Labour - Labour Board
Board members: Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons
- Chairperson: Karine Pelletier
- Vice-Chairpersons:
Karine Pelletier
Appointed as chairperson in 2024, Karine Pelletier joined the Manitoba Labour Board as vice-chairperson in 2016. She is a graduate of l’Université de Saint-Boniface (BA, 2000) and l’Université d’Ottawa (LLB, 2003). In 2014, she obtained her LLM. Her practice has focused primarily on administrative law, labour and employment and human rights law. She is a member of the Law Society of Manitoba Admissions and Education Committee; co-chair of the Société historique métisse; co-chair of the Manitoba Council of Administrative Tribunals; and President of l’Association des juristes d’expression française du Manitoba. She is franco-manitobaine and is a citizen of the Manitoba Métis Nation (MMF).
Adrian Frost
Biography will follow
Kristin L. Gibson
Appointed on a part-time basis in 2013, Kristin Gibson is a partner in the Winnipeg law firm MLT Aikins LLP. She carries on practice as a labour and employment lawyer, and as a labour mediator and arbitrator.
T. David Gisser, K.C.
Biography will follow
A. Blair Graham, K.C.
Appointed on a part-time basis in 2006, Blair Graham holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Manitoba. Mr. Graham practiced law as a partner in the firm of Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP for over 30 years, with an emphasis on civil litigation, administrative law and arbitration as an arbitrator until June 30, 2021. He now practices independently, limiting his practice to arbitration and mediation in relation to both labour relations matters and all types of civil and commercial disputes. He has been selected by his peers on several occasions as one of the best lawyers in Canada in the area of Alternate Dispute Resolution. He has been active as a Chairperson in labour arbitration matters since 1997.
Helen Krahn
Appointed as full-time vice-chairperson in 2024, Helen Krahn is an Arbitrator on the Manitoba Labour Board’s list of arbitrators and Deputy Chief Commissioner at the Residential Tenancies Commission. Ms. Krahn’s previous appointments and affiliations consist of various representative, barrister, and attorney roles. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Manitoba and practices in labour and employment law. She actively volunteers at the United Deportivo Manitoba F.C., and Winnipeg Folklorama.
Janet Mayor
Appointed on a part-time basis in 2023, Janet Mayor holds Recently appointed on a part-time basis, Janet Mayor holds a Bachelor of Laws degree obtained in 1988 from the University of Manitoba. She practiced labour and employment law and civil litigation for several years, both in private practice and as in-house counsel at Manitoba Hydro. She is currently the Director of Human Resources at the Crown Corporation.
Kathy McIlroy
Appointed on a part-time basis in 2023, Kathy McIlroy obtained her Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Manitoba. She has practiced exclusively in Labour and Employment law since 1993.
Karine Pelletier
Appointed on a part-time basis (.8) in 2016, Karine Pelletier holds a Bachelor of Arts from l’Université de Saint-Boniface, an LL.B from l’Université d’Ottawa and a LL.M from the University of Ottawa. Ms. Pelletier serves as a panel member for the Manitoba Law Society Admission and Adjudication Hearing Panel. She also sits on the boards of the Plug In Institute ICA, l’Association des juristes d’expression française du Manitoba; and la société historique métises. In 2019, she was appointed to the Manitoba Human Rights Adjudication Panel. Before joining the Manitoba Labour Board, Ms. Pelletier worked in private practice and as in-house legal counsel in the areas of administrative law, human rights and labour and employment. Ms. Pelletier is bilingual in French and English.
Michael D. Werier, K.C.
Appointed on a part-time basis in 2006, Michael Werier is counsel to the Winnipeg law firm of D’Arcy & Deacon LLP. He carries on a practice as an arbitrator/mediator in Manitoba. He is currently chairperson of the Manitoba Labour Management Review Committee, chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba, Arbitrator under the Northern Flood Agreement, and Chief Adjudicator of the Manitoba Human Rights Adjudication Panel.
Gavin M. Wood
Appointed on a part-time basis in 2006, Gavin Wood holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Manitoba and a Masters of Laws degree from Columbia University in New York City. He is presently practicing as a sole practitioner under the firm name of Wood Orle Litigation Lawyers. He is currently active as a chairperson in arbitration matters.
