Event Date: September 21, 2017 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: FSS 4004, 120 University Private

Mr. Michael Lynk is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Western University, in London, Ontario. He joined the Faculty in 1999, and has taught courses in labour, human rights, disability, constitutional and administrative law. He served as Associate Dean of the Faculty between 2008-11.

Professor Lynk has also taught labour law courses at the University of Ottawa, Carleton University and Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand). He is a native of Halifax, and a graduate of Dalhousie University (LL.B.) and Queens’ University (LL.M.). Before becoming an academic, he practiced labour law in Ottawa and Toronto for a decade. Professor Lynk is a vice-chair with the Ontario Grievance Settlement Board, and has served as a vice-chair with the Ontario Public Service Grievance Board. He has written widely on the issues of labour law and human rights in the unionized Canadian workplace, and is a frequent speaker at industrial relations and labour law conferences across the country.

In March 2016, the United Nations Human Rights Council appointed Professor Lynk as the 7^th Special Rapporteur for the human rights situation in the Palestinian Territories occupied since 1967. In his capacity, he reports to the UN General Assembly and the Human Rights Council on human rights trends in the OPT.

This presentation is in English and open to the public.

Presented by CIPS and the United Nations Association in Canada. UNA-Canada’s President & CEO Kathryn White will introduce Mr. Lynk