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Members of the Board

Matthew Wilson is the Chair of the Ontario Grievance Settlement Board and maintains an active arbitration practice. He is regularly invited to mediate complex labour disputes, including collective bargaining. He is a former Vice Chair and Alternate Chair with the Ontario Labour Relations Board. Prior to his appointment, Matthew was in-house counsel to two hospital corporations after working as the Director of Labour Relations/Counsel for a large municipality. He started his career at Hicks Morley. Matthew is co-author of Evidence and Procedure in Canadian Labour Arbitration and holds an LL.B. from Western University, an LL.M. from Osgoode Hall, an M.I.R. from Queen's University and a B.A.(Hons) from Trent University. He is also an appointed arbitrator to the Sports Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada. As a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars, Matthew taught at the university level and is regularly invited to speak to law classes. He is a current executive member of the Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrators' Association and maintains his good standing with the Law Society of Ontario.

Ms. Nairn was called to the Ontario bar in 1982 and practiced labour law until moving to the Ontario Labour Relations Board as counsel. In 1989 she was appointed a Vice-Chair of the OLRB and adjudicated in that capacity for nine years. Since 1998 she has conducted a full-time practice as arbitrator and mediator in Ontario dealing with a wide variety of workplaces and industries in both the private and public sectors and in both the provincial and federal jurisdictions. She has also been appointed to Chair various judicial remuneration commissions and holds a part-time appointment as a Vice-Chair of the Public Service Grievance Board. Ms. Nairn is a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators, as well as a member and Past President of the Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrators’ Association, and she has held various executive positions in the Labour Section of the Ontario Bar Association. She has taught at both the college and university levels and has appeared as a speaker in the areas of labour law and human rights. She was appointed to the Grievance Settlement Board in 2001 and was appointed Alternate Chair in 2018.

Arbitrators

Randi Abramsky is a full-time Arbitrator and Mediator. She initially served as a Grievance Settlement Officer with the GSB (1992-1996) and then became a Vice-Chair in 1996 and Mediator-Arbitrator in 2017. She also served as a Labour Relations Officer and Vice-Chair with the Ontario Public Service Labour Relations Tribunal and the Boards of Inquiry. Ms. Abramsky also engages in private sector arbitrations and mediations, has taught labour law related courses and written in the field.

Chris Albertyn is an arbitrator and mediator, principally in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators and of the Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrators' Association. He is on the Labour Ministers' lists of arbitrators kept by the Ontario Office of Arbitration and by Canadian Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. He is a Vice-Chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board (since 1994) and a Vice-Chair of the Ontario Grievance Settlement Board (since 2008) and Mediator-Arbitrator (since 2017).

Ian Anderson is an Arbitrator and Mediator. He has been a Vice-Chair since 2013 and then a Mediator-Arbitrator with the GSB since 2017. Previously, he was a full-time Vice-Chair of the OLRB for nine years and a part-time member of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario for eight years. From 1987 to 2004, Mr. Anderson practiced primarily in the fields of labour and employment law. His community involvement includes having served as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Crossroads International, the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Work and Health, the First Chair of the OBA Workers' Compensation Section, and the Chair of the Injured Workers' Consultants Community Legal Clinic.

Sarah Atkinson is a labour mediator and arbitrator. She is a graduate of McGill University (1987, French and Political Science) and the University of Ottawa Law School (1990, French Common Law). Sarah obtained her degree in Civil Law in 1991 (Université Laval) and her LLM in Labour Relations and Employment Law in 2005 (Osgoode Hall Law School). She was called to the bar in Ontario (1993) and in Québec (1994-2011). Sarah practiced for ten years as a labour and employment lawyer, first as in-house counsel to a union and then in private practice with a leading human resources management-side law firm. In 2004, Sarah transitioned to an independent role, including conducting independent workplace investigations and three terms as a part-time member at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. Most recently, Sarah completed the Arbitrator Development Program with the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development and is launching her full-time labour arbitration and mediation practice. She is a member of the Law Society of Ontario and the Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrators Association.

