Labour Relations Certificate – Fall (Virtual Program)
- October 6, 2026
- Duration: 2 Days
- Virtual
Program Overview
The Labour Relations Certificate Program, presented by Toronto Metropolitan University and Lancaster House, is designed to provide individuals engaged in labour relations with the core skills and knowledge required to create and maintain productive union-management relationships that foster fair and efficient workplaces.
Taught by Canada’s leading labour relations scholars and practitioners, this program combines theory, leading research, and professional experience to provide an education that has immediate application in participants’ workplaces.
- Access to leading Canadian experts in a small-group setting
- Active learning through group discussion, case studies, and simulations
- Balanced coverage of labour and management points of view
- Management, union, and neutral attendees learn together
- Exposure to diverse opinions and extensive knowledge of fellow participants
- Variety of speakers (academics, lawyers, practitioners, subject-matter experts)
Who should attend?
- Human resources professionals
- Union officers and representatives
- Lawyers
- Managers
- Mediators
- Workplace investigators
2025 Fall Schedule†
The Fall 2025 session of the Labour Relations Certificate Program will comprise of 8 sessions over 8 weeks, and will take place on Thursdays from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET beginning October 9, 2025.
PROGRAM LEADER
Daphne Taras
Former Dean and Professor Emerita
Ted Rogers School of Management
Toronto Metropolitan University
Program Faculty
Maeve Biggar
Legal Coordinator
Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA)
Bruce Curran
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law
University of Manitoba
Chris Davidson
HR Policy Advisor & Complaints Investigator
The United Church of Canada
Carly Dunster
Carly Dunster
Lawyer & Workplace Investigator
Turnpenney Milne LLP
Lindsay Gluck
Workplace Lawyer and Investigator
Turnpenney Milne LLP
Gerald Griffiths
Employer Counsel
Littler LLP
Daryn Jeffries
Employer Counsel
Rae Christen Jeffries LLP
Avner Levin
Professor, Lincoln Alexander School of Law & Ted Rogers School of Management
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU)
Kat Leonard
National Representative
Unifor
Niki Lundquist
Lawyer and Senior Director of Capacity Building and Inclusion
Unifor
Ian Mackenzie
Writer, Consultant, Facilitator
Frank Miller
Director, Executive and Corporate Education
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU)
Jim Stanford
Economist and Director
Centre for Future Work
Bob Thompson
Professor, Human Resources
Seneca Polytechnic
Sample Agenda
Tuesday October 20, 2026
Breakfast: 8:00 – 9:00 am
Introductory Remarks: 9:00 – 9:05 am
Part 1 -
Thursday October 22, 2026
Breakfast: 8:00 – 9:00 am
Introductory Remarks: 9:00 – 9:05 am
Part 1 - Workplace Law and Contract Administration - Focus on Human Rights and Accommodation
Niki Lundquist
Lawyer and Senior Director of Capacity Building and Inclusion
Unifor