Mediate BC has a roster of family mediators who have met our stringent requirements in:
Legal disputes in the court system can take months or even years to complete. The longer a family dispute takes to resolve the higher the financial and emotional toll on the family. This is where mediation can help. A Department of Justice Canada study in 2007 found that cases which … more »
The Mediate BC Mediator Survey 2014 showed just how much more affordable family mediation can be on average when compared to litigation. The survey found that average total mediation fees were less than $2,000 ($1,784 to be precise). Since parties usually share this total cost, the average cost to each… more »
The Mediate BC Mediator Survey 2014 found that over 90% of mediations resolved all issues or helped the parties move towards resolution. These resolution rates were particularly high in family mediations where:
Separation and divorce usually rates increase in the first month of each year, which can cause stress for families at the time BC celebrates Family Day. To meet that need, Mediate BC is hosting a panel of experienced family mediators to provide information about how mediation can assist families to… 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 »
Curiosity. You can’t have a real conversation without curiosity. It can lead to creative and innovation approaches to conflict and open a pathway to resolution. We all know this but I wonder how many conflict resolvers make a concerted effort to identify and uncover their own assumptions and to be… more »
We welcome a special guest post today from Monique Steensma, Manager of the Court Mediation Program of Mediate BC. Monique describes an exciting new Online Dispute Resolution / Mediation initiative available to small claims litigants at Robson Square Provincial Court in Vancouver. Feel free to pass this important information along … more »
Professor Julie Macfarlane and her team at the National Self-represented Litigants Project have produced a terrific resource for the public. It is a plain language document that provides a practical and easy-to-use guide to settlement. Mediators should take a look and consider referring clients to this helpful resource –… more »
Today we are very pleased to feature an article recently penned by Mediate BC Roster Mediator Julia Menard. She explores the complexity of the current BC teachers’ dispute from the perspective of a conflict resolution practitioner: how can we move through impasse (even a seemingly intractable impasse)? Her insightful… more »