• The future of resolution – miles mediation and arbitration podcast march 2020
  • The Sunday edition interview of two mediators 19 December 2019
  • Foundations of negotiation CLE November 2018
  • Ethical dilemmas for mediators JIBC April and May 2017
  • Family Violence: Impact on Separation and Divorce, Justice Institute of BC 2014
  • Estate Litigation Seminar, TLABC 26 April 2013
  • The Neurophysiology of Conflict, Justice Institute of BC 2013
  • Continuous reader of Case Law in my field as well as publications related to mediation as well as regular subscriber to webcast seminars through the CLE web site
  • Formerly Instructor at the Insurance Institute of BC
  • Guest lecturer for Masters Degree in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Faculty of Education, Department of Educational & Counseling Psychology & Special Education at UBC
  • Presenter at the ICBC Head Office Claims Department Seminar of paper entitled “If A Tree Falls in the Forest …. Guarding Against the Mind’s Fifth Column of Cognitive Dissonance”.
  • 10 Mar 2014 – JIBC course Family Violence: Impact on Separation and Divorce
  • 26 April 2013 – TLABC course Estates Litigation
  • 14 Mar 2013 – JIBC course The Neurophysiology of Conflict
  • 2 November 2012 – CLE course Estate Litigation Basics
  • 2002 – Completion of ‘Beyond Advanced Civil Mediation’ through the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Gordon Sloan and Sally Campbell as instructors
  • 2001 – Completion of Certificate in Conflict Resolution from the Justice Institute of BC
  • 2001 – Completion of Time Value of Money through the Insurance Institute of Canada
  • 1994 – Obtained first level Scuba diving qualification through PADI
  • 1989 – Present – Self taught in business process and computers, including Excel, Word, Wordperfect, Act Contact Management, Timeslips, Simply Accounting,  Internet Explorer, Outlook 98, Microsoft OneDrive and associated programs, photoshop, Sketchup, Quickbooks etc.
  • 1989 – 1991 – Taught Automobile Insurance for the Insurance Institute o B.C. (one learns when teaching)
  • 1989 – Completed six of ten FIIC courses in a management oriented major prior to starting my own business, mainly through SFU Downtown Campus
  • 1985 – Associateship of the Insurance Institute of Canada (now called Chartered Insurance Professional)
  • 1982-1989 – Professional Development, management-oriented courses provided internally through the Insurance Corporation of BC
  • 1977 – Completed first year of BA Program through North Island Community College in Courtenay BC
  • 1973 – 1977 – Professional Development, technical courses provided internally by the Insurance Corporation of B.C.
  • 1971 – 1973 – Professional Development, technical courses provided internally by the Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation
  • 1967 – Graduated with full academic certificate from St. Paul’s High School in Winnipeg Manitoba