Bora Laskin
(Photo Credit: Supreme Court of Canada )
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This award was established in 2003 by the University of Toronto Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources in honour of the late Chief Justice Bora Laskin (1912-1984), who before joining the Supreme Court of Canada was pre-eminent as a labour law scholar and labour arbitrator. |
Nominees are considered from all fields relating to labour law, including, for example, academe, private practice, courts, tribunals and arbitration. Nominations may be made online, normally in January of each year using the nomination form which will be available on the Lancaster House website.
Andrew Sims, Q.C. is the Recipient of the 2011 Bora Laskin Award
The CIRHR is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2011 Bora Laskin Award for Outstanding Contributions to Labour Law in Canada is Mr. Andrew Sims, Q.C.
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This year's Bora Laskin award will be presented at a special dinner event at the Sutton Place Hotel on October 18, 2011. This special dinner event is being held in conjunction with Lancaster's Conference on Canadian Labour Board Law, presented by the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources and Lancaster House.
The 2010 Awards Committee was comprised of:
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Anil Verma , Chair; Director, Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, University of Toronto
- Emily Burke, Arbitrator
- Brian Burkett, Heenan Blaikie
- Gwen Gray, Chivers Carpenter
- Ray Larkin, Pink Larkin
- Kerry Rittich, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
- Tom Roper, Roper Greyell
- Gilles Trudeau, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Montreal
- Chief Justice Warren K. Winkler, Ontario Court of Appeal
