Welcome to RIVERDALE MEDIATION
Our mission is to provide high-quality mediation, arbitration, parenting coordination, and training services.
Our professionally accredited mediators have legal or social work backgrounds. We work closely with lawyers, clients and other professionals to create effective conflict resolution processes. We help resolve the most challenging cases. And our training and consulting work is internationally acclaimed. We provide professionals with excellent learning and accreditation credentials.
 Hilary Linton  Elizabeth Hyde  Jared Norton Our Dispute Resolution Services
We provide family and civil mediation, parenting coordination, and family mediation-arbitration. Our work is mostly referred by lawyers, and we are respected for our effective mediations with clients alone. We work closely with our clients, their lawyers and other professionals to provide the right process, done the right way. We keep costs down, without sacrificing experience, professionalism, satisfaction or quality outcomes.
Our Training Services
We offer a highly respected series of Core Workshops for family and collaborative lawyers, mental health professionals, arbitrators, paraglegals, educators, business leaders and others. Designed to equip participants to gain mediation designations, our courses provide the theory, skills and experience required for effective conflict resolution. We follow up with a comprehensive internship program.
Custom Training
We have designed and delivered custom conflict resolution workshops across Canada and in the UK. We will create training for groups as small as ten, designed to meet the needs of an organization or group of professionals. We focus on meaningful theory and effective skills — in negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and restorative justice — and address the difficult issues of power, gender, cultural difference, violence and mental illness, among others.
Our commitment to high standards and constant improvement is evident in all we do. We hope you enjoy our site.
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Upcoming COURSES
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F A L L
September 6 & 7 / 8, 2017
Family Relations (14 / 20 Hours)
September 18 & 19, 2017
Basic Parenting Coordination (14 Hours)
This course has been accredited for 0.75 Professionalism Hours, and is eligible for up to 12 hours of Substantive Content.
September 25, 26 & 27 / 28, 2017*
Family Law (21/30 Hours)
This program is not accredited for Professionalism Hours. However, it is eligible for 26 hours of Substantive Content.
October 16, 17 & 18, 2017*
Screening for Power Imbalances Including Family Violence (21 Hours)
This course has been accredited for 4.75 Professionalism Hours and is eligible for up to 16.25 hours of Substantive Content.
October 25, 26, 27, 30-31, 2017
Family Arbitration Law & Skills (40 Hours)
This course has been accredited for 5 Professionalism Hours, and is eligible for up to 35 hours of Substantive Content.
November 28, 29 & 30, 2017
Advanced Family Mediation/Practicum (21 Hours)
This program had been accredited for 4.5 Professionalism Hours for experienced members and is eligible for up to 17 hours of Substantive Content.
December 4 & 5, 2017
Advanced Parenting Coordination (Practicum) (14 Hours)
This course has been accredited for 4.75 Professionalism Hours, and is eligible for up to 8.25 hours of Substantive Content.
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W I N T E R & S P R I N G
January 23, 24 & 25 / 26, 2018*
Family Law (21/30 Hours)
This program is not accredited for Professionalism Hours. However, it is eligible for 26 hours of Substantive Content.
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February 21, 22, 23, 26 & 27, 2018
Civil Mediation Training (40 Hours)
* CPD Pending *
March 19, 20 & 21, 2018*
Screening for Power Imbalances Including Family Violence (21 Hours)
This course has been accredited for 4.75 Professionalism Hours and is eligible for up to 16.25 hours of Substantive Content.
April 16, 2018
10-Hour Update
on Identifying, Assessing and Managing Power Imbalances and Risk in FDR
This program has been accredited for 3.0 Professionalism Hours and is eligible for up to 7.0 hours of Substantive Content.
May 10, 11, 14, 15 & 16, 2018*
Basic Family Mediation: Theory & Skills (40 Hours)
* CPD Pending *
September 13, 14 & 15, 2018*
Advanced Family Mediation: Theory & Skills (21 Hours)
* CPD Pending *
November 14, 15 & 16, 2018
Family Mediation Practicum (21 Hours)
This program had been accredited for 4.5 Professionalism Hours for experienced members and is eligible for up to 17 hours of Substantive Content.
Our Training Booklet contains detailed information on all courses offered! Information on course content and available packages. Click the image above to view/download file.
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From the BLOG
The ‘P’s of Mediation, Negotiation, Arbitration and Collaborative Law
August 21, 2017
“There are so many divorce options: litigation, mediation, negotiation, collaborative law. How do I decide which is best for me?”… Continue Reading The ‘P’s of Mediation, Negotiation, Arbitration and Collaborative Law
How Can I (and My Lawyer) Help Prepare for Mediation?
August 15, 2017
Often clients starting mediation do not realize that they are beginning a negotiation. Many have no experience in negotiation and… Continue Reading How Can I (and My Lawyer) Help Prepare for Mediation?
Overview of Family Relations (3 of 3)
July 27, 2017
A mediator’s tool kit is made up of many things. How we ask questions, the language we use, and how… Continue Reading Overview of Family Relations (3 of 3)
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What’s New at RIVERDALE
- Our Family Mediation Information Night is always a popular event! We hope you will consider attending our next one, Thursday November 30th, where you will hear from representatives from FDRIO, ADRIO and FMC about how to become a certified or accredited family mediator; Learn about training options and internships… and more. For more informaiton, please view the event page.
- mediate393 inc. is currently seeking qualified professionals for the role of Information Referral Coordinator (IRC), and accredited or certified family mediators, to work in Toronto’s courts. Please view flyer for more details
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Featured ARTICLES
- Duty of Care for Family Dispute Resolution Professionals, Mary Jo Franchi-Rothecker, Accendus Group Newsletter # 3, June 2016
- Encourage Young Aspiring Family Mediators to Enter the Field: Their Careers, Your Business, and Our Profession Will Benefit, Michael Aurit, November 2015
- Newsletter: Better Justice Together (Update), Ministry of the Attorney General, December 2015
- Ontario Premier Kicks Off Family Dispute Resolution Week, Financial Post, November 2015
- Family Dispute Resolution Brings Changing Needs in the Profession Hilary Linton, September 2015
- Newsletter: Better Justice Together, Ministry of the Attorney General, June 2015
- Newsletter: Family Law Association (FLA), June 2015
- How to be a Better Divorced Parent Erin Silver, April 2015
- New Board Member Interviews Hilary Linton, 2014
- Are We Ready for Med-Arb? Felicity Shedden, 2014
- Identifying, Assessing and Managing Power Imbalances Hilary Linton, 2014
- Should we mediate cases involving domestic violence? Ashley E. Lowe & Nina Dodge Abrams, 2011
- The naked and the dead end: Training in screening for power imbalances James Pirrie, UK Lawyer, 2012
- Informed Choices in Parenting Coordination: Ten Reasons for Parenting Coordination to Not (Necessarily) Provide Reports to the Court
Hilary Linton, 2012
- Western Law Notes: E-newsletter for alumni, students and friends of Western Law | Spring 2012
- Preparation for Mediation: For both Lawyers and Clients
Andrea Himel, 2011
- Screening for Power Imbalances in Family Law Cases
Hilary Linton, 2012
- The Power of Apologies in Family Mediation
Elizabeth Hyde, 2011
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