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Amanda Rogers is an arbitrator, mediator, and lawyer residing in Vancouver, British Columbia, specializing in workplace dispute resolution.
Since becoming a neutral in 2019, Amanda has been appointed on disputes in B.C., S.K., N.T., N.U., Y.T. and under federal jurisdiction — publishing numerous decisions and settling many more cases through mediation. She is on the collective agreement arbitration bureau list of arbitrators in B.C., serves on the executive of the Arbitrators Association of B.C., named as an arbitrator in numerous collective agreements, and until recently, acted as an external adjudicator for the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
Amanda has a particular interest in mediating collective bargaining disputes. In addition to numerous consensual appointments as a mediator in this context, Amanda has been appointed as a special mediator by the Governments of S.K. and B.C. and as a special officer in B.C. to address collective bargaining issues. Amanda has also undertaken studies of collective bargaining structures and legislation, having been appointed as an Industrial Inquiry Commissioner by the Government of B.C. in respect of successorship rights in the forestry industry, and currently serving as a member of a Commission of Inquiry established by the Government of Canada to study the underlying issues in longshoring disputes on Canada’s West Coast.
Amanda graduated from the University of Toronto with an honours B.A. (2003) and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) (2007). She completed a Master of Laws (LL.M.) specializing in Dispute Resolution at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University in 2021.