Mackenzie DRS - Ian R. Mackenzie is a Canadian arbitrator, mediator and trainer. He has been adjudicating and mediating employment-related disputes for ten years. Ian has also been actively involved in training adjudicators in all aspects of conducting fair hearings.

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Ian R. Mackenzie is a Canadian arbitrator, mediator and trainer. He has been adjudicating and mediating employment-related disputes for ten years. Ian has also been actively involved in training adjudicators in all aspects of conducting fair hearings.

He is a former vice-chair of the federal Public Service Labour Relations Board and of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. He is currently a part-time member of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.

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    MackenzieDRS: Harassment complainant's views on discharge of harasser not relevant in assessing appropriate discipline: Ont SC http://t.co/VHGUC0bCbw
    24 May 2013

    MackenzieDRS: Harassment complainant's views on discharge of harasser not relevant in assessing

    MackenzieDRS: The Challenges of Dealing with Self-Represented Litigants: a lawyers' perspective http://t.co/CX6uXPoZOQ
    24 May 2013

    MackenzieDRS: The Challenges of Dealing with Self-Represented Litigants: a lawyers' perspective

    MackenzieDRS: Brown v. CIBC: Nail in the Coffin for “Misclassification” Overtime Class Actions or Class Counsel Growing Pains? http://t.co/fT8fMuT1QX
    24 May 2013

    MackenzieDRS: Brown v. CIBC: Nail in the Coffin for “Misclassification” Overtime Class Actions or Cl

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    23 May 2013

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    23 May 2013

    MackenzieDRS: Admin penalties and the correct date. When is a “date” not a mere technicality? When i

    Literacy and Access to Administrative Justice
    29 April 2013 - Ian Mackenzie

    Last week the Canadian Bar Association held a summit on access to justice in Vancouver. I spoke on a

    Med-Arb: The Adjudication Perspective
    15 March 2013 - Ian Mackenzie

    "The promise of arbitration is choice, and in order to fulfill that promise, choice must be del

    When “Your Day in Court” Does Not Include an Oral Hearing
    10 January 2013 - Ian Mackenzie

    When a party to a proceeding says that they "want their day in court", an oral hearing is

    The Exclusion of Witnesses: Redundant in a Wired World?
    6 November 2012 - Ian Mackenzie

    The open court principle has repeatedly been confirmed by the Supreme Court as a “hallmark of a demo

    Making a First Impression: The Role of Opening Statements in Hearings
    10 September 2012 - Ian Mackenzie

    You only get one chance to make a first impression, as the saying goes. A recent study has confirmed

    Recording Hearings: Let’s Be Clear on the Purpose
    10 July 2012 - Ian Mackenzie

    Some tribunals routinely tape record proceedings while others consistently prohibit it. And within t

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    Publications

    Columns published on slaw.ca

    "Chapter 22: Unions and Collective Agreements", in Palmer and Snyder, Collective Agreement Arbitration in Canada, 4th edition, 2009 and 5th edition, 2013.

    The Law of Reasons: a guide to legal decision writing, Lexis-Nexis, forthcoming

    “Non-consensual expedited processes: the intersection of fairness and expediency”, Lancaster House.

    Contact

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      99 -- 1500 Bank Street
      Ottawa, Ontario
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      613-296-6330

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