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B.C. Mediator Roster Established

The B.C. Mediator Roster was established in 1998 to provide judges, lawyers and members of the public with a central and readily accessible list of trained and experienced mediators who subscribe to a code of mediation conduct. Originally established to support the use of mediation for civil, non-family cases in the Supreme Court, a family roster was established in 2002.

The roster provides a way to:

• organize and distribute reliable information about mediators,
• facilitate access to mediators,
• create a provincial standard for acceptable levels of mediator training and experience, and
• ensure that mediators on the roster meet these standards.

The roster is maintained by a nonprofit organization, the B.C. Mediator Roster Society, which is governed by volunteer directors drawn from senior mediation practitioners, mediator trainers, the judiciary, the bar and the Ministry of Attorney General. In 2004 the Child Protection Mediation Program Roster became affiliated with the Society.

The roster plays an important role under the notice to mediate regulations. Where the parties are unable to agree on the selection of a mediator, any party may apply to the BC Mediator Roster Society for appointment of a mediator.

For more information about the BC Mediator Roster, including criteria for admission to the civil and family rosters, go to the Roster Society website.