Conflict at the end-of-life, particularly between families and health-care providers, involves many complex factors; differing opinions surrounding a patient’s prognosis, cultural differences, moral values, and religious beliefs, associated costs, internal family dynamics, and of course, legal ramifications.

How does the consensual dispute resolution community provide meaningful pro-bono services to those who cannot afford to pay for legal services? This is the question that the BC Collaborative Roster Society has addressed in creating the Collaborative Roster Pro Bono Project.

On October 15, 2016 the CBA ADR Section Executive held a joint executive meeting with the ADR Institute of Canada. In advance of our joint meeting, I was invited to speak to the ADRIC delegates at their breakfast about the Canadian Bar Association and the role of the ADR Section.

It is not often that our courts consider mediation issues, which makes the recent decision in Dimopoulos v Mustafa, 2016 ONSC 4119 noteworthy.

A report on the 18th Annual American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution Conference in New York.

One of the hats that ADR practitioners are likely to be wearing these days is that of coach, and indeed many workplaces around the continent are adopting coaching as a skill set they want their managers or HR staff to have.

Paul Denis Godin, a mediator with ADR Chambers/Stitt Feld Handy Group, writes about the challenges of using mediation and arbitration to resolve disputes in high-performance sports. The secret to success is being able to adapt to and deal with the peculiar challenges involved.

St. Stephen’s Community House, Conflict Resolution & Training service celebrated its 30th anniversary at the Old City Hall courthouse in Toronto in April with Premier Kathleen Wynne, a former volunteer community mediator and professional associate, as the keynote speaker.

Section Chair Susan Gordon talks about what the members have been doing and about priorities for the Section, including ongoing education opportunities.