Grant Mitchell, Q.C.
E-mail: gmitchell@tmlawyers.com
Direct Line: 988-0352
Direct Fax: 953-7199

Labour and Employment

Partner
Born Morden, Manitoba, 1951.  Admitted to the Bar, 1978, Manitoba.

Education
University of Manitoba (B.A., 1972; LL.B., 1977)
Appointed Queen’s Counsel, 1998.

Member
Canadian Bar Association; Manitoba Bar Association; Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers; Canadian Association of University Solicitors.

Positions
Manitoba Bar Council, Life Member.
Manitoba Bar Association, Chair, Labour Law Sub-Section, (1983-84).
Society for Manitobans with Disabilities, Inc., Honorary Solicitor.
United Way of Winnipeg, Honorary Solicitor (1990-93).
Manitoba Law School Foundation, Director.
Law Society of Manitoba, Bencher (1992-1994; 2004-2010).
Rady Jewish Community Centre, Honorary Solicitor.
Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities, Provincial Council, 2002-2005.
Human Resource Management Association of Manitoba, Board Member and Chair of Government Relations Committee, 2005-2008.
Law Society of Manitoba, Vice-President, 2007-2008, President, 2008-2009.
Federation of Law Societies of Canada Task Force on the Approved Law Degree, Manitoba representative, 2007-2010.

Lecturer
University of Manitoba Faculty of Law, Labour Management Relations (1983-2005), Advocacy (1995-2005)
Law Society of Manitoba, Continuing Legal Education (various sessions. 1983-present)
Presenter of over 300 education programs in labour law in eight provinces across Canada (1988-present)
Co-chair of Pitblado Lectures, 2007.

Author
University of Manitoba Faculty of Law, Labour Management Relations (1983-present)
"Private Sector Statutory Interest Arbitration: The Manitoba Experience in the Canadian Context-Imposed First Contracts and Final Offer Selection" Canadian Journal of Administrative Law & Practice, v. 5 (287), 1992.

Peer Recognition
Selected as a leading labour and employment practitioner in Lexpert and Best Lawyers in Canada.  Winner of the MBA Pro Bono Award, 2005.  Winner of the John Hackett Memorial Award, 2009.