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Happy Holiday and a Successful New Year! Paul M. Iacono, Q.C., President, is pleased to announce our new panelist, JOHN BEAUCAGE, who joins our outstanding group of Alternative Dispute Resolution specialists. New published article posted to Articles page, "Opening the Door to Resolution: How does ADR Facilitate the Resolution of Property Losses" by Peter R. Braund, B.A. (Hons.), LL.B., LL.M. To schedule a mediation, arbitration or appraisal, please telephone our ADR Coordinator, Stephanie Ortega, at 416-866-2400 or e-mail at adradmin@yorkstreet.ca. View full Bio's for all YorkStreet mediators on Panelist page of this web site. |
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A.D.R. Institute of Canada
The ADR Institute of Canada (ADR Canada) provides national leadership in the development and promotion of dispute resolution services in Canada. In concert with our seven regional affiliates, we represent and support professionals who provide dispute resolution services and the individuals and organizations that use those services
ADRWeb.ca
Lynn Bevan, a lawyer and Chartered Mediator based in Toronto, Ontario, was the founder of ADR Web Inc. and was its first President. The Company was incorporated January 2004 to provide information about and availability of qualified dispute resolution professionals.
Canadian Bar Association
The Canadian Bar Association is a professional, voluntary organization which was formed in 1896, and incorporated by a Special Act of Parliament on April 15, 1921. Today, the Association represents some 38,000 lawyers, judges, notaries, law teachers, and law students from across Canada.
Canadian Independent Adjusters Association
Represent the collective interests of independent adjusters to government, industry and the public on a provincial, regional and national level. Provide members with continuing training, education and professional development opportunities. Develop and maintain the highest standards of professionalism through a defined code of ethics and fair practice policies.
Canadian Institute of Underwriters
Canadian Institute of Underwriters is a long-standing insurance industry based association dedicated to the exchange of ideas on the current issues and challenges that our CIU members face in the field of underwriting. The annual agenda of the CIU moves forward through the efforts and dedication of the CIU Executive, a committee formed by peers of the underwriting profession, who have committed to bringing industry colleagues the latest in educational and networking opportunities. Advancement through professionalism is foremost in all association activities.
Canadian Insurance Claims Management Association
The Canadian Insurance Claims Manager Association( CICMA) was first established in 1952.
Canadian Life & Health Insurance Association (CHLIA)
The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA), established in 1894, is a voluntary trade association that represents the collective interests of its member life and health insurers. The Association's membership accounts for 99 per cent of the life and health insurance in force in Canada and administers about two-thirds of Canada's pension plans.
Conflict Resolution Network Canada
For almost 20 years Conflict Resolution Network Canada has helped people find constructive ways through conflict by encouraging the use of peaceful processes in everyday life. CR Network develops, promotes and extends the use of conflict resolution and restorative justice processes such as negotiation, mediation, consensus building and peacemaking circles.
Financial Services Commission of Ontario
The Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) was created on July 1, 1998, as an arm's-length agency of the Ministry of Finance. FSCO integrates the operations of the former Ontario Insurance Commission, Pension Commission of Ontario, and Deposit Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance. FSCO comprises three key parts: the Commission; the Financial Services Tribunal (Tribunal); and the Superintendent and Staff.
General Insurance Ombudsman
Is there any situation more frustrating to a consumer than when their product or service related complaint goes unheard? Or when there doesn’t appear to be a logical process by which their problem can be resolved?
For Canadian consumers of home, automobile and business insurance, there is an alternative. The General Insurance OmbudService (GIO) is an independent dispute resolution service that is responsive, thorough and focused on the successful resolution of consumer complaints.
Health Canada
Health Canada is the Federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health, while respecting individual choices and circumstances.
Health Canada believes that prevention and health promotion can hold health care costs down and improve quality of life in the long term. To this end, the Department is committed to meeting the challenges of tomorrow by supporting research and fostering partnerships with researchers across the country and the world.
Human Rights Commission
Ontario's Human Rights Code, the first in Canada, was enacted in 1962. The Code protects people in Ontario against discrimination in employment, accommodation, goods, services and facilities, and membership in vocational associations and trade unions.
Insurance Brokers Association of Canada
The Insurance Brokers Association of Canada (IBAC) is the national voice of p&c insurance brokers and an advocate for insurance consumers. IBAC represents their interests to the government of Canada.
