David Doorey

David Doorey is a Professor of Work Law and Industrial Relations at York University in Toronto. From 2010-2022, he served as Director of Osgoode Hall Law School’s executive LLM Program in Labour and Employment Law. From 2016-2019, he was Director of the School of HRM at York. Since 2023, he has led the brand new Bachelor of Sport Management program at York, in which he also teaches Sports Law.

He is a Senior Research Associate at Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program, where he was also a Visiting Research Fellow in 2019-20 and a member of the International Advisory Committee on Harvard University’s Clean Slate Project, which is re-imaging labor law for the 21st century.

His law blog, Law of Work, has been selected top law blog in Canada in the annual Canadian Law Blog Awards (“CLAWBIES”) on multiple occasions and in 2016 the blog was an inaugural inductee into the Canadian Law Blog Hall of Fame. In 2025, he was inducted into the HR Law Canada Hall of Fame for recognition of his long-standing contribution to educating students and the public on issues in work law.

Professor Doorey is a regular media commentator on work law and labour relations.