Mina is a Toronto-based mediator and global peacebuilder. She is active with international mediation efforts, including capacity and skills building, and advocacy for mediation in United Nation contexts. She is the Chair of the Women in Mediation for Mediators Beyond Borders International and is a faculty member of the International Peace Training Institute (IPTI) of MBBI, and occasional faculty member at Osgoode Hall Law School Professional Development, Riverdale Mediation and York Mediation Training Institute for Conflict Resolution.   Mina is an experienced mediator, with 15 years of full-time experience in mediation.  She is the Principal Mediator and CEO of York Mediation, GTA Center for Mediation and Mediation Training (workplace, human rights, commercial and family) and has significant experience with court connected mediation services in the Greater Toronto Area. She acts as a specialized consultant for workplace dispute resolution policies and processes, mediation process design including financial modeling for professional services and diversity and inclusion in ADR.  

Practice Areas 

  • Mediation and Dispute Resolution Process Design
  • Mediation and conflict resolution training
  • Financial modeling for consultancy services- ADR
  • Inclusion and diversity in ADR
  • Court connected mediation:   Consultancy in program design, implementation and measurement
  • Mediation of disputes or issues:   Workplace, family, commercial and human rights
  • Ethics in Mediation

Qualifications 

  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Dispute Resolution, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada
  • Bachelor of Commerce, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
  • Accredited Family Mediator

Experience 

  • Managing Director, York Mediation, Jan 2006 – Present
  • Mediation Consultant, Chair- Women in Mediation: United Nations Working Group, Mediators Beyond Borders International, Oct 2014 – Present
  • Manager of Operations- Mediation Services – Superior and Ontario Courts of Justice- Brampton Family, Peel Family Mediation Services Apr 2019 – Present
  • Presenter- Mandatory Information Program (MIP), Superior Court of Justice, Newmarket, mediate 393, Peel Family Mediation Services, Jan 2012 – Present
  • Roster Mediator, 393 University,  May 2013 – Jan 2020
  • Court Onsite Mediator, York Hills Centre for Children, Youth, and Families, , Aug 2011 – Apr 2019
  • Board Of Directors, Community Legal Clinic of York Region, Oct 2013 – Dec 2018

Languages 

  • English- Written and spoken
  • French- Spoken and some written
  • Some Hindi- Spoken
  • Some Spanish- Spoken

Region 

  • Oceania
  • Central Asia
  • East Asia
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • West Asia
  • Europe
  • Central Africa
  • East Africa
  • North Africa
  • Southern Africa
  • West Africa
  • North America
  • South America