Lyle Kanee is a part-time Vice-Chair of both the Alberta and Ontario Labour Relations Boards and an arbitrator/mediator. Prior to beginning his career as a neutral in 2008, Lyle practised law at Sack Goldblatt Mitchell in Toron­to and was the managing partner of the Edmonton law firm of Chivers Kanee Carpenter. Lyle has served as a ses­sional instructor in labour law and labour arbitration at the University of Alberta and Osgoode Hall law schools, and has presented papers on labour issues at numerous conferences and workshops. In 1999, Lyle was awarded the Suzanne Mah Award by the Alberta Human Rights Commission for his role in advancing the principles and ideals of human rights in the practice of law.