Biography - Mr. Michael Dyer

An experienced employment and labour relations expert, Michael’s work history spans both the private and public sectors for nearly 40 years in local, national and international organizations. He has been employed as an employment law specialist, negotiator, labour relations specialist and senior executive. His university education was from U of C, U of A and UBC (Economics). He was a board member of the Alberta Labour Relations Board (12 yrs), a member and past Chair of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce Human Resources Committee (10 yrs), a member of the Conference Board of Canada Council of Human Resources Executives (nine yrs), board member and past President of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association, Southern Alberta Chapter (five yrs) and the past President and board member of the Alberta Congress Board (six yrs). He has served and been a board member of a number of not-for-profit organizations such as the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter Foundation, Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter, Discovery House, Children’s Cottage, Children’s Legal Education Resource Centre, Westwood Community Association and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Calgary. He has also been a member of the editorial board of a workplace issues magazine, a pension committee member for an employer and he has served as a trustee on a union Supplementary Health and Welfare Trust Fund. He takes pride in health and safety, training and development and workplace awards that were given to his organizations through his leadership. He has delivered presentations on topics such as: Recruiting and Retaining the Best, Good Employees and Nasty Bosses, State of Labour Relations in the Public Sector, Challenges in Designing Pension and Benefit Plans, Creating Human Resource Best Practices and taught a post-secondary level labour relations course.