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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
Senior Executive of Legal and Counsel
Ontario Nurses’ Association
Esi Codjoe
Employer Counsel
Turnpenney Milne LLP
Alex Brat
Senior Executive Director
Labour Relations
The Division of People Strategy
Equity & Culture University 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
Avner Levin
Professor
Lincoln Alexander School of Law
Toronto Metropolitan University
Niki Lundquist
Associate Counsel
Legal Department, Unifor
John McNamee
Arbitrator
Frank Miller
Director, Executive and Corporate Education
Ted Rogers School of Management
Kat Leonard
National Representative
Unifor
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
2024 Winter Schedule†
The Winter 2024 session of the Labour Relations Certificate Program will comprise of 8 sessions over 4 weeks, and will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET beginning February 13, 2024.
†More detailed information coming soon.