Mediate BC

From May 1, 2011 - May 15, 2012, Mediate BC offered a "distance family mediation" service to British Columbian families through a Law Foundation funded, time-limited project called the Distance Family Mediation Project. The Project was aimed at helping people undergoing separation or divorce who find it difficult to talk to each other in person bec... ause of distance or conflict between them. While distance mediations are no longer being offered under the Project, you can obtain them directly from the Project's private practice family mediators, as well as through select Family Justice Centres. You can find more information about the availability of the service in the Distance Family Mediation blog's final post. The Project's mediations were held "from a distance" by a specially trained group of family mediators. Unlike traditional face-to-face mediations, the distance mediations were conducted using today's communication technologies. The technologies used in the mediations were the one that best suited the people involved. Technologies available to clients included telephone, email, web conferencing, computer videoconferencing and online platforms dedicated to mediation. A key goal of the service was to make family mediation affordable and available to all British Columbians, regardless of their income or location.Read More