4 Biggar Avenue
Toronto ON M6H 2N4
Tel: (416) 432-1583
Email: paulaknopf@bellnet.ca
Primary Jurisdiction
Ontario
Arbitration Practice
In practice since 1981.
Education
B.A., 1972, University of Toronto; LL.B., 1975, Osgoode Hall Law School.
Background
Member, Arbitration Facilitators Group; Litigation and administrative law, 1977-84; Faculty Member, Osgoode Hall Law School, 1979-84; Member of Task Force to review Part I of the Canada Labour Code, 1995-1996.
Standard Fees for Cancellation
Please contact Ms. Knopf’s assistant for current fees.
Lists and Panels
Ontario Ministry of Labour; Labour Canada; Ontario Grievance Settlement Board; Solicitor General Panel (Police Arbitrators); McDonnell Douglas/C.A.W.; Acadian Platers/U.S.W.A., Local 8059; Blacks Photography Corp./Union of Needletraders, Industrial and Textile Workers; Lennox Industries/U.S.W.A.; Uniroyal Goodridge/U.S.W.A.; Fraser Papers/C.E.P.; York University/Y.U.F.A.
Related Adjudication Experience
Chair, Ontario Education Relations Commission, 1991-1997; Chair, Ontario Colleges Relations Commission, 1991-1997; Ontario Human Rights Code Boards of Inquiry, 1986-1997; Vice-Chair, Ontario Labour Relations Board, 1984-1996; ADR: as Chair, Ontario Motor Vehicle Arbitration Plan, 1990-94, and as Consultant on Training & Arbitration, Canadian Motor Vehicle Arbitration Plan, 1994.
Associations
Director, Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrators’ Association; Past President, Labour Law Subsection, Canadian Bar Association (Ontario); Member, National Academy of Arbitrators.
Arbitration Awards on CanLII
For Arbitrator Knopf’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
“Seeking a Balance: Canada Labour Code Part I Review” (co-authored, 1996); “Classification Disputes at Arbitration”, Labour Arbitration Yearbook (Toronto: Butterworths/Lancaster House, 1993).
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.
