Category: Canada

1) ANTICIPATE AN EMOTIONAL SLEIGH RIDE As local therapist, Alyson Jones, writes: “If we want to prepare for a meaningful...

The justice system in Canada is based on the lofty principles of fairness and equity, with the goal of providing...

In this edition of the Mediate.com Great Reads Book Club, Colin interviews Colm Brannigan and Marc Bhalla, co-authors of the...

Similar to the phrase "fit the forum to the fuss," the type of dispute should determine the the type of...

In this episode, Bruce Ally--mediator and a Principal at A Place for Mediation Inc.-- discusses how mediators can help parties...

While it is true that lawyers are eminently trained in the art of negotiating by virtue of the rigors of...

When mandatory mediation was introduced in Ontario 27 years ago it was heralded as visionary as it offered many necessary...

This article first appeared on Urbas Arbitral, here. In North Pacific Properties Ltd v. Bethel United Churches of Jesus Christ Apostolic...

This article focuses on a specialized class of employment law and human rights issues where there an overlap exists between...

This article first appeared on Urbas Arbitral, here. In separate cases, the Court of Appeal in Iyad Al-Qishawi Professional Corporation v....

This article was first published on Urbas Arbitral, here. In Borschel v. Borschel, 2020 ONSC 4395, Mr. Justice Lorne Sossin issued an...

In awarding costs on a substantial indemnity basis in Ndrive v. Zhou, 2020 ONSC 4568, Mr. Justice John R. McCarthy drew...

In The United Mexican States v. Burr, 2020 ONSC 2376, Madam Justice Bernadette Dietrich accepted that legal submissions by parties to...

In Gestion S. Cantin Inc. v. Emblème Canneberge Inc., 2020 QCCS 2259, Mr. Justice Daniel Dumais distinguished the leeway available...

In Hristovski v. Hristovski, 2020 ONSC 4021, Madam Justice Francine Van Melle held she had no jurisdiction to hear an...

In Pearson v. Pearson, 2020 ABCA 260, Alberta’s Court of Appeal distinguished between discretion to grant/refuse an adjournment and discretion which...

Editor's Note:  In this article series, seven leading mediators and conflict resolution practitioners share their unique voices on three pressing...

Read Part 1 here Types of Mediation Facilitative Mediation In the 1960s and 1970s, there was only one type of...

Conflicts are not unknown in faith communities. Interpersonal church conflicts too often are destructive, with damaging fallout. Uninvolved leaders find...

Originally posted by the ADR Institute of Alberta. Why is collaboration so important in today’s world?  The main reason is...

This is the fifth post in the “On Co-Mediation” series by Mediate BC Blog: http://www.mediatebcblog.com/2015/06/02/on-co-mediation-part-iv-5-ways-co-mediating-benefits-your-own-mediation-business-by-sharon-sutherland/Mentoring and co-mediating have been fundamental...

How do we create deep and lasting change in the family justice system in a way that is responsive to...

When I tell my friends that I am now a CPCC (Certified Professional Co-active Coach) and that I like to...

In our every day conversations we ask others a lot of “closed” questions. Closed questions are ones that only require...

The BC Family Justice Innovation Lab employs an approach we call “systemic human-centred design”.  The first phase of the model is “discovery”...

Originally published by Slaw, Canada’s online legal magazine: http://www.slaw.ca/2018/10/02/ombudsman-impartiality-is-a-delicate-balance/The recent announcement that another major Canadian bank is withdrawing from the...

The second half of 2018 saw a marked increase in conferences including, if not focused solely on, developments in Online...

Originally posted on Slaw, Canada’s online legal magazine: http://www.slaw.ca/2018/04/25/why-everyone-should-take-mediation-training/Over the years I have been asked many times, by lawyers, law...

PGP Mediation Blog by Phyllis G. PollackIn past blog posts, I have discussed implicit biases and how important it is...

Just Court ADR by Susan M. Yates, Jennifer Shack, Heather Scheiwe Kulp, and Jessica Glowinski.Our series, My Favorite Resource, features...