ABOUT MUNDY MCLAUGHLIN

Mundy McLaughlin offers expertise in human rights, diversity, workplace accommodation, Ombuds services, employment equity and labour relations. She was called to the Ontario bar in 1992 and has been a sole practitioner and consultant since 2005, specializing in workplace human rights and equity issues. Prior to founding her own practice, she held corporate, union and government positions, and was Director of Diversity and Ombuds with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) from 2000 to 2005. She holds degrees in Common and Civil law from McGill University and a Masters in Law from Osgoode Hall Law School. She holds certificates in investigative interview techniques from John Reid & Associates and in Solution Focused Counseling from the Faculty of Social Work of the University of Toronto.

At OPG, Mundy developed and oversaw a comprehensive Diversity program that included a human rights and anti-harassment policy incorporating non-human rights based harassment; accommodation of disability, religion and pregnancy; and workplace violence. She steered OPG through an Employment Equity Audit by the Canadian Human Rights Commission, conducting workplace consultations and creating an Employment Equity Plan. She developed and delivered diversity training sessions for employees and managers in a wide variety of work locations and environments. All of these initiatives were developed in partnership with OPG's two unions. Her role involved investigating, mediating and intervening in workplace issues.

Mundy worked for the Society of Energy Professionals from 1994 to 2000 with involvement in negotiations and grievances on collective agreement matters and in joint committees related to Diversity and the development of a disability management procedure. She served as a Policy Advisor for the Ministry of Labour of Ontario from 1992 to 1994.

Mundy is a frequent public speaker on workplace topics, sits on the Business Advisory Council for Strategic Employment Solutions - an employment service for persons with disabilities, on the board of Corbrooke - an organization dedicated to the employment of persons with disabilities, and on the Board of Pilot Place Society - a residence for schizophrenics. Mundy is an artist and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She helped found a New York City arts collective that flourished internationally in the 1980’s, and continues her arts practice today, participating in community arts projects.

Mundy is fluent in French.