Construction Labour & Employment Relations Conference
November 30 & December 1, 2021 Old Mill Toronto, Ontario
Construction Labour &
Employment Relations Conference
November 30 - December 1, 2021
Old Mill | Toronto, ON
November 30 - December 1, 2021 Old Mill Toronto, Ontario
solving the challenge of change
The Construction Labour & Employment Relations Conference is uniquely designed to foster relevant and timely discussion driven by the needs of senior executives and professionals representing Canadian building trades unions and construction employers.
Through candid debate, panel discussions and expert-led presentations, seasoned practitioners and leading advisors will examine significant legislative developments and emerging labour relations trends to uncover real-world solutions that address evolving construction industry challenges.
Join your peers and partners in a collegial and neutral setting that promotes the spirit of bipartisanship to share ideas, exchange perspectives and strengthen relationships that matter.
Continuing Professional Development
The Construction Labour & Employment Relations Conference provides an education-focused executive networking environment for earning required continuing education (CPD) hours.
Conference chairs
Richard J. Charney
Senior Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Alan M. Minsky, Q.C.
Partner
Koskie Minsky LLP
Richard J. Charney
Senior Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Read Profile
Alan M. Minsky, Q.C.
Partner
Koskie Minsky LLP
Read Profile
Conference chairs
Richard J. Charney
Global Head of Employment & Labour
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Alan M. Minsky, Q.C.
Partner
Koskie Minsky LLP
Richard J. Charney
Senior Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Alan M. Minsky, Q.C.
Partner
Koskie Minsky LLP
Speaker Faculty
Keynotes
Bernard Fishbein
Chair
Ontario Labour Relations Board
Read Profile
Luncheon Keynote
Aaron Sinclair
Registered Psychotherapist,
Executive Director
De Novo Treatment Centre
Read Profile
Hon. Monte McNaughton
Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development
Government of Ontario
MPP Lambton-Kent Middlesex
Read Profile
Speaker Faculty
KeynoteS
luncheon Keynote
Bernard Fishbein
Chair
Ontario Labour Relations Board
Aaron Sinclair
Registered Psychotherapist,
Executive Director
De Novo Treatment Centre
Graeme Aitken
Executive Director
Electrical Contractors Association of Ontario
Patrick J. Dillon
Business Manager and Secretary Treasurer,
Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario
Laurie Kent
Partner
Koskie Minsky LLP
Sean McFarling
General Counsel
LiUNA OPDC &
LiUNA CECOF
Daniel Shields
Partner
Shields O’Donnell MacKillop LLP
Lindsay Amundsen
Director of Workforce Development
Canada’s Building Trades Unions
Donald K. Eady
Partner
Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP
Inna Koldorf
Partner
Miller Thomson LLP
Jeffrey D. A. Murray
Partner
Stringer LLP
Jack J. Slaughter
Vice-Chair
Ontario Labour Relations Board
Dean Ardron
Partner
Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP
David Galvin
Labour Relations Manager
Crosslinx Transit Solutions – Constructors
Erin R. Kuzz
Partner
Sherrard Kuzz LLP
Tiffany O’Hearn Davies
Senior Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Margaret Taylor
Executive Director
Ontario Association of Demolition Contractors
Melissa Atkins-Mahaney
Labour Relations Manager & Counsel
International Union of Operating Engineers
Local 793
Rob Gibson
Partner
Gibson & Barnes LLP
Mark J. Lewis
General Counsel
Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario
Carl W. Peterson
Partner
Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP
Carmine Tiano
Director of Occupational Services
Provincial Building & Construction Trades Council of Ontario
David J. Bannon
Partner
Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
Aminah Hanif
Associate
Cavalluzzo LLP
Tom Mackay
Director, Health and Safety
Electrical Contractors Association of Ontario
Emma Phillips
Partner
Goldblatt Partners LLP
Elizabeth M. Traynor
Partner
Siskinds LLP
Kathryn Carpentier
Partner
CaleyWray
Katherine Jacobs
Director of Research
Ontario Construction Secretariat
Alexis Mantello-Clement
Director of Labour Relations & Legal Counsel
EllisDon Corporation
Merissa Preston
Partnerships & Business Development
LiUNA Local 506
Training Centre
Graham Williamson
Senior Legal Counsel
LiUNA Local 183
Graeme Aitken
Executive Director
ECAO
Read Profile
Dean Ardron
Partner
Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP
Read Profile
Melissa Atkins-Mahaney
Labour Relations Manager & Counsel
IUOE Local 793
Read Profile
David J. Bannon
Partner
Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
Read Profile
Kathryn Carpentier
Partner
CaleyWray
Read Profile
Donald K. Eady
Partner
Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP
Read Profile
Bernard Fishbein
Chair
Ontario Labour Relations Board
Read Profile
Rob Gibson
Partner
Gibson & Barnes LLP
Read Profile
David Galvin
Labour Relations Manager
Metrolinx
Read Profile
Aminah Hanif
Associate
Cavalluzzo LLP
Read Profile
Stephanie Hobbs
Partner
Goldblatt Partners LLP
Read Profile
Katherine Jacobs
Director of Research
Ontario Construction Secretariat
Read Profile
Laurie Kent
Partner
Koskie Minsky LLP
Read Profile
Inna Koldorf
Partner
Miller Thomson LLP
Erin R. Kuzz
Partner
Sherrard Kuzz LLP
Read Profile
Alexis Mantello-Clement
Director of Labour Relations & Legal Counsel
EllisDon Corporation
Sean McFarling
General Counsel
LiUNA OPDC & LiUNA CECOF
