| | Sheilagh Turkington is a partner at Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish where she represents unions in labour, employment, insurance benefits, human rights and professional discipline\regulation matters. Sheilagh has extensive experience in the specialized field of disability insurance and employment benefits, and is a member of the firm’s pensions and benefits group.
Sheilagh appears regularly before arbitration panels, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal, human rights boards of inquiry, Boards of Referees and Umpires, Review Tribunals, professional discipline tribunals, coroner’s inquests, and private administrative tribunals. She has appeared before the Ontario Superior Court, Divisional Court and the Tax Court of Canada. Alternative dispute resolution strategies and mediation form an integral part of her practice.
Sheilagh has a strong interest in education law and works extensively with teachers’ federations. She is a co-editor of the second edition of Education Labour and Employment Law in Ontario. A frequent writer and presenter on legal issues, Sheilagh publishes and leads discussion groups and workshops on disability law, discrimination, employment and equality rights and labour relations issues. She has a special interest in equality rights generally, and specifically as they relate to sexual orientation and disability rights. Sheilagh is regularly invited to provide in-service and to lead workshops on these issues and she is proud to provide representation to members of GLBT communities. |
