Sara Slinn

Sara Slinn is a Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, since 2007. Her interdisciplinary research combines labour and employment law, industrial relations, constitutional law, and contracts. She holds a PhD in Industrial Relations from the University of Toronto and has practiced labour law in British Columbia and Vancouver.

• BAH (Queen’s)
• LLB (UBC)
• MIR (Queen’s)
• PhD (Toronto)

Professor Slinn’s work focuses on collective employee representation, Charter rights in labour law, and empirical analyses of certification processes, fair pay agreements, and sectoral bargaining. Her publications span doctrinal, theoretical, and empirical studies across Canada and international jurisdictions like Australia and the US.

Her recent articles examine trends in sectoral bargaining, digital worker representation, and statutory reforms for non-unionized workplaces. She employs both qualitative and quantitative empirical methods, reflecting her interdisciplinary approach.

Professor Slinn supervises LLM and PhD students in labour, employment, and human rights law. She has held advisory roles with the British Columbia Labour Relations Board and private law firms.