Volume 31 / Number 6 September 2014
Editor: Jill Harris
Managing Editor: Duff McCutcheon, HRPA
Legal Editor: Malcolm MacKillop, Shields O’Donnell MacKillop LLP
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Editorial Advisory Board
Michael Bach, Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion/Institut canadien de la diversité et de l’inclusion
Mary Ann Baynton, Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace
Christine Burych, StarlingBrook Corporation
Eric Cousineau, OCG Strategy & Organizational Consulting
Joseph (Val) D’Sa, York Region District School Board
Bonnie Flatt, Master Coaches
Mandy Hanlon, Oakbridges Labour Relations Consulting Inc.
Jennifer Laidlaw, Ontario Securities Commission
Norm Sabapathy, Maple Leaf Foods
Dr. Parbudyal Singh, York University
Sandra Smith, North York General Hospital
Melissa Sonberg, Aimia
Christine Thomlinson, Rubin Thomlinson LLP
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