Bi-Annual Update on IPV and Power Imbalance Screening for Parenting Coordinators & Family Arbitrators

Raheena is a family law and community mediator in Toronto, Canada; a Professor of Alternative Dispute Resolution at Humber College; and a faculty member of family law mediation programs at various institutions in Canada. Her academic focus is split into three streams: (1) the application of interpersonal neurobiology principles to the practice mediation, including trauma-informed and attachment-informed mediation; (2) culture and conflict in an algorithmic society; and (3) risk assessment and the mitigation of violence in interpersonal conflict.

She is a lawyer in Ontario, and an unregistered Barrister in England and Wales. Raheena is accredited as a mediator by multiple institutions internationally. Currently, she is serving her fifth term as an Executive Board Director of the Ontario Bar Association’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Section; and her first term as a global mediation trainer for the Aga Khan International Conciliation and Arbitration Board.

Raheena served four terms as a Board Director for the Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario, a family mediation accrediting body, where she founded the Family Violence Section and served as the inaugural Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Raheena is an avid yoga practitioner and a certified yoga teacher.

Hayley is an Accredited Family Mediator and holds a Ph.D. in Religion, Ethics, and Public Life from Northwestern University (Chicago). She mediates parenting and custody disputes with mediate393, both off- and on-site. She is the principal at Hayley Glaholt Mediation, and her private practice focuses on conflicts brought about by cultural or religious difference.

Hayley is a member of the Ontario Association of Family Mediation (OAFM) and the ADR Institute of Ontario (ADRIO) in good standing. Hayley is also the co-founder and Executive Director of Link Toronto, a non-profit dedicated to educating the public about the link between domestic violence, child abuse, animal abuse, and elder abuse.

Clayton practices exclusively in the area of Family Law.  Mr. Spencer was called to the bar in 1998, and has provided Family Law services to the residents of Durham Region since that time.  Mr. Spencer provides a broad range of Family Law services, including divorce, custody and access, child and spousal support, property division, child protection, and collaborative services.  Mr. Spencer is also a trained arbitrator, and his arbitration servicesare available to help you resolve your Family Law disputes.

Mr. Spencer obtained his Level II Collaborative Team training in 2007.  Mr. Spencer strongly believes that the collaborative process produces better results and more cost-efficient outcomes for those who are separating from their spouses than traditional litigation.  Mr. Spencer encourages the use of alternate dispute resolution, where appropriate.

Mr. Spencer is also an experienced Family Court litigator.  Mr. Spencer is respected by his peers, and was appointed a Family Court Dispute Resolution Officer when that program was introduced to Durham Region in 2011.

Judith M. Nicoll is a partner in the firm of McInnis & Nicoll. She was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1984 and practises exclusively in the area of family law. Judith also conducts mediations and arbitrations in family law matters. She has chaired and participated in programs for Osgoode Professional Development, the Law Society of Ontario, the Advocates’ Society, the Canadian Bar Association-Ontario, the American Bar Association and the International Bar Association, including writing many articles in the area of family law, mediation and arbitration.

Judith has trained in intimate partner violence screening and power imbalances since 2008, and has mediation training through Pepperdine School of Law. She was a Dispute Resolution Officer of the Superior Court of Justice, from 1996 to 2016, having been appointed in the first tranche of appointees in 1996. Judith was a member of the Senior Regional Justice’s Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Family Law from 1996-2001and has addressed groups on issues relating to mediation, arbitration and parenting coordination since 2003.

Cheryl is certified as a Specialist in Family Law by the Law Society of Upper Canada and has practiced exclusively in the area of family law for more than 30 years. She specializes in negotiating complex agreements encompassing all areas of family law and litigates at all levels of courts in Ontario including the Court of Appeal. Recently, Cheryl and her team appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada.

Cheryl is an accomplished OAFM accredited family mediator and a certified family law arbitrator by the ADR Institute of Ontario. She is also a fellow with the International Academy of Family Lawyers.

Cheryl is the Chair of the Dispute Resolution Officer Committee in Toronto and has worked as a Dispute Resolution Officer at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice since its inception more than 20 years ago. She is a member of the Bench and Bar Committee of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Toronto) and was a director of the Board of the Advocates’ Society. She has served as the Chair of the Ontario Bar Association, Family Law Executive, and a member of the Canadian Bar Association (Federal), Family Law Executive.

Cheryl is a past member of the Panel of the Children’s Lawyer of Ontario, representing children in custody, access and child protection cases. She was a family law instructor for the Bar Admission Course of the Law Society of Upper Canada and is a very frequent lecturer on various topics in family law. Over her years of practice, Cheryl has written numerous articles for the Bar Admission Course, professional journals, periodicals and magazines.

Cheryl is the only family lawyer in Ontario to be awarded the Lexpert Zenith Award. She was certified as a “Best Lawyer in Canada” for family law since 2008. In 2016, Cheryl was awarded the OBA Award for Excellence in Family Law.