Kevin Banks is a bilingual arbitrator and mediator practicing mainly in Ontario and in the federal jurisdiction. He has been a member of the Grievance Settlement Board since 2018. He is a member of the Ontario Labour Management Arbitrators Association and of the National Academy of Arbitrators. He has also served as an adjudicator appointed under Part III of the Canada Labour Code, and as a panel Chair appointed to decide a labour dispute under an international trade agreement. He is an associate professor with the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University, where he teaches labour law and serves as the Director of the Queen's Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace. He has written widely on workplace law and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal. Prior to joining Queen’s he held executive positions for six years within the Public Service of Canada, in the field of labour and employment policy. He began his career as a labour lawyer representing unions and employees, practicing for 7 years. He holds an S.J.D. from Harvard Law School (2003), and an LL.B. (1989) and B.A. (1986) in economics from the University of Toronto.

Adam is an arbitrator/mediator. Before joining the GSB, Adam was a Vice-Chair at the Ontario Labour Relations Board from 2016-2022. Prior to that, he practiced with a prominent labour law firm in Toronto. Adam is also co-author and editor of Canadian Labour Arbitration (otherwise known as "Brown and Beatty") the leading labour arbitration text in Canada. He is also the editor of Brown and Evans Judicial Review of Administrative Action in Canada. Adam holds a BA from the University of Victoria, a Master's degree from McGill University and a JD from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Adam is a member of the Ontario Labour Management Arbitrator’s Association and the Law Society of Upper Canada (non-practicing).

Jules B. Bloch is an experienced, bilingual, mediator, arbitrator, facilitator, fact-finder, lecturer and trainer. After his call, he practiced law primarily in the field of labour and employment law. In 1991 he was appointed full time Vice-Chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) (November 7, 1991 to September 1, 1999). Presently, he is a Mediator-Arbitrator of the Ontario Grievance Settlement Board. Mr. Bloch is a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators. Mr. Bloch is a co-author of Canadian Construction Labour and Employment Law (Butterworths: 1996).

Joseph (Joe) Carrier has been engaged as a full-time mediator/arbitrator since 1991. After graduating from Queen's Law School in 1969, and from the bar in 1971, he practiced corporate and commercial law for several years before joining Mathews Dinsdale & Clark, a boutique management side law firm as an associate, and from 1979-1989 as a Partner.

While there he acted as counsel in all manner of proceedings before the ORLB and arbitration boards in both rights and interest disputes as well as being engaged by his clients as spokesperson in their collective agreement negotiations. In 1989 he briefly left the field to assist his family in the management of its real estate holdings. In 1991 he returned to the labour and employment field as a mediator/arbitrator where he has been continually included on the Ministry of Labour's list of approved arbitrators. He was shortly thereafter added to the list of federally acceptable and approved adjudicators and arbitrators until the adjudicator function was referred to the C.L.R.B. In 1999, he was appointed as a Vice-Chair of the Ontario Grievance Settlement Board which appointment was renewed regularly. Since 2017, he was included as a Roster Mediator-Arbitrator for the G.S.B. which position he still retains while also carrying on his consensual practice in the labour and employment field. He has a Certificate of Achievement from the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, Ontario for completion of its Alternative Dispute Resolution Workshop. In addition to his employment history, he has been and continues to be a member of the following Associations and Organizations: Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrators' Association, Law Society of Ontario, National Academy of Arbitrators (USA & Canada), Canadian Bar Association, Toronto Lawyers Association and Canadian Italian Business & Professional Association.

Johanne Cavé is a full-time arbitrator and mediator. She practices in Ontario, Quebec and the federal jurisdiction. She is a part-time Vice Chair with the Ontario Labour Relations Board and an External Adjudicator with the Canada Industrial Relations Board. Until 2018, she worked as in-house counsel for large Canadian companies, practicing labour and employment law. She received the Order of Merit from the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa in 2016. She is fluent in French and English.

Nimal Dissanayake was called to the Ontario bar 1980; LLB (Honours) SL; LLB and LLM (Queens); Formerly Professor of Industrial Relation Faculty of Business McMaster University; Served as Solicitor, Senior Solicitor and Vice-Chair (Part-Time) of the Ontario Labour Relations Board; Former Editor of the Ontario Labour Relations Board Reports; Arbitrator/Mediator in labour and employment related disputes since 1987; Vice-Chair of the Grievance Settlement Board 1987 and since 2017 to present as Mediator-Arbitrator. Member of the Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrators Association 1987 to present. Member of the National Academy of Arbitrators 2001 to 2022.

