Lancaster House

Labour Relations Certificate - Spring/Summer 2025 (Virtual Program)
2025-06-03 12:30 - 2025-06-26 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual Event
In association with:
Upon completion of this program, participants will receive a certificate of completion and a digital credential.
Program Leader

Daphne Taras
Professor Emerita
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU)
Program Faculty

Leanne Anderson
Member Services Officer, Advocacy
UBC Association of Administrative and Professional Staff

Sharan Basran
Chief Legal Officer, Legal Counsel
Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA)

Alex Brat
Senior Executive Director, Labour Relations
University of Toronto

Bruce Curran
Associate Professor
Faculty of Law
University of Manitoba

Chris Davidson
Lawyer & Workplace Investigator
Turnpenney Milne LLP

Shana French
Employer Counsel
Littler LLP

Avner Levin
Professor
Lincoln Alexander School of Law
Ted Rogers School of Management
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU)

Niki Lundquist
Senior Director of Equity and Education
Unifor

Ian Mackenzie
Writer, Trainer, Consultant, and Facilitator

Dionne Pohler
Associate Professor
University of Saskatchewan

Shannon Sproule
Employer Counsel
Turnpenney Milne LLP

Jim Stanford
Economist and Director
Centre for Future Work
Australia Institute

Bob Thompson
Professor, Human Resources
Seneca Polytechnic

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.

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

2025 Spring/Summer Schedule†
The Spring/Summer 2025 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 June 3, 2025.

Sample Agenda

Video

CPD

This program has been approved by CPHR Alberta for 3.5 Continuing Professional Development hours, per session.

This program has been approved by CPHR BC & Yukon for 3.5 Continuing Professional Development hours, per session.

This program has been approved for 3.5 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours under Section A of the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Log of the Human Resource Professionals Association (HRPA), per session

This program has been approved by the Law Society of British Columbia for 3.5 Continuing Professional Development hours, per session.
Members of the Law Society of New Brunswick may consider this program for 3.5 Continuing Professional Development hours, per session.
Members of the Law Society of Ontario may consider counting this program for 3.5 substantive hours; 0 professionalism hours, per session.
Members of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society may consider counting this program for 3.5 Continuing Professional Development hours, per session.
