Harry William William ARTHURS

Background

Arthurs, Harry William was born on May 9, 1935 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Leon and Ellen (Dworkin) Arthurs.

Education

Bachelor, U. Toronto, 1955;Bachelor of Laws, U. Toronto, 1958;Master of Laws, Harvard University, 1959;Doctor of Laws (honorary), Sherbrooke, Brock Law Society Upper CanadaDoctor of Laws (honorary), McGill UniversityDoctor of Literature (honorary), Lethbridge U.

Career

Professor, of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Ontario since 1961, Dean of Law School 1972-1977, President York University since 1985. Mediator and arbitrator in labour disputes since 1961. Author, lecturer since 1961.

Bencher, Law Society of LTpper Canada 1979-1983. Chairman Consultative Group, Research and Education in Law 1980-1984. Chairman Council of Ontario Universities 1987-1989.

Honorary Doctor of Laws (Sherbrooke and Brock Universities, Law Society of Upper Canada).

Achievements

• In 1982, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 1988, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada as "one of Canada's leading labour law scholars" who "has distinguished himself in many aspects of public life". In 1995, he was awarded the Order of Ontario. In 2002, he was awarded the Canada Council's Killam Prize, "Canada’s most distinguished annual award for outstanding career achievement in social sciences, humanities, engineering, natural sciences and health sciences". In 2003, he was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, given to scholars who are outside the United Kingdom who have "attained high international standing in any of the branches of study which it is the object of the Academy to promote".
  
  In 2003, he was awarded the first University of Toronto's Bora Laskin Award recognizing distinguished contributions to Canadian labour law. In 2008, he was awarded the ILO Decent Work Research Prize, jointly with Joseph StiglitzIn 2013, he was awarded the first Labour Law Research Network Award for Distinguished Contributions to Labour Law. He has received honorary degrees from Sherbrooke University, Brock University, The Law Society of Upper Canada, McGill University, University of Montreal, University of Toronto, University of Lethbridge, University of Windsor, Simon Fraser University and York University.

Politics

In 1995, he was appointed University Professor of Law and Political Science. In 2004, he was appointed Commissioner leading the review of federal Labour Standards, Part III of the Canada Labour Code, in 2006 as Chair of the Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions, and in 2010 as Chair of the Funding Review of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. He is the author of Without the Law: Administrative Justice and Legal Pluralism in Nineteenth Century England, published in 1985.

Membership

Vice president Canada Civil Liberties Association, 1964-1976, president, 1976-1977. Member U.A.W. Public Review Board, 1967-1977. Vice chairman Ontario Ednl.

Relations Commission, 1976-1977. Chairman S.S.H.R.C. Study on Legal Research and Education in Canada,1980-1983. Bencher Law Society Upper Canada, 1979-1983.

Member Economics Council Canada, 1978-1981. Fellow Royal Society Canada.

Connections

Married Penelope Geraldine Ann Milnes in 1974.

Father:

Leon Arthurs

Mother:

Ellen H. (Dworkin) Arthurs

Spouse:

Penelope Geraldine Ann Milnes