Credence and Co


President, Ruppert McCarthy ADR Inc.


Adjudicator/Lawyer (LSO)


Sharad Kerurcreated and leads Resolution Pathways as its CEO whichassists people and organizations to resolve conflicts. With his knowledge, expertise, and experience, Sharad currentlyprovides:skills training in difficult conversations, mediation, negotiation, conflict resolution and collaborative communications skills"understanding-based" mediation servicespersonal, business and conflict management coaching servicesassistance in the development of high-performing teamsassessing workplace conflict management systems and implementing workplace fairness restoration measures He ...


Ode'imini-giizis Transformative Solutions


Niagara Falls, ON

Senior Officer, Health and Safety, Canadian Union Of Public Employees

In addition to holding the qualified mediator certification,Troy is also a Certified registered Safety professional and certifiedharassment investigator. In his day job,Troy is the Senior Officer, Health and Safety for the Canadian Union of PublicEmployees which represents 740,000 members in almost all sectors. Troy hasbeen involved with many mediations resulting from harassment complaints, especiallyrelated to the new Federal violence and harassment regulations. Much of his daily work revolves around assistingworkplaces in creating psychologically safe workplaces where workers can work ...


Aforward-thinking legal intellectual possessing a creative, innovative, and positiveattitude.BRIEFPERSONALSUMMARYA member in good standing with the LSUC possessing over 9 years of active law practice in Canada. Highly efficient, hardworking, responsible, detail-oriented legal professional having an in-depth understanding of laws and legal codes A self-motivated individual who is a strong team player with excellent people’s skills for interacting with fellow lawyers, other professionals, and public Possesses excellent communication, drafting, analytical and problem-solving skills with the ...


Managing Partner, Rudner Law


Principal, Elana Fleischmann & Assoc.


ADR Ottawa Inc.


My name is Keshia Osbourne and I have lived in Toronto my whole life. I have a degree in Linguistics and Psychology and completed my certificate in conflict resolution. I currently work for Service Canada and am seeking employment as a mediator. I am working on obtaining my Q-Med within the next couple of months.


Administrator, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario

Please contact me for more information.


Owner, Harpers Chambers

RJH SummaryCurriculum VitaeFebruary7, 2024R. John Harpergraduated from DalhousieUniversity Law School in Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1972. He was called tothe Ontario Bar in March 1974. He was a sole practitioner from 1974 until 1997,when he formed the family law partnership of Harper Jaskot.He was certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as aspecialist in family law. He practiced family law until his appointment to theOntario Superior Court of Justice in September of 2006 sitting in the FamilyCourt at London, Ontario. Before he was appointed to as a Justice of the SuperiorCourt, in ...


Goretti is a lawyer and trained mediator specialized in the fields of Labour and Employment Law and Human Rights. She works for the PSAC,providing representation to workers and unions in many Canadian labour jurisdictions;in mediation and arbitration on a wide range of issues,including termination, human rights complaints, health and safety issues and collective agreements interpretation. Goretti is a member of the ADR Institute of Canada ( ADRIO/ADRIC).She works in both official languages._____________________________Goretti est avocate et médiatrice de formation spécialisée dans les ...


Consultant, Self-Employed

Have launched "Tim Fitz Values Advocay Consulting" providing a suite of advocacy services, primarily focused in Labour and Employment, including Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), after over 30 years of public service at the City of Toronto, and nearly 30 years of union involvement including over 15 years in senior leadership roles at Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 79, President for 6 years (2011-2017), and my recent completion of a Masters of Laws (LLM) in Labour and EMployment Law (2020). Training in ADR includesThe Theory and Practice ofAlternative Dispute Resolution ...


Partner, Hoffer Adler LLP

I have been a practising civil litigation lawyer since 1990, with experience in a wide variety of subject matter.  My practice is currently focused on franchise litigation and malpractice defense, together with other commercial and civil litigation. Having conducted many mediations as counsel throughout my career, I now offer my services as mediator as well.


Founder, Organizational Conflict Resolution Coach, Meltem K

Hi, I'm Meltem, a dedicated Conflict Resolution Coach, Mediator, and Entrepreneur. My services include engaging workshops, small group practice sessions, and personalized guidance, all thoughtfully crafted to transform workplace challenges into wellsprings of wisdom. My mission is clear—to turn workplaces into thriving centers of peace, collaboration, and creativity through conflict resolution skills building.With over 25 years of hands-on experience in international business and entrepreneurship, including the successful founding and management of two businesses, I intimately grasp the ...


