About CanadianLabourRelations.Com

The purpose of Canadian Labour relations.com is to promote labour relations/industrial relations in Canada by providing a resource website where both employers and employees can find information on various topics related to labour relations.

In order to make it easier for companies and individual employees to find a labour relations professional in their area we will be developing a database of labour relations lawyers and consultants in the various provinces.

Since the labour relations laws and regulations may be applied differently from province to province, we will be listing labour relations professionals by province and city. We will also have a category for those labour law firms that have offices throughout Canada.

The principal individual behind CanadianLabourRelations.com is Derek February who has gained his labour relations experience in South Africa during the militant labour unrest period of the late 1980s and early 1990s when South Africa was going through a political transition.

During this period Derek gained his experience and training with Gillam, Bruniquel & Associates Ltd., one of the largest industrial relations and training consultancy firms in South Africa. Here he gained valuable experience consulting with and advising senior management on all aspects of industrial relations and training.

Derek has also managed his own Industrial Relations consulting business prior to relocating to Canada where he studied Canadian labour relations and collective bargaining at UBC, and Occupational Health & Safety at BCIT.

This website is Derek's endeavour to continue his interest in the field of labour relations here in Canada, not as an active IR consultant but as a marketing consultant helping labour relations professionals market their services.

Derek's education includes (in non-chronological order):

• Post-graduate courses in Canadian Labour Relations & Canadian Collective Bargaining at UBC
• Occupational Health & Safety course at BCIT
• Certified Career Development Professional (CCDP) certification -- Concordia University College of Alberta
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations -- University of Natal (now University of KwaZulu-Natal)
• MBA Courses in Managerial Accounting, Managerial Economics and Human Organizational Behaviour (before transferring to PG Industrial Relations) -- University of Durban-Westville (now University of KwaZulu-Natal)
• BA ( Phys. Educ.) degree in sports science-- University of Durban-Westville
• Marketing Diploma -- Graduate School of Marketing

Derek is also currently working on a development project "Marketing Consulting Services Globally".