Biographical notes for Lynn Bevan

Born 1 May 1950

Educated McGill University B.A. (Hons.) 1972; Osgoode Hall Law School of York University LL.B. 1975

Sole Practitioner 1995–

Counsel, Stringer Brisbin Humphrey 1988-95

Sole practitioner 1986-88

Associate, Heenan Blaikie 1985-86

Counsel, Mayor's Task Force on Contract Compliance, City of Toronto 1984-85

Senior Legal and Policy Advisor, and Editor, Federal Royal Commission on Equality in Employment 1983-84

Associate, Blake, Cassels & Graydon 1977-83

Called to the Bar of Ontario 1977

Certified in Mediation Fundamentals and Dispute Resolution Systems Design

Founding Director, Magna International Employee Relations Advisory Board

Director and founder, Toronto Employment Equity Practitioners' Association

Past Board Member, Canadian Human Rights Foundation

Member, Canadian Bar Association-Ontario (Executive member, Alternative Dispute Resolution section)

Member, Advisory Group to Ontario Employment Equity Commissioner 1992

Member, National Council, International Commission of Jurists 1990-93

Immediate Past Chair, Camphill Village Ontario (world-wide community for developmentally disabled persons)

Author, The Employment Equity Manual (Carswell); Pay Equity: An Employer's Guide (Bond Street Review 1989)

Editor, The Employers' Human Rights and Equity Report 1991-92; The Philanthropist 1980-87

Author and frequent speaker on topics related to her practice

Co-Host, public radio series on law and pay equity

Ms. Bevan provides general counsel to organizations, and practises employment law on behalf of all levels of government, corporations and non-profit organizations. With particular expertise in human rights, she mediates in employment human rights and commercial dispute areas, designs human rights policies and procedures, and investigates sexual harassment and other human rights complaints.