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Upon completion of this program, participants will receive a certificate of completion and a digital credential.
Program Leader
Daphne Taras
Director, Centre for Labour Management Relations
Toronto Metropolitan University
Program Faculty
Bruce Curran
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law
University of Manitoba
Chris Davidson
Senior Program Lawyer and Researcher
Jillian Houlihan
Union Counsel
Pink Larkin
Colin Johnston
Mediator/Arbitrator
Avner Levin
Professor, Lincoln Alexander School of Law,
Toronto Metropolitan University
Frank Miller
Instructor (Sessional) Lecturer,
Faculty Advisor – HR/OB Co-Op Program
Dionne Pohler
Associate Professor, University of Saskatchewan
Bob Thompson
Professor, Human Resources
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Jennifer Wootton
Lawyer & Workplace Investigator
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
2023 Fall Schedule†
The fall 2023 session of the Labour Relations Certificate Program will comprise of 8 sessions over 8 weeks, and will take place on Tuesdays from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET.
†More detailed information coming soon.
Sample Agenda
The agenda below is for a previous offering of the program, however, content of the upcoming session will be substantially the same.