Family mediators should be aware of the new federal legislation about family homes on reserve: The Family Homes on Reserve and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act. The is a great start and LSS’s Aboriginal Legal Aid BC website also provides helpful resources and information.… more »
We are very pleased to advise that the Comite Des Organismes Accrediteurs en Mediation Familiale (Quebec) has published on its website a translated version of Mediate BC’s Distance Mediation Practice Guidelines. These guidelines were a key deliverable from our Distance Mediation Project, a six-year research initiative funded by the… more »
Confidentiality is a key benefit of mediation (compared to a public court process). However, the principle of “confidentiality” is not well understood and often confused with “privilege” or “privacy” issues. In his Slaw post today (January 15 2015), Michael Erdle tackles this important issue by discussing two recent Canadian decisions: … more »