Recent Publications & Research

Many of my publications are available on-line at the Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN) website by clicking here and following the links to the paper.

"Union Access to Workers During Union Organizing Campaigns: A New Look Through the Lens of Health Services" (2010), Canadian Labour & Employment Law Journal (Forthcoming)

"Can Factory Disclosure Improve Labor Practices in the Apparel Industry: A Case Study of Nike and Levi-Strauss" (2008) CLPE Research Paper No. 1/2008

"Harry and the Steelworker (Or Teaching Labour Law to Non-Law Students" ((2008), Canadian Labour & Employment Law J.)

"The Medium and the Anti-Union Message: Forced Listening and Captive Audience Meetings in Canadian Labor Law" (2008), 29(2) Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal 102

Neutrality Agreements: Bargaining Freedom of Association in the Shadow of the State" (2007), 13 Canadian Labour & Employment Law Journal 41

* "Who Made That?: Influencing Foreign Labour Practices Through Reflexive Domestic Disclosure Regulation" (2005), 43 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 353

* Awarded the 2007 Theory-Practice Award, York University

* "Employer Bullying: Implied Duties of Fair Dealing in Canadian Employment Contracts" (2005), 30 Queens Law Journal 500

* Awarded the David Watson Memorial Award for the paper published in the QLJ making the most significant contribution to Canadian legal scholarship in the year.

Recent Commentary

"Union World" The National Post (15 April 2009)

"The Suspect Union Secret Ballot"The National Post (26 September 2006)

"The Not-So-Secret Ballot", (2007) 25 Our Times 34

Other Recent Publications and Conference Papers

"Empowering Workers Within Global Supply Chains: Lessons from The Human Condition" (Presentation to the Hannah Arendt Conference: Labour, Work, and Action, Schulich Business School, York University, 2009)

"Labour and the Learning City: The Role of Information About Labour Practices" (Presentation to the Learning Cities Conference, 2009, Osgoode Hall Law School)

"Union Access to Workers During Union Organizing Campaigns: A New Look Through the Lens of Health Services" (Paper presented to Law and Society Association Annual Conference, Montreal, 2008)

“Neutrality Agreements:  What Lies Ahead?”  (Centre for Work on Research and Society, Workers’ Rights, Human Rights: Making The Connection Conference, Toronto, 2007)

“Harry Arthurs and the Steelworker", (Paper presented to the Canadian Industrial Relations Association Conference, Montreal, 2007)

“Can Factory Disclosure Influence Labour Practices in Global Supply Chains: A Case Study of Nike and Levi-Strauss”, (CRIMT, What  Labour Policies for a Global Era?, Montreal, 2007)

"Organizing in the Global Apparel Supply Chain: Making Use of Available Information" (Paper presented to SPINLaw Conference, U. of Toronto Law School, 2007)

"Disclosure of Factory Locations in Global Supply Chains: A Canadian Proposal to Improve Global Labour Practices" (2005), 55 Canadian Review of Social Policy 104

"Codes of Conduct and Information Disclosure" (2005), 12 International Union Rights Journal 7