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Heather Ann McConnell is a mediator/arbitrator and member of the Grievance Settlement Board. She brings creativity and tenacity to solving workplace disputes and delivering practical results for workplace parties. Heather Ann is a graduate of the Arbitrator Development Program run by the Ministry of Labour and Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrators’ Association (OLMAA). She was called to the bar in 2007, after receiving her Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School. She also holds two degrees from the University of Toronto – a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) and a Master of Arts from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). Before becoming an arbitrator, Heather Ann was a partner in a leading labour law firm in Toronto, where she regularly appeared before boards and tribunals in the areas of labour, human rights, occupational health and safety, education, professional regulation, and administrative law.