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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
Farah Baloo
Senior Legal Counsel, Legal Department
Unifor
Sharmila Clark
Director, Employment Law Division
City of Toronto
Bruce Curran
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law
University of Manitoba
Chris Davidson
Senior Program Lawyer and Researcher
Shana French
Employer Counsel
Sherrard Kuzz LLP
Daryn Jeffries
Employer Counsel
Rae Christen Jeffries LLP
Avner Levin
Professor
Lincoln Alexander School of Law
Toronto Metropolitan University
Ian Mackenzie
Arbitrator and Mediator
Frank Miller
Director, Executive and Corporate Education
Ted Rogers School of Management
Nathaniel Marshall
Employer Counsel and Workplace Investigator
Marshall Workplace Law
Peggy Nash
Senior Advisor and Advisory Committee Chair
Centre for Labour Management Relations, Toronto Metropolitan University
Dionne Pohler
Associate Professor
University of Saskatchewan
Jim Stanford
Economist and Director
Centre for Future Work
Bob Thompson
Professor
Human Resources
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Naheed Yaqubian
Legal Counsel
Ontario Nurses’ Association
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 Spring Schedule†
The Spring 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. E.T. beginning April 25, 2024.