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Harry William Arthurs | |
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President of York University | |
In office 1985–1992 | |
Preceded by | Hugh Ian Macdonald |
Succeeded by | Susan Mann |
Personal details | |
Born | Toronto,Ontario,Canada | May 9,1935
Spouse | Penelope Arthurs |
Children | Joshua Arthurs,Gideon Arthurs |
Harry William Arthurs OC OOnt FRSC FBA (born May 9,1935) is a Canadian lawyer,academic,and academic administrator. He is one of Canada's leading labour law scholars.
Born in Toronto,Ontario,he attended the Oakwood Collegiate Institute. [1] Dorothy Dworkin is his grandmother. [2] [3] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1955 and a Bachelor of Law degree in 1958 from the University of Toronto. He received a Master of Law in 1959 from the Harvard Law School. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1961.
In 1961,he joined the faculty of the Osgoode Hall Law School as an Assistant Professor. In 1964,he was made an Associate Professor and a Professor in 1968. From 1968 to 1970 he was the Associate Dean and from 1972 to 1977,he was the Dean. From 1985 to 1992,he was the President of York University. 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.
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