Mediation & Arbitration
ARCHANA MATHEW
Eighteen years of experience in labour and human rights law. Effective, practical and creative dispute resolution.
Archana Mathew has eighteen years of experience mediating, litigating, and training related to labour and human rights law. She is a part-time Vice Chair at the Ontario Labour Relations Board and a graduate of the Arbitrator Development Program run by the Ministry of Labour and the Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrators’ Association (OLMAA).
Prior to becoming an Arbitrator, Archana worked in-house at a leading union, where she acted for employees in the public sector, including hospitals, large and small non-profit organizations, developmental services, colleges, and universities. She also worked internally on policy development and organizational change initiatives, and oversaw complaints through all stages of mediation, investigation and appeals. Educated at McGill University and Osgoode Hall Law School, she was called to the Bar in 2005.
Archana also teaches Rethinking Procedural Justice: Human Rights and Fairness in Adjudication at Osgoode Hall Law School. She was a member of the Ontario Bar Association’s Section Executive, the Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers and worked on curriculum design with the Ontario Justice Education Network.
Archana takes a balanced, creative and practical approach to resolving and litigating disputes.
About
Services
-
As an experienced mediator, Archana uses a down-to-earth, balanced and pragmatic approach while identifying underlying interests and reaching a resolution that works.
-
When conflict cannot be resolved, Archana offers fair, timely and sensitive approaches to adjudication.
-
With a wealth of experience in adult education and skills-based training, Archana designs and leads workshops, leadership training and multi-day educationals related to labour relations, human rights law and organizational change.
Selected Speaking Engagements
December 2023 - Lancaster House, Labour Relations Certificate Program Faculty; Labour Arbitration And Policy Conference, Advisory Committee
May 2022 - National Academy of Arbitrators, How to Make Arbitration More Effective
December 2021 - Law Society of Ontario, COVID, Privacy and Human Rights: The Usual and Required Balancing Act
May 2021- Ontario Bar Association, Building Cultural Competence - What you Cannot See and Name, You Cannot Solve
September 2020 - Lancaster House, Human Rights in Review: Major Caselaw and Legislative Update
July 2019 - Lancaster House, Nosy or Necessary? Balancing Requests for Medical Information and Privacy
March 2019 - Advocates Society, Evidence at Labour Arbitration
May 2018 - Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers, Identifying Ethical Issues in Grievance Settlement Negotiations
June 2017 - Law Society of Upper Canada, Balancing Privacy Rights and Legitimate Business Interests
