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Harry W. Arthurs

Professor Harry W. Arthurs, currently University Professor of Law and Political Science, York University, is former Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School and former President of York University. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, the Order of Ontario and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and of the British Academy.

His publications cover the fields of labour and employment law, administrative law, legal education, ethics, history and theory, globalization and constitutional law. He was the first adjudicator of the Public Service of Canada and has served extensively as a labour arbitrator and mediator. He is a former member of the Economic Council of Canada and the governing body of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Professor Arthurs holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws (University of Toronto), a Masters in Law (Harvard University) and a number of Honorary Doctorates (Brock, Law Society of Upper Canada, Lethbridge, McGill, Sherbrooke, Montréal, Toronto and Windsor). He was awarded the Canada Council's Killam Prize in 2002 for his lifetime contribution to the Social Sciences and in 2003, the Bora Laskin Prize for his contribution to labour law.

Sherry Liang

Sherry Liang is currently a labour arbitrator, with experience in grievance arbitration and mediation of disputes arising out of collective agreements in provincial and federal sector workplaces. She also adjudicates complaints under Part III of the Canada Labour Code, and appeals under Ontario's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, in her capacity as adjudicator with the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario. Ms. Liang is a Co-Chair with the University Tribunal of the University of Toronto, presiding over hearings in relation to academic and student conduct.

Ms. Liang served as a Vice-Chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board from 1991 to 1997, adjudicating complaints and applications under the Labour Relations Act and prior to that worked in private practice as a lawyer with a firm representing unions and employees in matters before the courts, tribunals and arbitration boards.

Ms. Liang holds a Bachelor of Arts (Queen's University), a Bachelor of Laws and a Masters of Laws (both from University of Toronto). She is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Daphne Taras

Dr. Daphne Taras is currently Professor of Industrial Relations in the Haskayne School of Business and holds a Professorship at the University's Institute for Advanced Policy Research. She is the Haskayne School's former Associate Dean (Research).

Her books include Nonunion Employee Representation, the fourth and fifth editions of the leading text Union-Management Relations in Canada, and Information Technology and the World of Work. She has published many articles and book chapters and co-edited journal symposia for Journal of Labor Research. She served on the Executive Board of the Industrial Relations Research Association (IRRA) in the United States. She was the Haskayne School of Business's Outstanding New Scholar in 1997 and the recipient of the Dean's Research Excellence Award in 2000.

Dr. Taras holds a Bachelor of Arts (York University) and a Masters of Arts (Duke University) in Political Science, a Masters in Business Administration (University of Calgary) in New Ventures, and a PhD (University of Calgary) in Industrial Relations.

Gilles Trudeau

Dr. Trudeau is Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law at the Université de Montréal. He is a former Director of the École de relations industrielles from 1995 to 1999 at this university. He is also member of the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la mondialisation et le travail.

He is well known and held in high regard for his extensive expertise in the field of industrial relations and labour law. His major fields of research and publication include labour standards, industrial discipline, international labour law and the impact of globalization on labour law. He is also a well respected arbitrator, appointed frequently by the Conseil consultatif du travail et de la main-d'oeuvre for cases under the Quebec Labour Code and by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services for cases under the Canada Labour Code.

Dr. Trudeau holds a Law Degree and Bachelor in Industrial Relations (Université de Montréal) and a Doctorate (S.J.D.) in Law (Harvard Law School). He is a member of Le Barreau du Québec and was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 2000.

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