She/Her
Sharon Naipaul is a lawyer, mediator, trainer, and consultant at Strategic Workplace Equity and Conflict Resolution Solutions, offering services including mediation of all types, workplace restoration, training, and investigation consultations. Sharon began her career in private practice representing unions and employees in labour, employment, and human rights matters, appearing before a wide range of courts and tribunals. Following that she spent time litigating at a large public service union. She then joined the Ontario Labour Relations Board and spent many years there as a senior mediator. Sharon then returned to private practice, focusing on workplace investigations. Following her passion for mediation, training, and consultancy, she started her own company, Strategic Workplace. Sharon’s goal is to incorporate anti-oppressive, anti-racist, anti-hierarchical, and trauma-informed principles into all the work that she does.
Sharon is a 2010 graduate of Western Law and was called to the Ontario Bar in 2011. Sharon received a number of awards and accolades at Western Law, including an internship at the International Labour Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. She was also the chair of both the Labour Law Society and Diversity Committee. She also holds the Executive Certificate in Conflict Resolution from Windsor Law. She is a member of the ADR Institute of Ontario and the ADR Institute of Canada, a member in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario, and is a volunteer mediator with The Neighbourhood Group/St. Stephen’s Community House.
