Our minds can play some pretty neat tricks on us. For example, are you able to raed tihs setnence? If you are, your mind likely used the context of the first and last letters in words to automatically and subconsciously jump to conclusions about what...
“Read the room!” Have you ever heard that phrase? When you enter a space, even without hearing a single word spoken, most people will get a sense of what people are feeling just by surveying the faces and body language of people present. It’s a good...
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...
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...
I like to think of a mediation as planning a trip to Settlement-ville. Unless one or more parties are absolutely set on going to Trial-town instead, the people at a mediation are generally interested in finding a way to a mutually agreeable destination - even...
There’s a joke among politicians in Canadian parliaments: “It’s called Question Period, not Answer Period.” Every day during Question Period, members of cabinet are called by the Speaker to respond to questions posed by members of the opposition or backbenchers. Whether what comes out of their...
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...
“Ahhhh, that’s a nice round number.” How often have you heard that phrase? People tend to like the simplicity of round numbers (ending in zero or five). It certainly makes mental math a lot easier. You might think this preference for round numbers would hold true for...
[ 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...