We're excited to let you know that registration for Vancestock XII is now open. Vancestock XII is a special musical event and annual fundraiser for Trails Youth Initiatives. We ask that you take a moment to add Friday, September 29, 2023 to your calendars and save the date for...
Please Update Your Records Over the past year, we have been busy evaluating our technology, systems and processes in order to better serve our clients. While many of our upgrades will not affect our clients, please note the following changes. We ask that you kindly update your...
CMI mediator Jonathan T. Cooper’s article, Mediation For Claims Professionals - Part 2, was featured in WP Magazine’s March 2022 issue. In part 1 this article, Jon shared some tips and insights on preparing for a mediation. In this final part, he would like to give...
CMI mediator Jonathan T. Cooper’s article, Mediation For Claims Professionals, was featured in WP Magazine’s February 2022 issue. Jon provides tips and insights to help insurance professionals make the most out of the mediation process. He delves into recurring and challenging issues that insurance professionals...
Cooper Mediation is pleased to announce that mediator Jonathan Cooper has been inducted to the Ontario Chapter of the Canadian Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (CADN). Jon was welcomed to the CADN following a peer-vote review and completion of due diligence client interviews. CADN is an organization...
The mediators at Cooper Mediation are pleased to announce their sponsorship of the Blues and Roots Radio's International Song Contest (Male, Female, and Duo/Group) again this year. In its fourth year, this song contest aims to inspire artists to excel in the art of song craft....
Congratulations to Logan Cooper, an intermediate mediator with Cooper Mediation and singer/songwriter, who recently performed in Hillcrest Village Community Players’ production of Anne of Green Gables: The Musical, which Cooper Mediation sponsored. Logan played Mrs. MacPherson, the newest addition to the town gossip group, The...
[ Download PDF ] Is there such a thing as too much of a good thing when it comes to mediation? In January 1999, the Ontario Mandatory Mediation Program was launched in certain judicial venues (Toronto, Windsor and Ottawa). Initially, this program/process may have lived up...
Skip the origins and read more about Vancestock X here. HOW IT ALL STARTED Think back to the mid-1980s – if you’re old enough to remember them. Michael Jackson moonwalked his way into superstardom, the Breakfast Club taught kids everywhere that serving detention could give you a...
[ View PDF Version ] In mid-March, 2020, Canadian life as we knew it changed very dramatically. Mediation was able to continue by reason of the collective will of government, the judiciary and, most of all, lawyers and litigants. Initially, there was an optimistic view that mediations...