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Special Skills or Services:
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Mediator in commercial, family and child protection mediations since 1993. Former Executive Director of a Family, Marriage and Personal Counselling Agency. Former shift supervisor at a Juvenile Detention Unity facility. Former worker and director of a drop-in centre and street program directed at First Nations 13 - 18 year olds. Former worker with emotional disturbed children in residential settings. Experience with the measurement of medical problems by multi-disciplinary professionals in personal injury cases involving children. Former full time Special Police Constable. Lawyer with twenty-one years experience with civil, criminal, and administrative law matters. Committee Member, Law Society of B.C. Family Law Mediation Subcommittee. Practice Advisor to Practising Mediators, Canadian Bar Association.
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Year Began Mediating:
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1993
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Areas of Practice Experience:
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Abuse/Neglect Issues, Child Custody/Guardianship/Access, Domestic Violence, Drug and Alcohol Addiction Issues, Immigration/Settlement Issues, International/Refugee, Intra-Family Conflict, Managing Power Imbalances, Mental Health Issues, Parenting Plan Issues, Permanency Planning, Plan of Care, Special Needs Adults, Special Needs Children, Youth Issues
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Cultural Diversity Experience:
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African (Sub Saharan)
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Mediator's Comments:
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I am a lawyer and a mediator who provides mediation in child protection, commercial and family matters. I hold the Certificate in Conflict Resolution from the Justice Institute of British Columbia and instruct mediation with the Continuing Legal Education Society of B.C. and the Justice Institute of British Columbia. I graduated from the University of Victoria Law School in 1983 where I served as student President. My former career was in counselling and social service administration and I hold a degree in Psychology. I bring to mediation a unique mix of experience from my work as the Director of a crisis line, a marriage counsellor, a street youth worker, a police constable, a juvenile detention unit supervisor, and twenty-one years at the Bar.
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