Course Chairs
Sandra I. Banister, QC — Banister & Company, Vancouver
Charles G. Harrison — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
About the Course Chairs
Sandra I. Banister, QC has practiced trade union law and civil litigation (primarily personal injury and wrongful dismissal) since 1982 when she was called to the BC bar. She acted as Special Counsel to the BC Transit Board on issues of successorship and contracting out, and represented the Ministry of Small Business, Tourism and Culture as Special Advisor on the Status of the Artist. Sandra has been a frequent speaker at a variety of conferences and seminars for the Trial Lawyers Association, Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, the Labour Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association (BC), Lancaster House, Insight, the Centre for Labour Management, and the B.C. Federation of Labour. She has taught numerous labour related courses for trade unions and has organized and instructed the provincial labour law course for the annual Canadian Labour Congress Harrison Winter School since 1985. Sandra is named in Best Lawyers, and in 2011, her ability and achievements in the legal profession were recognized when she was designated Queen's Counsel.
Chuck Harrison is a partner in the Labour, Employment and Human Rights practice group at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver. He represents clients in a variety of provincially regulated business sectors including utilities, municipal government, shipyards, construction, and the forest industry. He also has a substantial practice in federally regulated business sectors including maritime industries, telecommunications, trucking, railways, and air transport. Chuck provides clients with proactive and strategic labour and employment advice in the context of major projects, business restructuring, mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions. He regularly represents clients as counsel in labour arbitrations, labour board hearings, mediation, human rights and other proceedings, and has frequently presented in these areas. Called to the BC bar in 1986, Chuck is currently named in Lexpert, The Best Lawyers in Canada, and Who’s Who Legal for Labour and Employment Law. He has served on the executive of the provincial and national Canadian Bar Association's Labour Law Section and was named an Honourary Executive Member of the national section in 2012.
Faculty
Sandra I. Banister, QC — Banister & Company, Vancouver
Craig D. Bavis — Victory Square Law Office LLP, Vancouver
Keri L. Bennett — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Jonathan Chapnick — Legal Counsel, Hospital Employees' Union, Burnaby
Jennifer Glougie — Banister & Company, Vancouver
Charles G. Harrison — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Karen A. Horsman, QC — Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Justice, Vancouver
David McKay — President, Blackstone Forensics Ltd., North Vancouver
Tamara Ramusovic — Moore Edgar Lyster, Vancouver
Jas Randhawa, BTech, ACE, AC — Certified Forensic Examiner, TCS Forensics Ltd., Richmond
Delayne M. Sartison, QC — Roper Greyell LLP, Vancouver
Glenn Sigurdson, QC — Mediator and Counsel, West Vancouver
David W. Tarasoff — Hastings Labour Law Office LLP, Vancouver
Melanie Vipond — Gail Legge Grant & Munroe LLP, Vancouver