ABOUT PAULA KNOPF

As an arbitrator and mediator, Paula Knopf has been active in labour relations and dispute resolution in the private and public sectors since 1980.

She is the Past President of the Ontario Labour Management Arbitrators Association.

In 1996 she was appointed by the Federal Minister of Labour to act as one of the three members of the Task Force recommending changes to Part One of the Canada Labour Code.

In 2007 she was asked by the Ontario Ministry of Labour to be the Director of its Arbitrator Development Program. She served as Chair of the Education and Colleges Relations Commissions from 1991 - 1997.

She has served as a part-time Vice-Chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board and the Grievance Settlement Board of Ontario.

She is named as a roster arbitrator in several collective agreements. She has been an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, who has taught Labour Arbitration and supervised several Masters theses.

She is an active member of the the National Academy of Arbitrators, sitting on its Professional Responsibilities and Grievance Committee.

In addition, she served as Chair of the Ontario Motor Vehicle Arbitration Plan.