B.A. (English), 1967, McMaster University; LL.B., 1970, University of Toronto.
Languages
English
Sectors/Industries Jurisdiction
Federal, Provincial (see panels below)
Background
Chair, Ontario Labour Relations Board, 1989-92; Alternate Chair, Ontario Public Service Labour Relations Tribunal, 1986-89; Vice-Chair, Ontario Labour Relations Board, 1979-86; Vice-Chair, Ontario Grievance Settlement Board, 1986-89; Member, National Academy of Arbitrators, 1989-2005; labour law practitioner with Miller Thomson, LLP, 1972-79, and National Labour Counsel to Borden Ladner Gervais, LLP, 2005-14.
Standard Fees for Cancellation
$2,250 if notice received within 30 days of the hearing, and date cannot otherwise be booked.
Lists and Panels
Current: Ontario Ministry of Labour’s Grievance Arbitration List; Council of Trustees’ Association—Central and CUPE, Ontario School Board Council of Unions; Memorial University of Newfoundland and Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty Association; Carleton University and Carleton University Academic Staff Association; City of Ottawa and Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 503; Algoma Steel and United Steelworkers, Local 2251 and Local 2724.
Related Adjudication Experience
Human Rights Board of Inquiry, Employment Standards Act Referee, 1979-89; Federal Public Interest Commissions.
Associations
Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrators Association
Arbitration Awards on CanLII
For Arbitrator Mitchnick’s awards on CanLII, click here. Note: CanLII, the Canadian Legal Information Institute, offers free access to the full text of recent awards by this arbitrator.
Related Publications
Co-author, Mitchnick and Etherington, Leading Cases in Labour Arbitration, Lancaster House; co-author, Labour Arbitration in Canada, Lancaster House, 3rd edition 2018; Union Security and the Charter, Butterworth’s, 1986.
Arbitrators are invited to send awards to decisions@lancasterhouse.com. In an effort to facilitate access to justice, Lancaster House forwards all awards it receives from arbitrators to CanLII.
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