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Industry: Universities

Successfully defended a university at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario with respect to an application claiming discrimination on the basis of disability.

Successfully defended a university at the Human Rights Tribunal with respect to an application claiming discrimination on the basis of disability.

Successfully represented a university at a judicial review application at the Divisional Court where an arbitration award upholding the dismissal of a professor was challenged.

Successfully represented a university at a judicial review application at the Divisional Court where an arbitration award upholding the dismissal of a professor was challenged.

Successfully resisted production of comparator files at arbitration on behalf of a university client.

Successfully resisted production of comparator files at arbitration on behalf of a university client.

Ongoing labour and employment counsel to universities in the management and administration of academic staff and faculty.

Ongoing labour and employment counsel to universities in the management and administration of academic staff and faculty.

Successfully defended a university and a municipality in various human rights litigation alleging a failure to accommodate disability and family status in employment.

Successfully defended a university and a municipality in various human rights litigation alleging a failure to accommodate disability and family status in employment.

Successful in representing an educational institution in having a long-running human rights proceeding dismissed for abuse of process; reconsideration request denied.

Successful in representing an educational institution in having a long-running human rights proceeding dismissed for abuse of process; reconsideration request denied.

Ongoing advisor to boards and councils on a variety of legal, regulatory and government relations issues including challenges with executive compensation, human rights and social media issues.

Ongoing advisor to boards and councils on a variety of legal, regulatory and government relations issues including challenges with executive compensation, human rights and social media issues.

Successfully represented a university in judicial review proceedings to protect the integrating of information-sharing policies in a unionized academic setting.

Successfully represented a university in judicial review proceedings to protect the integrating of information-sharing policies in a unionized academic setting.

Successfully argued on behalf of a university that an application for judicial review of an arbitrator’s decision, which had upheld a termination for cause, should be dismissed for delay.

Successfully argued on behalf of a university that an application for judicial review of an arbitrator’s decision, which had upheld a termination for cause, should be dismissed for delay.

Successfully upheld the discharge of a tenured university faculty member for quid pro quo sexual harassment of a student.

Successfully upheld the discharge of a tenured university faculty member for quid pro quo sexual harassment of a student.

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