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Upon completion of this program, participants will receive a certificate of completion and a digital credential.
Program Leader
Daphne Taras
Professor and Director
Centre for Labour-Management Relations
Toronto Metropolitan University
Program Faculty
Sharan Basran
Counsel
Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA)
Bruce Curran
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law
University of Manitoba
Denis Ellickson
Union Counsel
CaleyWray
Shana French
Employer Counsel
Littler LLP
Daryn Jeffries
Employer Counsel
Rae Christen Jeffries LLP
Kat Leonard
National Representative
Unifor
Dionne Pohler
Associate Professor University of Saskatchewan
Bob Thompson
Professor, Human Resources
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Program
The Labour Relations Certificate Program, presented by Toronto Metropolitan University and Lancaster House, is designed to provide individuals engaged in labour relations with the core skills and knowledge required to create and maintain productive union-management relationships that foster fair and efficient workplaces.
Taught by Canada’s leading labour relations scholars and practitioners, this program combines theory, leading research, and professional experience to provide an education that has immediate application in participants’ workplaces.
Program features
- Access to leading Canadian experts in a small-group setting
- Active learning through group discussion, case studies, and simulations
- Balanced coverage of labour and management points of view
- Management, union, and neutral attendees learn together
- Exposure to diverse opinions and extensive knowledge of fellow participants
- Variety of speakers (academics, lawyers, practitioners, subject-matter experts)
Who should attend?
- Human resources professionals
- Union officers and representatives
- Lawyers
- Managers
- Mediators
- Workplace investigators
2024 Fall Schedule†
The Fall 2024 session of the Labour Relations Certificate Program will comprise of 8 sessions over 8 weeks, and will take place on Thursdays from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET beginning October 10th, 2024.