By Behnam Nadimfard As I began my first week as a Research Assistant/Case Worker with the Winkler Institution at Osgoode, I took it upon myself to learn as much as possible about mediation. In doing so, I had the privilege of attending the “Applying Findings from Neuroscience to Community Mediation” webinar/workshop. In this webinar, Tim […]
By Nyasha Size Working with The Winkler Institute as a PBSC volunteer has been an experience of a lifetime, I feel privileged to have been chosen to be part of the team. It has also been a humbling experience, coming from an Alternative Dispute Resolution background I assumed that I knew a fair amount about […]
By Braelyn Rumble My placement with the Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution in partnership with Pro Bono Students Canada has been one of the most informative experiences that I have had in my first year of law school. Upon my first meeting with Jean-Paul, the program supervisor, Jean-Paul made a joke about how “mediation” typically […]
By Rachelle Paquet and members of the Osgoode Mediation Clinic This is a blog review of a few of the usual advocacy events that were transitioned from in-person to online over the last year, due to the unusual and unprecedented circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dentons Cup The Osgoode Advocacy Society (OAS), formerly the Osgoode […]
By Shaun Odes ADR has often been championed as a tool for enhancing access to justice; however, the recent necessity of pivoting towards online forums has accidentally enhanced access to justice in ways we have never seen. While the COVID-19 pandemic was the root cause of this transition, OADRs benefits will likely lead to its […]
By Mihail Salariu People usually turn to the courts because they need a conflict resolved. A common scenario is one where a party has a complaint against another and their demand is resisted by arguing for something different, counter-claiming, or silence. If the dispute is over a matter that affects the public interest, like environmental […]
