Torkin Manes welcomes new associate, Geordie Macdonald
Torkin Manes is pleased to announce that Geordie Macdonald has joined the firm as an associate in our Corporate/Commercial Group.
October 28, 2026
Associate announcement
Mathews Dinsdale is pleased to announce that Dana V. Kiefer has joined our Calgary office as an Associate.
October 29, 2026
Mathews Dinsdale is pleased to announce that Dana V. Kiefer has joined the Firm as an associate in our Calgary office. She provides practical, strategic advice on all aspects of the workplace relationship to unionized and non-unionized employers in provincially and federally regulated sectors. Her approach combines common sense with advice tailored to each employer’s business and workplace needs.
Dana advises employers on a broad range of workplace matters, including recruitment and hiring, employee management, discipline and termination, disability management, grievances and labour relations. She is also trained in trauma-informed investigations and conducts independent workplace investigations into allegations of harassment, discrimination and other employee complaints.
She has appeared before all levels of court in Alberta, various administrative tribunals, the Alberta Human Rights Commission, the Canadian Human Rights Commission, and Alberta and federal labour board adjudicators.
Prior to joining Mathews Dinsdale, Dana spent ten years practising labour and employment law at leading full-service firms.
Mathews Dinsdale is the only boutique labour and employment law firm in Canada with seven offices coast-to-coast, in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Sarnia, Toronto, Fredericton and Halifax. Mathews Dinsdale was the first law firm in Canada, and one of the first in North America, to exclusively provide labour and employment law services to employers. For over 70 years, the Firm’s lawyers have been involved in many of the cases that have shaped and redefined workplace law in Canada. Strategic Advice. Practical Solutions and Immediate Crisis Management. Locally and Nationally.
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Torkin Manes is pleased to announce that Geordie Macdonald has joined the firm as an associate in our Corporate/Commercial Group.
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