Barry B. Fisher LL.B. is a mediator and arbitrator in Toronto. He was called to the Ontario Bar, 1979. Member of Ontario Management Labour Arbitrators Association, a labour arbitrator since 1988 and Mediator-Arbitrator of Grievance Settlement Board. Member of Ontario Management Labour Arbitrators Association, and a labour arbitrator since 1988. An arbitrator under Police Services Act, Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act, and Canada Labour Code. Trained as a mediator at the Academy of Mediation in Toronto, Harvard Law School and ADR Associates in Washington, D.C. Has mediated employment / labour disputes involving wrongful dismissal actions, sexual harassment, collective agreement interpretation, human rights issues, shareholders disputes arising from employment and the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements. Has authored numerous articles on wrongful dismissal, mediation practice and labour arbitration. He created the Wrongful Dismissal Database, containing over 2500 cases, utilized by lawyers/judges/human resources professionals across Canada.

Diane Gee began her career in 1988 practicing exclusively in the areas of labour and employment law and transitioned to the role of adjudicator in 1994 with her appointment to the Ontario Labour Relations Board as a Vice-Chair. Diane returned to the practice of law in 2002 as a partner in a national law firm again practicing exclusively in the areas of labour and employment law. Diane left practice in 2008 when she was appointed to the Ontario Labour Relations Board as the Alternate Chair and Chair of the Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal and went on to serve as the Interim Chair of the OLRB. Diane also served as Chair of the Compensation Restraint Tribunal and as an Adjudicator at the Ontario College of Trades. In 2013 Diane became a private mediator and arbitrator working exclusively in the areas of labour and employment law. Diane is currently on the Labour Minister's List of Arbitrators kept by the Ontario Office of Arbitration and the Canadian Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services. She is a member of the Ontario Labour Management Arbitrators Association and is named as a roster arbitrator in several collective agreements. She is engaged as a mediator and arbitrator in employment and labour matters in both the private and public sectors.

Mr. Harris is a graduate of York University (1978) and Osgoode Hall Law School (1981). Upon being called to the Bar of Ontario in 1983, he served a one-year appointment as a Law Clerk to the Chief Justice of the High Court of Justice, Province of Ontario. He then practiced labour law until 1991, when he was appointed to the Minister's List of Arbitrators in Ontario. Since then he has worked as a labour arbitrator and mediator in both rights and interest matters in all sectors, public and private. He serves as an arbitrator on numerous collective agreement panels. He has been a Vice-Chair with the Grievance Settlement Board since 1998, as a Mediator-Arbitrator since 2017 and previously held appointments with the Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal and Office of Adjudication.

Bram Herlich has B.A (1972) and M.A (1977) degrees from McGill University (English and Communications). After several years as a CEGEP professor and union representative in Montreal, he enrolled in law school and graduated from Osgoode Hall in 1982. After graduation, he held a number of positions including Arbitration Officer with the Ontario Nurses Association and Associate with the firm Cavalluzzo, Hayes and Lennon. He has been an adjudicator since 1989 when he was appointed Vice-Chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board. Appointed in 1996 as a Referee/Adjudicator under the Employment Standards Act and an Adjudicator under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Appointed Vice-Chair of the Grievance Settlement Board in 1998, and since 2017 as a Mediator-Arbitrator. Bram is currently hearing and mediating cases at the GSB and at private arbitration.

Dale Hewat is a labour arbitrator and employment law mediator. Dale practice includes both private and public sector arbitration and mediation work. In 2018, Dale was appointed to the approved Mediator-Arbitrator roster for the Grievance Settlement Board where she continues to provide arbitration and mediation services. Between 2008 and 2018, Dale worked as a part-time Member of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario gaining extensive experience adjudicating and mediating employment related human rights applications. Dale served as a Vice-Chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board in 1995 and 1996, following which she began her private arbitration practice. Earlier in her career, Dale was employed as General Counsel for Humber College advising on labour relations matters and representing the College at arbitration hearings. Prior to Humber College, Dale worked as a lawyer in private practice specializing in employment and labour law. Dale graduated from Western University with a B.A. (1983) and LL.B. (1986) and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1988. She is a member of the Law Society of Ontario and the Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrators Association.

