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Improving Justice For Children And Families
December 17, 2010
McGuinty Government Reforms Family Justice For Ontarians
Ontario is strengthening and improving access to justice by making the family courts easier to use, more focused and more affordable.
Improvements to family justice will:
• Provide more information to families up front about the steps they need to take and the impact on children when relationships break down;
• Enhance opportunities to identify issues, ensure early disclosure and provide community referrals to better support families in reaching resolutions;
• Improve access to legal advice as well as less adversarial means of resolving issues such as mediation and collaborative family law; and,
• Streamline and simplify the steps involved for those cases that must go to court.
Family justice partners in two courts in Brampton and Milton will be the first to improve access to family justice and will develop initiatives to help reduce the stress on families and the time necessary to reach decision points in their family courts.
ADR Opportunities
Mediation Support Officer, Organization of American States
March 5, 2010 -
This mid-level (P-03) position will focus on strengthening and promoting the OAS’ mediation support capacity. Main responsibilities will include documenting lessons learned, developing policies, strategies, and training resources, building networks with other multilateral and donor organizations working on mediation, and holding at least three regional workshops on mediation issues. The Officer will also work directly on specific mediation support activities with existing OAS Special Missions in the hemisphere.
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