| 1962 | Presidential Advisory Committee is established to create a Centre for Industrial Relations. |
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| 1965 | John Crispo is named founding director. |
| 1968 | Library and Information Service is established by Jean Newman with support from the Personnel Association of Toronto. |
| 1975 | Master of Industrial Relations is created based on proposal by Morley Gunderson. Lorna Marsden is the first Graduate Coordinator. |
| 1986 | PhD in Industrial Relations is launched with Morley Gunderson as Coordinator. |
| 1992 | Centre relocates from 123 to 121 St. George Street. |
| 1996 | The Gerard Dion Award is presented to the Centre by the Canadian Industrial Relations Association in recognition of its contribution to the advancement of research and education in Canadian industrial relations. |
| 2000 | A donation of one million dollars by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce establishes the CIBC Chair in Youth Employment. |
| 2001 | Anil Verma organizes an International Conference on Union Growth in honour of Noah Meltz. |
| 2002 | Centre hosts joint meetings of the International Industrial Relations Association Regional Congress of the Americas and the Canadian Industrial Relations Association chaired by Frank Reid and Anil Verma. |
| 2002 | Weekly Work Report, on online publication, is founded by Elizabeth Perry and renamed to the Perry Work Report when she retires in 2006. |
| 2004 | Degree name changes to Master of Industrial Relations and Human Resources. |
| 2006 | Centre becomes the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources. |
| 2008 | Morley Gunderson is inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for his work as an internationally recognized scholar and pioneer in transforming the field of industrial relations in Canada. |
| 2009 | The administrative home of the CIRHR moves from the School of Graduate Studies to the Faculty of Arts and Science. |
| 2013 |
The undergraduate programs are transferred from Woodsworth College to the CIRHR. |
| 2019 |
Conclusion of the most recent CIRHR Quality Assurance Review. |