Colin Johnston has a degree in Labour Studies from McMaster University and a Law degree from the University of Ottawa. He worked in private practice in Toronto and later in Windsor before joining the Ontario Nurses' Association as a litigator and eventual leader of ONA's Litigation Department. Colin works as a labour mediator and arbitrator and is on the Ministry of Labour's list of approved Grievance Arbitrators. He sat as a part-time member of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario from 2015 to 2020. He has experience working with parties in both the private and public sector in the areas of health care, education, municipal services, manufacturing, and service industries. He is also a frequent speaker at conferences including Lancaster House, Osgoode Continuing Education, and the University of Western Ontario.

Ms. Johnston graduated from Wilfred Laurier University with a B. A. in history and received her law degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1979. She was called to the Bar in 1981. She worked in the public and private sector as labour relations counsel before joining the Ontario Labour Relations Board as a Vice-Chair in 1990. In 1999 she left the OLRB to pursue her career as a private mediator/arbitrator. In addition to this practice, she is currently a Mediator-Arbitrator for the Grievance Settlement Board and the Sport Dispute Resolution Council of Canada.

Kumail Karimjee is a mediator, arbitrator, and independent investigator. He graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law (LL.B. 1997) and Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.M. 2020). He was appointed a part-time Vice-Chair at the Workplace Safety Insurance Appeals Tribunal (2007 to 2012), adjudicating workers’ compensation matters. Kumail practised law for 25 years focusing on workplace and human rights matters, and since 2015 has maintained an active mediation practice.

Jesse Kugler is a mediator and arbitrator. His practice includes mediating and arbitrating disputes in both the public and private sectors. Jesse is known for his practical and common-sense approach to dispute resolution.

Jesse attended the University of Western Ontario where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts (hons.) in 2003. He later attended law school at Queen’s University where he obtained an LL.B. in 2007. He was called to the Bar in Ontario in 2008.

After being called to the Bar, Jesse practiced law at a prominent labour and employment law firm as an associate and then as a partner. In this practice, Jesse regularly appeared as counsel before arbitrators, administrative tribunals, and the Courts on a wide range of issues involving labour relations, pension and benefits, human rights, constitutional disputes and insolvencies.

In 2021, Jesse left the practice of law and accepted an appointment as Vice-Chair with the Ontario Labour Relations Board and established a practice as a mediator and arbitrator. He has been happily resolving parties’ disputes ever since.

Deborah J. D. Leighton is a full-time arbitrator and mediator. She was appointed to the Grievance Settlement Board in 1996. She served as a Vice-Chair of the Public Service Grievance Board (1993-2016) and as an adjudicator for the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (1992-1998). Ms. Leighton was called to the Ontario Bar in 1989 and is a past member of the Florida Bar. She was professor at Queen’s University, teaching labour and employment and human rights law, arbitration and mediation courses in the Master of Industrial Relations program from 1994 to 2023. She holds a B.A. in law from the University of Oxford and an L.L.M, from the University of Texas (Austin).

Gordon F. Luborsky holds a Master's Degree from the University of Toronto and received his Law Degree from Toronto's Osgoode Hall Law School in 1982. After his call to the Ontario bar in 1984, he practiced law with a management side law firm until 1994, thereafter serving as Co-Chair, Employment and Labour Law Group of another law firm. He was appointed in 1999 to the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development’s list of arbitrators under the Ontario Labour Relations Act, and in 2002 to the list of adjudicators for disputes under the Canada Labour Code. Since 1998 he has practiced as a as mediator and arbitrator in commercial, employment and labour disputes. He also taught Business Negotiations and Dispute Resolution courses from 2002 - 2006 at the University of Toronto.

Michael Lynk is professor emeritus at the Faculty of Law, Western University, where he taught labour law, human rights law and constitutional law. Prior to becoming a professor, he practiced labour law in Toronto and Ottawa for a decade. Mr. Lynk is also an active labour arbitrator, and served as a Vice-Chair with the Ontario Public Service Grievance Board (1995-1999) before joining the Ontario Grievance Settlement Board in 2007. He has written widely on the issues of labour law and human rights in the unionized Canadian workplace, and is a frequent speaker at industrial relations and labour law conferences across the country.

Mr. Lynk’s academic writings and arbitration awards have been widely cited by labour boards and the courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada.

