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Allison Smith

Allison Smith Dispute Resolution Services Inc.
Ottawa, Ontario

613-290-4084
allison@allisonsmithresolutions.com
www.allisonsmithresolutions.com
Degrees/Designations - LLB (University of Windsor); BSc. (University of Toronto); BA (University of Toronto)
Practice Areas - Employment, Human Rights and Labour
Practice Description - Allison offers dispute resolution services tailored to the needs of your organization including arbitration, mediation, workplace investigation and training services in all areas of labour, employment and human rights law.

Allison looks forward to working with you and your organization to find balanced and effective solutions for your particular workplace challenges.
Background - Allison has been a neutral decision-maker, hearing cases and issuing decisions since 2015.

Allison served as a Vice-Chair of the Canada Industrial Relations Board from January, 2015 until the Fall of 2025.

Allison has extensive experience considering complaints, applications and appeals. As Vice-Chair, she was responsible for the adjudication of a wide range of matters covered by the Canada Labour Code. This included complaints addressing the duty of fair representation, unfair labour practices and reprisals; applications considering certification, decertification, single employer and sale of business; employment standards matters and appeals of “no danger” decisions issued by a health and safety officer.

Allison has rendered decisions across a broad range of federally regulated industrial sectors, including, airports and air transportation, rail, interprovincial trucking and transport, grain storage and distribution, telecommunications, certain public and private sector activities in Canada’s territories, broadcasting, mining, stevedoring, shipping and navigation, banking, First Nations undertakings, and matters pertaining to the federal public service.

Prior to her appointment as Vice-Chair, Allison was Senior Legal Counsel to Canada Post Corporation, practising labour, employment, human rights and pension law from 2007 to 2015.

Allison began her legal career in 2002 focusing largely on provincially-regulated industries including health care, manufacturing, government and municipalities, education, fire services, policing and intra-provincial transport. She looks forward to resuming her interest and involvement in these sectors.

Allison has been a member of the Ontario bar since 2002.
Fees - Please email for information about fees.
In an effort to best meet parties’ scheduling needs,
Allison is available for evening and weekend appointments.