Approved Courses
ADR Ontario's Education Committee is charged with the responsibility of approving courses that instructors, institutions and universities submit for review by ADR Ontario’s Education Committee.
The following alternate dispute resolution programs have been evaluated by the Education Committee. Completion of a total of 40 hours meets the educational criteria for membership in the Institute. For details regarding upcoming course dates, fees and locations, please see contact information in each of the listings below:
Contact us to submit your course for approval by the Institute.
Mediation
| Course: |
ADR & Advanced ADR Workshops (two 4-day programs) |
| Instructors: |
Stitt Feld Handy Group |
| Location: |
Toronto and Ottawa, Ontario (and other cities throughout Canada) |
| Contact: |
Stitt Feld Handy Group at 1-800-318-9741 or 416-307-0000 |
| Website: |
www.adr.ca |
| Course: |
ADR: Mediation & Negotiation Skills (3 or 6-day program) |
| Instructors: |
Barbara Landau, C.Med, Sy Landau and Rick Russell, C.Med |
| Location: |
Toronto and Guelph, Ontario |
| Contact: |
Mary-Anne Popescu at 1-888-595-5534 or 416-481-3651 or courses@coop-solutions.ca |
| Website: |
www.coop-solutions.ca/training.html or Conrad Grebel University College http://grebel.uwaterloo.ca/ |
| Course: |
Collaborative Conflict Resolution and Mediation Skills & Process |
| Instructor: |
Janine Higgins, LL.B., C.Med |
| Location: |
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario |
| Contact: |
Division of Continuing Education, Ph: 519-661-3658 |
| Website: |
www.uwo.ca/cstudies/courses/professional/adr/index.html |
| Course: |
Certificate in Dispute Resolution (132-hour program) |
| Instructors: |
Barbara Benoliel, BA, MBA, Ph.D.;
Desmond Ellis, Ph.D.;
Gary T. Furlong, BA, C.MED, LLM (ADR);
Elaine Newman, BA, LLB, LLM, ADR;
Richard W. Shields, LL.B., M.A., LL.M., Ph.D.,
Certified Specialist in Family Law - LSUC,
Certified Comprehensive Family Mediator - FMC,
Chartered Mediator & Chartered Arbitrator - ADRIC,
Certified Family Mediator & Certified Family Arbitrator – ADRIO,
Accredited Family Mediator - OAFM |
| Location: |
York University, Toronto, Ontario |
| Contact: |
Division of Continuing Education, Ph: 416-736-5616 |
| Website: |
www.coned.yorku.ca |
| Course: |
Conflict Theory and Introduction to Negotiation and Mediation
(Modules I and II - 4 days each module)
|
| Instructors: |
Richard Moore, LL.B., C.Arb, C.Med, Cert Med. IMI |
| Location: |
Ottawa, Ontario |
| Contact: |
Canadian International Institute of Applied Negotiation (613-237-9050 or 613-230-8671) |
| Website: |
www.ciian.org |
| Course: |
Dispute Resolution Skills: Developing Mediation Poise and Defusing Conflict Before it Escalates |
| Instructors: |
Julie Macfarlane and Bernard Mayer |
| Location: |
Queen’s University, IRC, Kingston, Ontario |
| Contact: |
Debbie Ritchie at 613-533-6628 or by email at IRC@queensu.ca |
| Website: |
www.irc.queensu.ca |
| Course: |
Family Negotiation and Mediation: Theory and Practice (40 hours) |
| Instructors: |
Hilary Linton, LL.M., Acc.FM.;
Tom Bastedo, Q.C., Ph.D., Cert.F.Arb.; Barbara Fidler, PH.D., Acc.FM. |
| Location: |
Toronto, Ontario |
| Contact: |
Riverdale Mediation: Valerie 416-593-7100, Ext. 285 |
| Website: |
www.riverdalemediation.com |
| Course: |
Fundamentals of Mediation |
| Instructor: |
Kathryn Munn, LL.B., C.Med |