The Insurance Brokers Association of Canada works to elevate the status of insurance brokers through professional development and by establishing improved standards of qualification and ethical practice. It maintains licensing courses and education programs for brokers.
Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario
The Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) is a voluntary membership organization serving the interests of more than 10,000 independent insurance brokers across the Province of Ontario. Working together, we are able to build and maintain a business environment that allows individual brokerages to thrive.
Insurance Bureau of Canada
Established in 1964, Insurance Bureau of Canada is the national industry association representing Canada’s private home, car and business insurers. Our member companies represent nearly 95% of the property and casualty insurance market in Canada, an industry that employs over 110,000 Canadians, pays more than $6 billion in taxes to the federal and provincial governments and has a total premium base of $38 billion, approximately half of which is derived from automobile insurance.
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is an independent, nonprofit, scientific, and educational organization dedicated to reducing the losses — deaths, injuries, and property damage — from crashes on the nation's highways.
The Highway Loss Data Institute shares and supports this mission through scientific studies of insurance data representing the human and economic losses resulting from the ownership and operation of different types of vehicles and by publishing insurance loss results by vehicle make and model.
International Academy of Mediators
The mission of the International Academy of Mediators is to define standards and qualifications for the professional mediator of commercial disputes and to promote the mediation process as the preferred means of resolving disputes.
The Academy fosters the highest standards of integrity and competence in the mediation of commercial disputes. Promoting the study and understanding of the mediation process, and educating the public, courts and legislative bodies on effective and appropriate uses of mediation are at the core of IAM's mission. The Academy also encourages friendly association among the members of the profession and cooperation with other organizations, institutions and societies interested in mediation.
Network Reporting & Mediation
Network Court reporting has been providing court reporting and mediation services for over 20 years. Their attention to detail has made them one of Canada’s leading providers of court reporting services.
Ontario Insurance Adjusters Association
The Ontario Insurance Adjusters Association was founded in 1930 and is a non- profit association that promotes and maintains a high standard of ethics in the business of insurance claims adjusting. They provide opportunities for establishing and maintaining contacts among fellow members and industry stakeholders.
Ontario Trial Lawyers Association
The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) was founded in 1991 in response to an overwhelming need in Ontario for an organization of lawyers acting for plaintiffs. OTLA has over 1190 members and is comprised of plaintiffs' lawyers from Ontario, out-of-province members from New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, along with the United States. OTLA also has a strong core of law clerks, articling students and law students.
Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario
The Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario (RIBO) is the self-regulatory body for insurance brokers in Ontario. Established in October 1981, RIBO regulates the licensing, professional competence, ethical conduct, and insurance related financial obligations of all independent general insurance brokers in the province.
Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the practice of risk management. Founded in 1950, RIMS represents more than 4,000 industrial, service, nonprofit, charitable and governmental entities. The Society serves more than 10,500 risk management professionals around the world.
The Advocates' Society
The Advocates' Society was established on November 20, 1963,fulfilling the hopes of the founders for an organization what would support the special needs and interests of counsel.
The Canadian Defence Lawyers
We are the only national organization representing the interests of civil defence lawyers. With members from coast to coast we offer unparalleled opportunities to unite the defence bar over common issues.
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) provides users with the confidence that its members have a globally recognised, assured level of training and experience. Practitioners aspire to achieve the highest attainable CIArb qualifications and users demand that their professional advisors demonstrate a comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of the field.
Founded in 1915 and now with 11,000 members across more than 100 countries, the CIArb is a centre of excellence for the global promotion, facilitation and development of all forms of dispute resolution. The Institute is a not-for-profit, UK registered charity working in the public interest through an international network of more than 30 Branches and Chapters.
The Insurance Institute of Canada
The Insurance Institute, with its network of 21 provincial Institutes and local Chapters, is the educational arm of the property and casualty insurance industry, representing 35,000 individuals across Canada. Of those members, 20,000 are students and more than 15,000 are graduates who have earned the Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) designation or Fellow Chartered Insurance Professional (FCIP) designation. We have been educating the industry since 1899.
The Law Society of Upper Canada
The Law Society of Upper Canada governs legal services providers in the public interest by ensuring that the people of Ontario are served by lawyers and paralegals who meet high standards of learning, competence and professional conduct.
Workers Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB)
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) promotes workplace health and safety, and provides a workers compensation system for the employers and workers of Ontario. There is extensive information on this site about prevention, forms, health issues, return to work programs, and links to other health and safety organizations.