Lawyer, Mediator, Arbitrator, Parenting Coordinator, Julie I. Guindon Professional Corporation


Autonome/Self employed

I was born in 1949 in MontrealI moved to Toronto in 1971 to attend law school at OsgoodeHallI graduated law school in 1974 and articled in Ottawa atSoloway Wright. I founded the law of Charles and Merovitz in 1976 and thisfirm is the predecessor of Merovitz Potechin LLP.I have been a litigator with my firm for 47 years since founding my lawfirm. In my litigation practice, at various times I had an emphasis ondifferent areas of the law. I have always dealt with business disputes but atvarious times in my practice I had an emphasis on wrongful dismissal,insolvency, franchising and in the last ...


Mediator / Arbitrator, Self-Employed


President, Halfnight Arbitration

After retiring from 42 years of law practice in the insurance field, I have opened an arbitration practice (as arbitrator) with emphasis on commercial first-party, inter-insurer and coverage disputes. 


Lawyer, Gowling WLG

James Plotkin is an associate in Gowling WLG’s Ottawa office, practising in the Advocacy and Intellectual Property Groups. His practice focuses on commercial litigation and arbitration (international and domestic), intellectual property litigation and administrative law. James has argued before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Courts and all levels of Court in Ontario. He also regularly acts in international and domestic arbitrations.In addition to his litigation and arbitration practice, James is involved in domain name dispute resolution, both as counsel and adjudicator. He is on ...


Associate, Cozen O'Connor LLP

Charles focuses his practice on subrogation & recovery for large commercial property losses. He has experience handling due diligence reviews, insurance coverage disputes, and has been involved in all aspects of complex, multi-party, subrogation litigation.Prior to joining Cozen O’Connor, Charles was a legal intern for the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry (Ontario) and member of Provincial Parliament (Ottawa-Vanier). He was also a teaching assistant for the Alternatives to Dispute Resolution and Professionalism class, and a research assistant for the Bijural Torts (Common ...


NATIONS GATE Consulting Group

Dr. Majid Pourostad is an Internationally Trained Lawyer (ITL). He obtained the degree of Professional LLM in International Business Law from Osgoode Hall Law School, completed NCA Program and got the Certificate of Qualification. Majid Pourostad has just started Licensing Process at Law Society of Ontario. Majid was also Visiting Scholar at Osgoode Hall Law School (September 2019 - April 2020) hosted by Professor Janet Walker. He currently is a member of Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society (TCAS) and has completed TCAS's Gold Standard Course (September 2017 - May 2018) for certification ...


Partner, Simmons da Silva LLP


Partner, Simmons da Silva LLP


Partner, Simmons da Silva LLP


Law Office of Donald Byrne


Dempsey ADR Services


 I am a licensed lawyer in Ontario. For over two decades I have been involved in countless court room disputes, mediations, pre-conference hearings and settlement conferences.I obtained my law degree from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario in 2004. Subsequently, being called to the Bar in 2005. During my early years I worked at various firms in downtown Toronto in the area of litigation.In 2010 I opened up my own law practice.  I am also completing my LLM in Dispute Resolution from Osgoode Hall.


Howard Martin Counselling and Mediation


Commercial Litigator, Self-Employed

Experienced commercial litigator in Toronto called in Ontario, Bangladesh and England and Wales.


Weiler ADR Inc.

Recognized as one of Canada's foremost commercial mediators Rick Weiler brings 28 years of experience mediating well over 4,000 cases involving a wide range of subject matter.Rick teaches Mediation at the University of Ottawa Law School where he also sponsors the Weiler ADR Prize for Mediation. He was the first Canadian mediator to be certified by the International Mediation Institute. He is the author of the Mediation Chapter inCanadian Legal Practice.Rick is a past Chair of the National ADR Section of the Canadian Bar Association and was the recipient of the 2004 Award of Excellence in ADR ...


President, Michael Patrick O'Brien Professional Corporation

Michael has worked in the labour relations field for over 30 years, occupying positions of increasing responsibility within Unions and on the management side. Commencing in March 2024, he is dedicating his practice to mediation and arbitration. Michael holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto (1996), and a Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall Law School (2012), and will complete an LL.M. in Alternative Dispute Resolution, also at Osgoode Hall Law School, in 2024. Michael was called to the Ontario Bar in 2014 and practiced labour law in Toronto for over a decade, predominantly as ...


Discrimination and Harassment Counsel


Harold Tan is a Mediator, Investigator, Adjudicator, Trainer and Humber College Faculty. He holds a LLM (Alternative Dispute Resolution) from Osgoode Law School, a Qualified Mediator (Q. Med.) designation with ADRIO/ADRIC, and a Chartered Community Mediator (CC. Med.) designation with the Ontario Community Mediation Coalition.He holds an Advanced Certificate in Peacemaking Circles (University of Waterloo), and is trained in Restorative Justice (Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General). Additionally, he holds a Certificate in Adjudication (Osgoode Law).Harold advises and trains post-secondary ...


