Screening for Power Imbalances Including Intimate Partner Violence

Borzou is a family lawyer and Accredited Family Mediator with the Ontario Association of Family Mediation (OAFM) and the Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario (FDRIO). His academic background includes a B.A. in Psychology from York University and a law degree from Osgoode Hall.

In his law practice, B. Tabrizi Law, Borzou specializes in the negotiation of all family law-related issues with a strong focus on out-of-court settlement. He was called to the Bar in 2015, and he has also practiced as an accredited family mediator since then.

Borzou also practices as a mediator with Toronto Family Mediation Services (mediate393 inc.) which includes work as an onsite mediator at the Toronto Ontario Courts of Justice and the Toronto Superior Court of Justice. He is a mediation coach for York University’s Certificate in Family Mediation program.

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.

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.

Lindsay is an Accredited Family Mediator with degrees from the University of London, King’s College (LL.M), University of Leeds (LL.B) and University of Western Ontario (BA). She lived in Montreal, Vancouver, the UK, and Asia before making Toronto her home. Prior to her mediation career, Lindsay’s diverse professional background included the investment business, intellectual property law and the not-for-profit sector.

Lindsay has also undertaken many volunteer roles within her children’s schools and community associations. Together, this has culminated in a broad, open and unique perspective in her role as a mediator. She encourages self-determination, honours being heard, and facilitates participation and dialogue through non-judgment.