You’ve heard the old saying: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, but teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Did you know there was more to that story? One day, that fisherman had to move...
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...
Do you relish or recoil at the thought of a challenge? When you fail at something, do you think it reflects on you as a person or does it simply mean you need to try a different strategy? Do you feel the need to prove...
Human behaviour is fascinating. Whether you think someone’s outlook on life and actions are related to nature or nurture, if we can better understand why we do what we do, it can help us to make better decisions - or at least know why we...
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...
In a recent newsletter, I noted that as the calendar year was drawing to an end, we were also at the beginning of the holiday season. Many people around the world happened to be celebrating special days or periods that shared a common feature -...
It’s been said that necessity relieves us from the embarrassment of choice. In March 2020, the emerging COVID-19 pandemic made it imperative for much of the world to stay home when at all possible – whether we wanted to or not. If mediators desired to continue...
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...
Since January 2020, an increasing number of actions are being commenced under the amended simplified procedure pursuant to Rule 76 of the Rules of Civil Procedure. Rather than reviewing changes to the simplified procedure, this blog post focuses on how and why we believe a...