John James Steeves

Part-time Board Member

John James Steeves is an arbitrator, mediator, barrister and solicitor in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has been involved in a number of disputes in the federal and provincial sectors. Mr. Steeves holds B.A., M.A. and Bachelor of Law degrees and is a Chartered Arbitrator and a member of the law societies of British Columbia and Yukon. Mr. Steeves is also a public-interest representative of the Discipline Committee of the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants. He was a vice-chairperson with the Labour Relations Board of British Columbia from 2006 to 2007, and he was Chief Appeal Commissioner with the Workers Compensation Board of British Columbia from 2000 to 2002. He has spoken and written on various topics in labour relations and administrative justice and is a chapters’ author of a major revision of Palmer’s Collective Agreement Arbitration in Canada (LexisNexis). Mr. Steeves was appointed as a part-time member of the Public Service Labour Relations Board on December 3, 2007 for a five-year term.