He has also written on international human rights law, and he served a six year term as a human rights special rapporteur, appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Heather Ann McConnell is a mediator and arbitrator specializing in labour, employment, and human rights disputes. She brings creativity and tenacity to solving workplace disputes and delivering practical results for workplace parties. She is a graduate of the Arbitrator Development Program run by the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development and OLMAA (Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrator’s Association). She was called to the bar in 2007, after receiving her Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School. She also holds two degrees from the University of Toronto – a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) and a Master of Arts from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). Before becoming an Arbitrator, Heather Ann was a partner in a leading labour law firm in Toronto, where she regularly appeared before boards and tribunals in the areas of labour, human rights, occupational health and safety, education, professional regulation, and administrative law. She also served as a neutral third-party, conducting workplace harassment and discrimination investigations.

Annie McKendy graduated from the University of Ottawa with degrees in Droit Civil (LL.L) and Common Law (LL.B.), and from Cornell University (LL.M). She was called to the bar in 2007 while clerking at the Federal Court of Canada. She went on to practice labour law for a decade before being appointed as a Vice-Chair to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal. She is now a labour arbitrator and mediator and is a member of the Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrators’ Association. Annie is fully bilingual and has experience conducting hearings and writing decisions in both English and French.

Brian McLean is a mediator/arbitrator. He was the Alternate Chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, having been a Vice Chair at the OLRB for nearly 20 years. Immediately prior to joining the Board, he was a sole practitioner representing employees, employers and unions. Before that he practiced at Baker and McKenzie as an employment and labour lawyer. He co-authored (with Stewart D. Saxe) The Collective Agreement Handbook: A Guide for Employers and Employees which has been published in three editions. Brian grew up in Victoria, B.C.

Marilyn Nairn was called to the Ontario bar in 1982 and practiced labour law in Toronto until 1987 when she accepted the position of counsel to the Ontario Labour Relations Board. In 1989 Ms. Nairn was appointed a Vice-Chair of the OLRB, where she served for three terms. Since 1998, she has acted as a private labour arbitrator and mediator. Ms. Nairn is a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators, is a past president of the Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrators' Association, and has held various positions on the executive of the Labour Section of the Ontario Bar Association. She has taught at both the college and university levels, has appeared as a speaker on panels and at conferences in the areas of labour law and human rights, and has been appointed Commissioner to various judicial remuneration commissions. She was appointed to the Grievance Settlement Board in 2001 and was appointed as its Alternate Chair in 2018.

Kathleen G. O'Neil has over thirty-five years of experience as an adjudicator, including chairing the GSB’s sister tribunal, the Public Service Grievance Board, from 2014 to 2021, and having served as Vice-Chair of the PSGB (2004 to 2014). She previously served as Vice-Chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board (1988 to 1997), and of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Tribunal (1986 to 1988). Since 1997, she has also been active in her private practice as mediator and arbitrator dealing with grievances under Ontario and federal labour statutes, as well as a mediator in a wide variety of matters including human rights, employment related disputes, and general civil litigation. Admitted to the Bar of Ontario in 1979, she holds a B.A. from the University of Toronto and an LL.B. [now J.D.] from Osgoode Hall Law School.

Jasbir is an arbitrator, mediator, and independent investigator practicing primarily in the Province of Ontario. Educated at the University of British Columbia and the University of Windsor, Jasbir was called to the Bar in British Columbia in 1996 and in Ontario in 2000. She practiced labour law until 2005, when she moved to a neutral role. She served as a Vice-Chair for the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal from 2005 to 2015. In 2008, Jasbir was named by the Ontario Minister of Labour to the list of approved labour arbitrators, and is listed as a roster arbitrator in numerous collective agreements. She is experienced in both the public and private sectors.

Ken obtained an undergraduate degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1972. In 1976, Ken obtained a law degree from Queen's University, where he was awarded the prize in Labour Relations in the Public Sector. He was called to the Bar in 1978 and practiced labour and administrative law until 1985, when he became solicitor of the Ontario Labour Relations Board. He served as a full-time Vice Chair of the OLRB between 1986 and 1994, when he became a part-time Vice Chair and commenced his arbitration and mediation practice. Ken was first appointed to the Grievance Settlement Board in 1997.

