Name: Joan Gordon C.Arb. Organization:  Arbitration, Mediation & Dispute Resolution Services Address: 300 - 1275 West 6th Avenue Vancouver BC V6H 1A6

Tel: (604) 676-1576 Fax: (604) 676-1575 Email: joangordonadr@shaw.ca Website: n/a

AVAILABILITY CALENDAR

Calendar Last Updated: 1 Sep 10   Click your preferred date to send our office a Date Request form. All such requests will go to Joan Gordon's scheduling staff (Karen Maitland, joangordonadr@shaw.ca)

Dispute Resolution Training
1993-Present: Completed the Harvard Law School Mediation Training Program. Participate(d) in numerous mediation, negotiation and interest-based dispute resolution training courses at the Justice Institute of British Columbia. Attended in-house training programs at the British Columbia Labour Relations Board including interest-based negotiations, alternative dispute resolution and consensus-building techniques. Completed first level of the Commercial International Arbitration course sponsored by the American Arbitration Association and The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Background:
1994-Present: ARBITRATOR / MEDIATOR
Chair arbitration and expedited arbitration panels in public and private sectors, and provincial and federal jurisdictions. Mediate labour disputes. Arbitrator on the Register of Arbitrators at the British Columbia Collective Agreement Arbitration Bureau (CAAB), ADR Institute of Canada - Chartered Arbitrator (including Amex Dispute Resolution Panel), National Academy of Arbitrators, and the British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre (BCICAC). Arbitrator on the Roster of Arbitrators under the Canada Labour Code. Referable mediator with the British Columbia Arbitration and Mediation Institute (BCAMI). Investigate and mediate harassment and respectful workplace complaints.

2004 - 2007 PART-TIME MEMBER: Public Service Labour Relations Board
2004 - Present ADJUDICATOR: Yukon Public Service Labour Relations Board
2004 - Present ADJUDICATOR: Yukon Teachers' Labour Relations Board
Adjudicate and mediate labour and employment disputes falling under the legislative mandate of these statutory tribunals.

1992-1996 VICE CHAIR: British Columbia Labour Relations Board
Served as a full-time Vice Chair from 1992-95 and as a part-time Vice Chair from 1995-96. Adjudicated a wide variety of disputes under the Labour Relations Code. Worked with the mediators in the Mediation Division of the Board. Facilitated the settlement of labour disputes and implemented new case management and alternative dispute resolution techniques.

Board Appointments
1998 - 2001: CHAIR: Emergency Medical Assistants Licensing Board
Order In Council appointment to Chair the Emergency Medical Assistants Licensing Board. The Board is responsible for licensing all Emergency Medical Assistants in the province. The Board also receives and investigates patient care complaints and conducts disciplinary hearings into such complaints.

Employment Experience
1984-1992 LAWYER: Rankin & Company (Partner)
Acted as legal counsel for trade unions, employers, professional organizations and individuals in labour relations, professional discipline, Human Rights and Workers' Compensation matters. Advised clients on all aspects of labour law and administrative law. Appeared before a variety of tribunals including the British Columbia Labour Relations Board, Canada Labour Relations Board, arbitration boards, professional discipline panels, Workers' Compensation Review Boards and the Courts.

PUBLICATIONS and CONFERENCES
Article addressing Arbitral Approaches to "Deemed Quit" Provisions published in UBC Law Review, Volume 36, Number 2, June 2003

May 2007 CLE Labour Arbitration & Labour Relations Conference: Arbitrator's Remedial Jurisdiction. April 2007 Lancasterhouse Human Rights & Privacy Conference: Remedies for Harassment, Bullying and Intimidation in the Workplace. January 2006: Insight Labour Relations Conference:Advanced Issues in the Duty to Accommodate. May 2005 Canadian Institute Keynote Address: An Arbitrator Reflects on 10 years of the Duty to Accommodate. June 2005 University of Calgary Labour Arbitration & Policy Conference: Tough Calls in Labour Arbitration. June 2005 CLE Labour Arbitration Conference: Miscellaneous Privacy Issues - Video Surveillance & Electronic Monitoring. April 2004 Lancasterhouse Human Rights in the Workplace Conference: Determining when Workplace Reorganization Reaches the Limit of Undue Hardship. November 2004 Lancasterhouse Labour Arbitration Conference: Major Caselaw Update. May 2002 CLE Labour Arbitration Conference: Deemed Quit Provisions. February 2001 Centre for Labour-Management Development: Discipline & Discharge in the Unionized Workplace. March 1999 Centre for Labour-Management Development: Effective Grievance Handling. 1998 CLE Labour Arbitration Conference: Alternate Dispute Resolution. 1996 HRMA Human Rights Conference: The Duty to Accommodate - An Arbitrator's Perspective. 1993 CLE Labour Arbitration Conference: Labour Relations Board Appeals. 1991 CLE Collective Bargaining Conference: The Legal Framework. 1990 CLE Labour Law Fundamentals Conference: Unfair Labour Practices. 1989 CLE Employment Law & Practice Conference: Supreme Court Injunctions. 1985 CLE Injunctions Conference: Labour Injunctions (co-author). 1985 CLE Collective Bargaining Conference: Bargaining in Good Faith & Unfair Labour Practices (co-author).

Act as lead instructor/mock arbitrator/lecturer for numerous labour and management sponsored in-house arbitration advocacy skills training workshops including those offered by the BC Business Council and the CLC Winter School.

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To view arbitration awards as compiled by Lancaster House, click below