We're very pleased to announce the 2024 Bora Laskin Award recipients are Rick Engel, who was honoured in Regina, Saskatchewan on November 12, and Brian Burkett, who will be honoured in Toronto, Ontario on December 3rd. Registration is now open for the dinner/award presentation.
The Bora Laskin Award was established in 2003 by the University of Toronto Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources in cooperation with Lancaster House, publishers of information on labour, employment and human rights for over 30 years. The award is named after 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, academia, private practice, courts, tribunals, and arbitration.
Award Committee Members:
- Chris Albertyn, Albertyn Arbitration, Toronto
- Ginette Brazeau, Chair, Canada Industrial Relations Board
- Justice Emily Burke, Supreme Court of British Columbia
- Professor Renée-Claude Drouin, Faculty of Law, University of Montreal
- Ron Pink, Pink Larkin, Halifax
- Professor Kerry Rittich, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
- Tom Roper, Roper Greyell LLP, Vancouver
- Rebecca Saturley, KC, Stewart McKelvey, Halifax
- Professor Daphne Taras, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
- The Honourable Warren K. Winkler, former Chief Justice of Ontario
Chair: Rafael Gomez, Professor and Director, Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, University of Toronto
Introductions and Rick Engel's 2024 Bora Laskin Award Ceremony remarks have been published with permission below:
Bora Laskim Award Ceremony Introduction - Dennis Ball.pdf- Bora Laskin Award Ceremony Introduction - Ross Macnab.pdf
- Bora Laskin Award Ceremony Remarks - Rick Engel.pdf
Introductions and Paula Knopf's 2023 Bora Laskin Award Ceremony remarks have been published with permission below:
- Bora Laskin Award Ceremony Introductions - Carolyn Kay, Wassim Garzouzi, Michelle Flaherty, and Dean Daphne Taras.pdf
- Bora Laskin Award Ceremony Remarks - Paula Knopf.pdf
Our 2022 Bora Laskin Award recipients were Thomas Roper and Jeffrey Sack. Their award ceremony remarks have been published with permission below: