adjudication or a combination of dispute resolution processes. I understand the real-world circumstances unions, employees and employers face every day and am committed to assisting them in resolving their differences and in the development of more constructive, respectful relationships. When an arbitrated solution is necessary, parties can be assured they will receive a fair hearing and a timely, easy to understand decision, regardless of whether the dispute is complex or relatively straightforward.
In addition to labour relations expertise, I have assisted parties in non-union workplaces to resolve their differences, including human rights disputes, wrongful dismissal claims, breach of contract (e.g. non-competition/non-solicitation) and shareholder/partnership disputes.
Case Experience
- Employment
- Human Rights Act
- Labour/Unions
- Workplace Rights
- Wrongful Dismissal
Education
1989 Bachelor of Laws, University of Victoria
1986 Honours Bachelor of Arts (Political Science), University of Western Ontario
Teaching Experience
2025 Queens Universty, Masters of Industrial Relations
Seminars in Training and Development - Skill Building for Crucial Convesations, Guest Lecturer
Thomson Rivers University, Faculty of Law.
Mediation, Guest Lecturer
2011 University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law
Mediation and Mediation Practicum (Law 479 and Law 480), Guest Lecturer
2004 - 2006 B.C. Council of Administrative Tribunals
Practice and Procedures for Decision Makers, Course Co-ordinator
2000 Vancouver Community College
Personnel Management, Instructor
Memberships & Affiliations
1995 - Present Law Society of British Columbia
1991 - 2019 Law Society of Ontario
2020 - present Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association - Member
1995- present Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch - Member
2010 – 2020 American Bar Association, Labour and Employment Law Section - Member
2004 - 2006 British Columbia Law Society Equity and Diversity Committee - Member
2002 - 2006 Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch, Member, Equality Committee - Member
2004 - 2006 British Columbia Council of Administrative Tribunals - Board Member
Language Skills
English