Stephen Raymond is a full-time arbitrator and mediator. He is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario holding a B.A. (Political Science, 1986) and a LL.B. (1989). After his call to the Bar in 1991, he practiced law primarily in the fields of labour and employment law. In 2000, he was appointed as a Vice-Chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board. Since 2003, Stephen has worked as a labour mediator/arbitrator and civil litigation mediator. His practice covers all types of disputes, including rights and interest, in both the public and private sector. He is the President of the Ontario Labour Management Arbitrators’ Association (term November 2021 to November 2023) and a Director of the National Academy of Arbitrators (term May 2023 to May 2026).

Brian Sheehan has been involved in the field of labour relations, employment and human rights law either as an advocate or as a mediator and arbitrator from 1985 to the present. He is a graduate of the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development Arbitrator Development Programme and has been a mediator and arbitrator since April 2007. He was appointed to the GSB in 2010, and he was a part-time adjudicator for the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal from 2008 to 2018.

Mr. Sheehan's arbitration and mediation practice covers all types of disputes in both the private and public sectors. Mr. Sheehan is an agreed-upon arbitrator under a number of collective agreements in the province. Additionally, he is currently an appointed arbitrator under the NHL/NHLPA salary arbitration process.

Mr. Sheehan is a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators and the Ontario Labour Management Arbitrators’ Association.

Sara Slinn is an arbitrator and mediator. A member of the Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrators' Association, she has been named by the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development to the list of approved grievance arbitrators and has completed the Ministry’s Arbitrator Development Program. She is an associate professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and Director of the Osgoode Professional Development program LLM in Labour and Employment Law. She has published widely on labour and employment law and public sector labour relations, and serves as a General Editor of the Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal. Previously she practiced labour law, including in-house at the Labour Relations Board of British Columbia. She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Relations from the University of Toronto, an M.I.R. from Queen’s University, an LL.B. from the University of British Columbia and a B.A.(Hons) in economics from Queen’s University.

Barry Stephens has been a labour relations practitioner for more than forty years. He started his career on the legal staff of CUPE, where he also worked as a union rep and educator. He went on to work for the Southern Ontario Newspaper Guild before becoming a labour relations consultant. In the latter role he worked with a number of unions throughout the province, mainly in grievance arbitration as nominee and counsel, where he developed an interest in mediation and arbitration. Prior to becoming a full time arbitrator he served as the senior labour relations advisor to the Air Canada Pilots Association. Barry has been working as a neutral adjudicator since September 2000.

Tatiana Wacyk has been an adjudicator and mediator for more than twenty years. She is currently or has been a member of the following panels: the Ontario Ministry of Labour, the Grievance Settlement Board, the Ontario Labour Relations Board, Canada Revenue Agency, the Hepatitis C Settlement Agreement Panel, and the Ontario College of Trades Roster of Adjudicators. A member of the Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrators Association, she has adjudicated and mediated in the areas of wrongful dismissal, personal injury, contractual and tort disputes, grievances under collective agreements, and disputes relating to employment standards, occupational health and safety, workers' compensation, and human rights. Tatiana is the Past Chair of the Labour Relations Section of the Ontario Bar Association. Prior to becoming an adjudicator, she was in-house counsel and the Director of Policy and Research for the Ontario Human Rights Commission. She has also served as Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister of Labour. Tatiana has taught Alternative Dispute Resolution and Advanced Alternative Dispute Resolution at the University of Toronto Law School. She has also taught Alternative Dispute Resolution at Queen's University Law School. Tatiana has been a frequent presenter and facilitator at conferences, workshops, and continuing education sessions, and has taught courses to members of the Canada Pension Plan Review Tribunal, the Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators, and the Board of Referees for Employment Insurance. Tatiana has both a J.D. and an LL.M. from Osgoode Hall Law School. She has also completed the Advanced Alternative Dispute Resolution Workshop with the Faculty of Law at the University of Windsor, and a Harvard/MIT Program on implementing Labour-Management Agreements.

Kelly Waddingham is an arbitrator/mediator practicing in Ontario since 2005. She has extensive experience adjudicating and mediating complex and sensitive matters in the public and private sector. Kelly served as a Vice Chair at the Ontario Labour Relations Board for 18 years. Prior to her appointment at the Ontario Labour Relations Board, Kelly practiced labour, employment, professional regulation and discipline law. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School. Kelly is on the Labour Minister's List of Arbitrators, kept by the Ontario Office of Arbitration, the Grievance Settlement Board and the Ontario Police Arbitration Commission.