Senior Officer, Mediation Services, Canadian Transportation Agency


Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Queen's University Faculty of Law

Dr. Joshua Karton is a Canadian academic and independent arbitrator, specializing in international arbitration and international and comparative private law. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Queen’s University Law Faculty, where he also serves as Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research. Professor Karton is an internationally recognized expert on commercial dispute resolution, especially international arbitration.Professor Karton is a co-founder and the Managing Editor of the Canadian Journal of Commercial Arbitration andGeneral Editor of Kluwer Arbitration Practical ...


Budwal CPA Professional Corporation


Diana has over 35 years of civil litigation experience, having appeared before all levels of court including the Ontario Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada. Diana has both private practise and in house government experience, most recently as the Director of Litigation for the City of Toronto.Diana’s areas of expertise include:personal injury claims, police claims, building claims, contract disputes, neighbour disputes, Occupiers’ Liability Act claims, professional liability claims. Diana has extensive practical experience acting as counsel on a broad range of civil litigation ...


Dodokin Law & Conflict Resolution

Robin Dodokin is an experienced commercial litigator, mediator and arbitrator with expertise in resolving shareholder and business partner disputes, family business disputes, insolvency issues , estate disputes and disputes involving businesses, property and assets. She offers conflict resolution, mediation and arbitration in person or on a virtual or online platform which enables mediations and arbitrations which allows proceedings to be held remotely . Robin has found that online and virtual proceedings to be very effective and particularly necessary in the current challenging times that we ...


Omar Khan Mediation Inc. | OKM Inc.


Associate Lawyer, Nussbaum Law Professional Corporation


Partner, WeirFoulds LLP


Siesde Dispute Resolution Technologies


Cudney Consulting, Coaching & Training

Neil has worked as an executive leader in the non-profit sector for over two decades. He has just recently started his own practice. His doctoral work is in leadership and organizational culture. He helps organizations and leaders to understand and engage organization value, visions, missions and core values. While in the sector, he developed and led an organizational strategy for conflict medition and resolution. He has a background in: Employee conflictChurch conflictFamily dynamics and conflictCreating and implementing organizations values, vision and missionEngaging organizational core ...


Owner, Samimian Arbitration Services

Peyman Samimian is a professiona engineer of ontario with over ten years of experience in municipal engineering with various municipalities within GTA, leading and managing development applications and capital projects, with demonstrated experience in municipal infrastructure design and approval process management, in collaboration with internal departments and external review agencies, consultants, developers and public, keeping public safety and interests paramount. His goal is to assist clients through arbitration to resolve disputes in a time/cost effective manner, or by assisting them to ...


Solutions by Indigenous Dispute Resolution


Brian Gray Law

Brian W.Gray, has practised intellectual property law for over forty years in Canada. He is a former co-chairman of the Intellectual Property and Entertainment Committee of the Intellectual Bar Association.Brian has litigated copyright, patent and trademark cases before the Federal Court in Canada. He has mediated software license, trademark, copyright and entertainment disputes and has arbitrated false advertising claims. He has particular expertise in software patents (lead counsel representing banks in the Amazon case and as intervener for insurance industry in the Benjamin Moore case).. ...


Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council

Several years experience providing leadership and strategic guidance and representation developing, implementing, managing and monitoring corporate compliance programs and working with code of conducts and ethical issues.Over 15 years experience acting as regulatory subject matter expert on behalf of regulatory bodies providing mediation, adjustication and investigation services. Currently Chair of the Discipline Committee for the Condominium Management Regulatory Authority of Ontario, Chair of the Home Construction Regulatory Authority, Committee member for the Human Resourses Professionals ...


Called to the Ontario Bar in 1979, practiced Entertainment and Media law until the end of 1989 at Goodmans and later at Gowlings. Vice President, then President of Sunrise Films from 1989 to 1993. Founded and is sole owner of Protocol Entertainment Inc. Producer and/or Executive Producer of over 600 episodes of tv drama and some of the world's most successful live-action childrens tv series as well as numerous feature films and movies of the week all of which have enjoyed worldwide distribution and success. Guest lecturer and course instructor in numerous courses relating to the business of ...


ODR & ADR Practitioner, AccFM OAFM OACP, Self Employed

Rita BurgoyneB.S.W. R.S.W., Member AFCC, OCSWSSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker,Member AFCC , OCSWSSW, OASW, Acc. FM. OAFM, Original Dispute Resolution Practitioner, ADRPractitioner George Hull FGC Coordinator, Collaborative Law Family Specialist, OACP. Licensed New Ways for Families Counsellor/Coach Rita Burgoyne is an Accredited Family Mediator, certified Family Group Conference Coordinatorand Original Dispute Resolution Practitioner. Rita Burgoyne is also a licensed Clinical SocialWorker with more than 25 years experience working with Children and Families in the MentalHealth field. She ...