Read Profile
Jeffrey D. A. Murray
Partner
Stringer LLP
Read Profile
Tiffany O’Hearn Davies
Senior Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Read Profile
Erin Oliver
Vice President, Health, Safety & Sustainability
Modern Niagara
Read Profile
Carl W. Peterson
Partner
Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP
Read Profile
Merissa Preston
Partnerships & Business Development
LiUNA Local 506
Daniel Shields
Partner
Shields O’Donnell MacKillop LLP
Read Profile
Aaron Sinclair
Executive Director, Registered Psychotherapist
De Novo Treatment Centre
Jack J. Slaughter
Vice-Chair
OLRB
Read Profile
Margaret Taylor
Executive Director
Ontario Association of Demolition Contractors
Carmine Tiano
Director of Occupational Services
Provincial Building & Construction Trades Council of Ontario
Elizabeth Traynor
Partner
Siskinds LLP
Read Profile
Graham Williamson
Senior Legal Counsel
LiUNA Local 183
Read Profile
Graeme Aitken
Executive Director
Electrical Contractors Association of OntarioIUOE Local 793
Read Profile
Lindsay Amundsen
Director of Workforce Development
Canada’s Building Trades Unions
Read Profile
Dean Ardron
Partner
Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP
Read Profile
Melissa Atkins-Mahaney
Labour Relations Manager & Counsel
IUOE Local 793
Read Profile
David J. Bannon
Partner
Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
Read Profile
Kathryn Carpentier
Partner
CaleyWray
Read Profile
Patrick J. Dillon
Business Manager and Secretary Treasurer
Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario
Donald K. Eady
Partner
Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP
Read Profile
Bernard Fishbein
Chair
Ontario Labour Relations Board
Read Profile
David Galvin
Labour Relations Manager
Crosslinx Transit Solutions – Constructors
Read Profile
Rob Gibson
Partner
Gibson & Barnes LLP
Read Profile
Aminah Hanif
Associate
Cavalluzzo LLP
Read Profile
Inna Koldorf
Partner
Miller Thomson LLP
Read Profile
Katherine Jacobs
Director of Research
Ontario Construction Secretariat
Read Profile
Laurie Kent
Partner
Koskie Minsky LLP
Read Profile
Erin R. Kuzz
Partner
Sherrard Kuzz LLP
Read Profile
Mark J. Lewis
General Counsel
Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario
Read Profile
Tom Mackay
Director, Health and Safety
Electrical Contractors Association of Ontario
Read Profile
Alexis Mantello-Clement
Director of Labour Relations & Legal Counsel
EllisDon Corporation
Read Profile
Sean McFarling
General Counsel
LiUNA OPDC & LiUNA CECOF
Read Profile
Jeffrey D. A. Murray
Partner
Stringer LLP
Read Profile
Tiffany O’Hearn Davies
Senior Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Read Profile
Carl W. Peterson
Partner
Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP
Read Profile
Emma Phillips
Partner
Goldblatt Partners LLP
Read Profile
Merissa Preston
Partnerships & Business Development
LiUNA Local 506 Training Centre
Read Profile
Daniel Shields
Partner
Shields O’Donnell MacKillop LLP
Read Profile
Aaron Sinclair
Registered Psychotherapist, Executive Director
De Novo Treatment Centre
Jack J. Slaughter
Vice-Chair
Ontario Labour Relations Board
Read Profile
Margaret Taylor
Executive Director
Ontario Association of Demolition Contractors
Read Profile
Carmine Tiano
Director of Occupational Services
Provincial Building & Construction Trades Council of Ontario
Read Profile
Elizabeth M. Traynor
Partner
Siskinds LLP
Read Profile
Graham Williamson
Senior Legal Counsel
LiUNA Local 183
Read Profile
Key Themes and highlights
- COVID-19: A catalyst for change in construction labour relations
- A new era for improving safety and productivity in Ontario’s construction industry
- Construction collective bargaining: confrontation, cooperation, or collaboration?
- How to implement effective community benefits and encourage equity seeking groups to enter the trades
- Objective views comparing the law with the science on drug and alcohol testing to determine fitness for duty
- How we’re going to move the construction industry forward and attract (and retain) more youth
- Legal implications emerging from the rise of modular construction and pre-fabrication
- What will the new model replacing OCoT look like?
- Examining recent case law on the use of mobile apps and electronic timesheets
- Identifying and addressing the cause for higher rates of addiction and suicide in the construction industry
- And much more…
Key Themes and highlights
- COVID-19: A catalyst for change in construction labour relations
- A new era for improving safety and productivity in Ontario’s construction industry
- Construction collective bargaining: confrontation, cooperation, or collaboration?
- How to implement effective community benefits and encourage equity seeking groups to enter the trades
- Objective views comparing the law with the science on drug and alcohol testing to determine fitness for duty
- How we’re going to move the construction industry forward and attract (and retain) more youth
- Legal implications emerging from the rise of modular construction and pre-fabrication
- What will the new model replacing OCoT look like?
- Examining recent case law on the use of mobile apps and electronic timesheets
- Identifying and addressing the cause for higher rates of addiction and suicide in the construction industry
- And much more…
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November 30 - December 1, 2021 toronto, on
Conference Venue
Old Mill Toronto
21 Old Mill Rd
Toronto, ON M8X 1G5
Tel: (416) 236-2641
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