Kenneth Wm. Thornicroft is a Professor of Law & Employment Relations with the University of Victoria’s Peter B. Gustavson School of Business. Dr. Thornicroft holds a law degree (LL.B./J.D. 1979) from the University of British Columbia and a doctorate (Ph.D. 1996) in Labour and Human Resource Policy/Employment Law from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.

Dr. Thornicroft has received numerous teaching awards including six separate “Professor of the Year” awards, as well as several other research and scholarship awards. Dr. Thornicroft is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia, the Canadian Bar Association, the British Columbia Council of Administrative Tribunals, the Canadian Industrial Relations Association, the Society of Labor Economists, the Society for International Hockey Research and is a member of several academic journal editorial review boards.