Beth Bilson, Q.C.
University of Saskatchewan

Beth Bilson has degrees in law and history from the University of Saskatchewan, and a doctoral degree in law from the University of London. She has been a member of the faculty of the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan since 1979, teaching and writing in the areas of torts, labour and administrative law, and legal history; she was Dean of the College from 1999 until 2002. She is also an associate member of the faculty of the Johnson Shoyama School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Regina.  She was admitted to the Bar in Saskatchewan in 1984. She served as Senior Grievance Officer of the University of Saskatchewan Faculty Association from 1982 to 1985, and as Assistant Vice-President (Administration) for the University from 1986 to 1988, with special responsibility for faculty collective bargaining. From 1992 to 1997 she chaired the Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board. In addition to acting as a labour arbitrator in Saskatchewan, she is a part-time member of the Public Service Labour Relations Board, and of the Yukon Public Service Labour Relations Board. She serves as a Deputy Chair of the Discipline Committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan. She was appointed in 2000 as chair of a federal task force on pay equity, which reported in 2004. Since 2006, she has been Editor of the Canadian Bar Review. She currently chairs the Standing Committee on Equity of the Canadian Bar Association, and the Equity Committee of the Canadian Bar Association Saskatchewan Branch. She was awarded the designation of Queen’s Counsel for Saskatchewan in January of 2000.