Bennett and Doidge Memorial Scholarship in Labour-Management Relations (#1050)

Scholarships are offered annually by FIR Labour Relations Ltd. in memory of Keith Bennett and Lloyd Doidge, for outstanding undergraduate students in the Bachelor of Commerce, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources option, who intend to enter a career in labour-management relations. Recipients must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents. Forest Industrial Relations Ltd. (FIR Ltd.) is an accredited employers association which has served the BC forest products industry since 1943. Keith Bennett (B.Com. 1956) was President of FIR Ltd. from 1974 until his retirement in 1997. For 25 years, he served as Chief Negotiator for the BC forest industry, bargaining industry-wide collective agreements with the Industrial, Wood and Allied Workers Union. Lloyd Doidge (B.Com. 1962) was a highly respected labour lawyer, with much of his work involving representing forest industry employers in labour arbitration. He served as General Counsel at FIR Ltd., and was also an adjunct professor in the UBC Sauder School of Business. Both men were well-regarded within the BC industrial relations community for their work in labour-management relations.