contributors
MARK REPATH
Mark Repath is an associate
at Van Kralingen
& Keenberg LLP (V|K
LLP), a boutique firm
with a practice focused on
employment and commercial
litigation. V|K LLP is
based in Toronto and acts
for employers of all sizes
in Anton Piller injunctions
and other employment
disputes. V|K LLP also
regularly serves as an ISS in the execution of Anton Piller Orders.
Read Repath’s article outlining Anton Piller Orders, starting on page 9.
LAURA PRATT, B.A.,
C.I.M., H.I.A.A., I.C.A
Laura Pratt is the
national practice leader
of organizational health
at Great-West Life. She
has more than 30 years
of experience in the field
of disability management
and organizational
health. She is the practice
leader for Great-West
Life’s national team of
organizational health consultants. Laura Pratt and her team are
dedicated to identifying and addressing the disability management
and wellness needs of numerous organizations and industries. Read
the article she wrote about how to start a cost-effective workplace
health and wellness program, starting on page 22.
HELEN STEVENSON
Helen Stevenson is the
former assistant deputy
Minister of Health
and executive officer
who oversaw Ontario’s
$4-billion drug program,
where she led
prescription drug reform
with Bill 102, saving
Ontarians an unprecedented
$1.5 billion and
helping spark reform
across Canada. After her time in government, Stevenson
founded Reformulary Group. Its products are used by many
Canadian employers, helping employees make smart drug
choices and making drug plans sustainable. Read the article
she wrote about what it will take to achieve national pharmacare,
starting on page 25.
JENNIFER MILLER
Jennifer Miller is the
curriculum development
coordinator for
Occupational Safety
Group (OSG) in
London, Ont. She has a
Bachelor of Arts degree
in literature from the
University of Western
Ontario and has more
than a decade of curriculum
development
experience. She is responsible for creating and editing various
forms of health and safety content for OSG. Her professional
goal at OSG is to make health and safety information accessible
so that workers return home to loved ones each and every
day. Read the article she wrote about how to ensure your
health and safety committee is as effective as possible, starting
on page 31.
BENJAMIN ALARIE,
B.A., M.A., J.D., LL.M.
Benjamin Alarie is
CEO of Blue J Legal
and the Osler Chair
in Business Law at the
Faculty of Law at the
University of Toronto.
Alarie researches
and teaches in taxation
law and judicial
decision-making, and
was awarded the Alan
Mewett QC Prize for excellence in teaching by the law school’s
graduating class of 2009. Before joining the Faculty of Law as
a full-time professor in 2004, Alarie completed graduate work
in law at the Yale Law School and was a law clerk for Madam
Justice Louise Arbour at the Supreme Court of Canada. He
has dozens of academic publications, and his research has
been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation. He is a coauthor
of several editions of a leading legal text on tax law,
Canadian Income Tax Law, including the most recent 5th
Edition. Read the article he wrote about the introduction of
artificial intelligence in legal research, starting on page 39. n
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