Course Chairs
Sandra I. Banister, KC — Banister & Company, Vancouver
Clayton Jones — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
About the Course Chairs
Sandra Banister has practiced labour law and civil litigation (primarily personal injury and wrongful dismissal) since 1982 when she was called to the BC bar. She represents her trade union clients before provincial and federal tribunals, arbitrators and in courts across the country.
In 2018 and 2024, she was appointed by the Minister of Labour to a three person expert panel to review the Labour Code and make recommendations for changes. The report from the 2018 review formed the basis of the new Labour Code, which was unanimously adopted by the Legislature in May 2019. 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, CLEBC, the Labour Law Section of the CBA (BC), Lancaster House, Insight, the Centre for Labour Management, and the BC 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 2010, her ability and achievements in the legal profession were recognized when she was designated King's Counsel.
Clayton Jones is a partner at Fasken where he manages the LEHR Group in addition to a busy labour, employment, and human rights practice.
Clayton provides strategic and practical advice to employers related to workplace matters in both union and non-union contexts. Clients also frequently rely on Clayton to assist with significant workplace changes including workforce reductions, closures, bankruptcies/insolvencies, and corporate transactions.
Clayton is the former Chair of the CBABC Labour Law Subsection and has co-chaired the Labour Relations conference since 2017.
Featured Speakers
Steven Rogers — Victory Square Law Office LLP, Vancouver
Lindsie Thomson — Harris & Company LLP, Vancouver
Faculty
Stephanie A. Drake — Vice Chair and Registrar, BC Labour Relations Board, Vancouver
Anthony Glavin — Koskie Glavin Gordon, Vancouver
Jennifer Glougie — Chair, BC Labour Relations Board, Vancouver
Michael Hamata — Roper Greyell LLP, Vancouver
Michael Hancock — Associate Chair, BC Labour Relations Board, Vancouver
Chris Leenheer — Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP, Vancouver
Emily Luther — BC General Employees' Union, Burnaby
David T. McDonald — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Ken Saunders — Arbitrator, Saunders ADR Solutions Ltd., Vancouver
Allison Tremblay — Victory Square Law Office LLP, Vancouver
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