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Kim Bernhardt is an adjudicator who arbitrates and mediates in both the public and private sectors. She has been named by the Ontario Minister of Labour to the list of approved grievance arbitrators on the Ministry of Labour’s section 49 list. Kim is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrators’ Association (OLMAA) and she arbitrates and mediates at the Grievance Settlement Board (GSB). Previous appointments include being a part-time member of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO); a part-time member of the Public Service Grievance Board (PSGB); the Human Rights Board of Inquiry; a member of the HRTO Advisory Practice Committee; and acting as the Law Society of Upper Canada’s representative on the Ontario Judicial Council. Kim practised for 15 years in the areas of employment, labour, and human rights law. Previous positions include working as a union staff member, a college teacher, and as a human rights officer.
Kim continues to be engaged in many volunteer activities and speaking engagements involving legal and equity issues. Current and previous memberships include: the equality effect (Chair, Board of Directors, member of the Legal Team), Association of Human Rights Lawyers, Alliance for Employment Equity, Women’s Coalition for Employment Equity, Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (member of the National Legal Committee), Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Black History Society, Black Female Lawyers’ Network, Advisory Committee of the York Region Cross-Cultural Project, National Association of Women and the Law, Delos Davis Law Guild, Canadian Association of Black Lawyers, the Nathaniel Dett Chorale (co-chair, Board of Directors), Planned Parenthood Toronto (member of the Board of Directors), community representative on a subcommittee of the Halton Board of Education’s Equity Committee, and co-chair of the Education Project of the Urban Alliance on Race Relations.