| Location: |
Fanshawe College and Lambton College, London, Ontario (and other cities in Ontario) |
| Contact: |
Ms. Munn at (519) 660-1242 or kmunn@munncrs.com |
| Website: |
www.munncrs.com |
| Course: |
Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Dispute Resolution |
| Instructor: |
Desmond Ellis, Ph.D. |
| Location: |
Toronto, Ontario |
| Contact: |
Ellis at (416) 736-2100 ext. 22031 |
| Course: |
Family Mediation (A forty-hour theory and skills-based workshop) |
| Instructors: |
Richard W. Shields, LL.B, M.A., LL.M., Ph.D., Certified Specialist in Family Law - LSUC, Certified Comprehensive Family Mediator - FMC, Chartered Mediator & Chartered Arbitrator - ADRIC, Certified Family Mediator & Certified Family Arbitrator - ADRIO, Accredited Family Mediator - OAFM |
| Location: |
Hamilton and elsewhere in Ontario on request |
| Contact: |
Richard W. Shields 905-648-5903; email: richardshields@bellnet.ca |
| Website: |
www.familydisputeresolution.com |
| Course: |
Family Mediation & Domestic Violence (49 hours, 7-day program) |
| Instructor: |
Barbara Landau, C.Med |
| Location: |
Toronto, Ontario |
| Contact: |
Mary-Anne Popescu at Cooperative Solutions at 416-481-3651 or courses@coop-solutions.ca |
| Website: |
www.coop-solutions.ca/training.html |
| Course: |
Mediation & ADR Training |
| Instructors: |
Gary Furlong, C.Med |
| Location: |
Industrial Relations Centre, Queen’s University |
| Contact: |
Queen’s University at 613-533-6628 or by email at ircentre@post.queensu.ca |
| Website: |
www.industrialrelationscentre.com/ |
| Course: |
Mediation - Alternative Dispute Resolution (600 hours-eight month
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Graduate Certificate Program |
| Instructor: |
Durham College - School of Justice & Emergency Services Faculty |
| Location: |
Oshawa, Ontario |
| Contact: |
Virginia E. Harwood, B.Ed., Q.Med, professor and program coordinator, Tel: 905-721-2000 ext 7386; email: virginia.harwood@durhamcollege.ca |
| Website: |
http://www.durhamcollege.ca/programs/mediation-alternative-dispute-resolution/ |
Arbitration
| Course: |
Comprehensive Arbitration Training |
| Instructor: |
Murray H. Miskin, LL.B. |
| Location: |
Toronto, Ontario |
| Contact: |
416-492-0989, 905-428-8000 or by email at murray@adrworks.ca |
| Website: |
www.adrworks.ca |
| Course: |
Fundamentals of Arbitration |
| Instructor: |
Richard Beifuss, P.Eng., C.Arb |
| Location: |
Various |
| Contact: |
Dr. Beifuss at 905-994-7319 or doctorrichardbeifuss@yahoo.com |
| Course: |
Correspondence Course in Arbitration |
| Location: |
Available anywhere in Canada |
| Contact: |
ADR Institute of Canada, Inc. at 416-487-4733 or admin@adrcanada.ca |
| Website: |
www.adrcanada.ca/essentials.html |
| Course: |
Family Arbitration (
A forty-hour theory and skills-based workshop) |
| Instructors: |
Richard W. Shields, LL.B, M.A., LL.M., Ph.D., Certified Specialist in Family Law - LSUC, Certified Comprehensive Family Mediator - FMC, Chartered Mediator & Chartered Arbitrator - ADRIC, Certified Family Mediator & Certified Family Arbitrator - ADRIO, Accredited Family Mediator - OAFM |
| Location: |
Hamilton and elsewhere in Ontario on request |
| Contact: |
Richard W. Shields, (905) 648-5903, email richardshields@bellnet.ca |
| Website: |
www.familydisputeresolution.com |
(Effective: Fall 2011)
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