Self Employed, Daniels Law Firm


ADR Chambers

Jonathan Flanders, full-time mediator and arbitrator, has mediated over 2000 cases sincehis transition from a 20-year law practice to full-time mediation,including personal injury, insurance, product liability, property damage, libel, franchise, lease, employment, professional negligence, construction, contract, environmental, estates, business and real estate disputes.EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONSJonathan is a graduate of McGill University (B.Sc., 1975;B.C.L., 1978;LL.B., 1979) and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1981.Jonathan is a member of The Law Society of Upper Canada, ...


Senior Partner, Black Sutherland LLP


Themis Law & Mediation

Joanne Roulston, Grad Diploma Conflict Resolution, MSW, Juris Doctor, RSW, is a mediator and social worker, and a former federal government executive with many years in policy, research, and project and people management, and four years as a community-based social worker.Joanne is a nationally recognized expert in family and children's policy and programs, income security, and inequality who has testified at many Parliamentary committees, and as a OECD national expert on children's programming. She has briefed the most senior federal Cabinet and Opposition members, and published extensively. ...


Fraser Arbitration and Mediation

I am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators.  I have over 25 years of experience as an arbitrator and mediator.  I have conducted arbitrated in Canada, the United States, Australia, Brazil, Grenada, Malaysia and Switzerland. 


President, Creative People Solutions

My name is Marie-Josée Smith and I describe myself as a passionate, forward thinking HR Consultant and Mediator.I am Bilingual (French & English) and possess more than 20 years of experience managing all areas of the Human Resources portfolio. I have provided Strategic Leadership in regards to implementing best practices in Talent Management, Performance Management, Succession Planning, Organizational Development, Compensation and Benefits, Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining, Employee Development, and Strategic Planning.I have a MBA from Hautes Études Commerciales of Montréal, I am ...


Managing Partner, Wasel & Wasel

Mahmoud Abuwasel is a Harvard graduate practitioner and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria with substantial experience in high-value and cross-jurisdictional disputes and focuses on international arbitration, complex litigation, and tax controversy.He has represented leading HNW investors, publicly listed companies, Government companies, large family holding companies, and multinationals in multi-billion-dollar litigation and arbitration proceedings and is regularly published and interviewed in leading news outlets.Mahmoud is an admitted lawyer in Australia, a registered legal ...


Mediator, Brown & Burnes


I am a British trained Barrister and Solicitor. I have been mediating in Ontario full-time since 2019 and officially launched my practice in 2020. My practice is predominently personal injury, commercial and insurance defence cases. I also mediate contractual disputes.   I beleive in collaborative mediation and help to facilitate effective negotiation during each session. I enjoy working with clients from a diverse backgrounds and making inclusivity my top priority. 


Halpin ADR

I have practiced commercial litigation for 37 years since my call to the bar in 1986, firstly with Blakes in Toronto then Ottawa and for the past 20 years with Norton Rose in Ottawa. Contract disputes have been the core of my practice for most of this time, although a lot of legal territory has been covered.·I have certificates from the University of Windsor Law in ADR and advanced ADR workshops and hold an Executive Certificate in Conflict Management. In terms of peer recognition, I have been recognized in BestLawyers in Canada: Corporate and commercial litigation, 2019-2023 and Canadian ...


Founder / Lawyer, Tarantino Law


Briar Rose Thom is a community worker, coach, and consultant based in Toronto (also known as tkaronto), Ontario. She also a widely published author in multiple genres under her pen name, Kai Cheng Thom. Briar is dedicated to providing compassionate, effective, and trauma-informed conflict management strategies for non-profit organizations, grassroots community groups, and social enterprises that prioritize healthy working relations and social values. Briar's work is influenced by her background in mental health and community organizing, as well as Transformative Justice and Restorative ...


Lawyer, Stephen M. Werbowyj Professional Corporation


CEO, Alzheimer Society Peel

Experienced in Elder Care and Consent and Capacity Law, Employment and Contracts issues and disputes.  Family disputes and Family Law.  Coaching and Consultation is also available regarding Board Governance, Operational Chanage Management,  Risk Management and Privacy. 


Principal Lawyer, Sookhoo Law P.C.

I obtained my undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto with an Honours BA in Political Science and Philosophy. Subsequently, I completed a Diploma and Certification at Seneca College in International Business - Import/Export Trade. I completed my LL.B. from the University of Buckingham in the United Kingdom.I founded Sookhoo Law Professional Corporation which provides services in real estate, civil litigation, immigration, corporate, wills & estates, and notary public affirmations. I have provided mediation in the areas of civil litigation, contractual disputes, estates and ...