Stephanie Yang Morris

Stephanie practices in the firm’s labour and employment practice group. She represents both provincially and federally regulated employers with a focus on labour, employment and human rights.

In addition to her time with MLT Aikins, Stephanie served as in-house legal counsel with the Brandt Group of Companies. She also worked at SaskTel as legal counsel and the HR director of industrial relations, compensation and benefits.

Drawing from her in-house experience, Stephanie provides practical and strategic advice regarding everything from day-to-day advising to assisting employers with drafting workplace employment policies and employment contracts, discipline and discharge, navigating workplace accommodations, collective bargaining, restructurings, occupational health and safety and human rights matters.

Stephanie has appeared before all levels of Courts in Saskatchewan, the Canada Industrial Relations Board, the Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, and human rights tribunals. She has also acted as chief negotiator in collective bargaining.

• Saskatchewan Chair, Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference (2024-2026)
• Chair of Fundraising & Communications Committee, Member, Board of Directors, Friends of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum (2025-present)
• Gala Committee Member, MacKenzie Art Gallery (2024, 2025)
• Compliance Officer, Regina Open Door Society (2020-present)
• Volunteer lawyer, Pro Bono Law Saskatchewan (2008-2020, 2023-present)
• Dean’s Advisory Council Member, College of Law, U of Sask (2014 to 2018)
• Member, Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference (2017)
• Past Chair, Saskatchewan CBA Immigration Law Section (2009, 2010, 2012, 2017)
• Canadian APEC Ambassador, Junior Team Canada, Seoul, Korea (2005)

• Presenter, “Surreptitious Recordings in the Workplace,” 2026 CPHR Annual Conference (2026)
• Panellist, 32nd Annual Saskatchewan Labour Law Review (2026)
• Presenter, “Is DEI DOA? Human Rights and the Duty to Accommodate,” MLT Aikins SK Labour update (2026 – Regina and Saskatoon)
• Presenter, “Heatwave Hazards: When HR Decisions Melt Down,” 2026 CPA Prairie Connection Conference (2026)
• Presenter, “Update on Modern Slavery,” SK Crown Corporations (2026)
• Presenter, “Free Speech, Human Rights, and the Duty to Accommodate in Canada,” Governor General’s Leadership Conference (2026)
• Author, “What employers need to know about smart glasses in the workplace” (2026)
• Author, “What new proposed U.S. forced labour tariffs mean for Canadian employers” (2026)
• Author, “DEI and the Canadian workplace: What employers need to know” (2026)
• Author, “Beyond the prompt – Decoding AI compliance at work” (2026)
• Presenter, “The Employee Handbook, Best Seller or Best Way to Get Sued,” DisruptHR, CPHR Saskatchewan (2025)
• Presenter, “HR Horror Stories,” CPHR Annual Conference (2025)
• Presenter, “The Complexities of Employee Free Speech,” MLT Aikins SK Labour Update (2025)
• Presenter, “Human Rights Update,” Lancaster Webinar (2025)
• Author, “Upcoming Canada Labour Code amendments expanding employee leaves” (2025)
• Author, “Employers required to harvest harmony, cultivate respect” (2025)
• Author, “Politics at work – Managing political speech in the workplace” (2025)
• Author, “Diminished expectation of privacy in alcohol and drug testing for safety critical workers” (2025)
• Panellist, “Leadership Perspectives,” Crown Connections Conference (2024)
• Presenter, “Understanding the Duty to Accommodate,” Webinar (2024)
• Author, “The dangers and downside of do-not-hire lists” (2024)
• Panellist, “Crown Connections Conference” (2023)
• Presenter, “Practical Tips for Working In-House,” CBA Mid-Winter Meeting (2020)
• Presenter, “LMIA & Work Permit Exemptions,” CBA National Immigration Conference (2015)
• Presenter and Author, “Overcoming Medical Inadmissibility,” CBA Mid-Winter Meeting (2014)
• Panellist, “Stories of Pro Bono Across Canada,” National Pro Bono Conference (2014)
• Presenter, “The Surprising Benefits of Pro Bono Work,” Pro Bono Gala (2013)
• Presenter, “Why do Pro Bono?,” CBA Mid-Winter Meeting (2013)

• Canadian Bar Association National Young Lawyers Pro Bono Award (2013)
• Saskatchewan Pro Bono Service Award (2012)