About our 2026 Workshop Presenters
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Rachel Birnbaum
Dr. Rachel Birnbaum teaches at King's University College, Western London, Ontario. She has over 30 years of clinical experience working with children and families in high conflict disputes.
Allana Boussey
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Satinder Brar
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Jennifer Donison
Jennifer offers a unique blend of personal experience, professional expertise, and unwavering dedication to helping individuals and families navigate the challenging journey of divorce. Jennifer has also personally been impacted by divorce with young children. This personal experience has shaped her approach and allowed her to truly empathize with the emotions, uncertainties, and hurdles that come with divorce. At the heart Jennifer's practice is a fundamental belief in the importance of prioritizing children's well-being during divorce. "Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly."
Jim Doxtdator
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Cilvy Dupras
Cilvy is a bilingual Sexologist, Registered Psychotherapist, and Family Mediator who is deeply passionate about helping individuals, couples, and families heal and grow. She believes that being truly heard with kindness and respect can be transformative. Cilvy supports clients facing stress, trauma, conflict, and intimacy challenges, using compassionate, trauma-informed approaches such as EMDR and IFS. She is genuinely curious about who her clients are and who they are becoming at their best. Whether working with individuals, couples, or families, Cilvy is honored to walk alongside them on their path toward healing and meaningful connection.
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Caroline Felstiner
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Brian Galbraith
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Debbie Hoffman
Debbie lives in Waterloo, Ontario. Born in Renfrew, Ontario she is Woodland Métis, an Algonquin of the Pikwàkanagàn First Nation. Debbie went to high school in Red Deer, Alberta and moved to the Whitehorse, Yukon in 1994. She was called to the bar in the Yukon and British Columbia in 1995. Debbie lived in the Yukon for 22 years, specializing in family law and general civil litigation.
Trained as a collaborative lawyer and mediator, Debbie has always been interested in keeping families out of court. When she moved back to her Southern Ontario roots in 2016, Debbie continued to practice family law and dedicated her practice to collaborative conflict resolution and mediation.
Alex Howard
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Brad Hunter
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Ibrahim Hussain
Ibrahim is an award-winning dispute resolution expert and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb). With over a decade of experience, he has resolved 100+ complex disputes across commercial, family, and community sectors. As the founder of Sulha Solutions, he designs and oversees custom ADR frameworks, achieving a 75% settlement rate in multi-party mediations. Ibrahim is a Ministry-appointed mediator and arbitrator, serving on the rosters of the Ontario Mandatory Mediation Program and the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society (TCAS). He is a certified pioneer in Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) and a facilitator trained in restorative justice frameworks. His work is grounded in a deep understanding of cross-cultural conflict, and he is the author of "Sulha: 40 Narrations on Conciliation." Fluent in six languages, including Arabic, Urdu, and Punjabi, Ibrahim brings a unique, practical, and culturally-attuned perspective to the art of family peacemaking.
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Krista Kondra
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Matthew Krofchick
Matthew Krofchick, CBV, CMA, CPA, CMC, CFF, FDRP VAL, ABV, is a Principal at Krofchick Valuations in Toronto where he specializes in forensic accounting, damage quantification, business valuations, and income determinations. Matthew provides expert witness testimony and his reports have been used in multiple provinces. Matthew is the chair of the Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario (FDRIO) and sits on a number of other non-profit boards. He has been active in the CICBV in organizing webinars, seminars, the annual congress, and spearheaded the joint retainer project and family law small groups. Matthew has previously presented to many organizations on topics including business valuations in the context of marital breakdowns, emerging issues and methodologies in pension valuations, damage quantification, cryptocurrency, and income determination for the purpose of determining spousal support. Matthew has also authored and co-authored a number of articles dealing with the financial issues surrounding marital breakdowns.
“Most cases should settle out of court”.
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Lacey Lewis
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Adam McKinley
Adam is an Accredited Family and Child Protection Mediator and certified New Ways for Families coach and one of the co-pioneers of Bridging Family Conflict’s use of this program in high conflict parenting and child protection mediation. Adam is also a highly experienced coach in INSIGHTful Mediation’s Training programs as well as for the Simulated Role Play Course. As a father of four (4), Adam keeps busy with his children as well as his secret passion of becoming a famous bass player in a funk rock band.
Stacey Mendelson
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Stephanie morningstar
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Amanda Silver
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Jennifer Suzor
Jennifer Suzor is a highly respected mediation trainer, educator, and practitioner dedicated to transforming conflict resolution. A Past President of the Ontario Association for Family Mediation, she has decades of experience in family mediation and is passionate about helping individuals navigate challenging situations with empathy and clarity. As a sought-after trainer/operator of INSIGHTful Mediation Training, Jennifer equips professionals with the skills to facilitate constructive conversations, ensuring fair and lasting solutions. Her expertise extends to Insight Mediation, where she empowers mediators to foster deeper understanding and resolution. Through her engaging workshops and leadership, Jennifer continues to shape the future of mediation, making a meaningful impact on families and communities.
“Why cut what you can untie?” ― Joubert
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Lara Traum
Lara Traum, Esq. is a New York–based mediator, collaborative attorney, and parenting coordinator at Roytberg Traum Law & Mediation, P.C., focusing on family, matrimonial, and cross-cultural dispute resolution in the US and internationally. A past President of the New York State Council on Divorce Mediation, she is a frequent national and international lecturer on mediation, collaborative practice, and conflict wellness. Lara is the co-author of Effectively Representing Clients in Family Mediation (ABA, 2023), Family Lawyer as Peacemaker (ABA, 2026) and the forthcoming book Essential Guide to Mediating Family Disputes (ABA 2027). A native New Yorker, she serves clients in English and in Russian.
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Jonathan Virtue
Jonathan Virtue is a collaborative family lawyer with a practice grounded in curiosity, systems thinking, and dignified conflict resolution. He works with separating families, mediators, mental-health professionals, and financial neutrals, and is particularly interested in how internal dynamics shape external conflict. Jonathan integrates the Internal Family Systems model into collaborative practice as both a conceptual framework and a practical tool for helping clients—and professionals—navigate reactivity, protectiveness, and change with greater clarity and compassion. He values interdisciplinary dialogue and is especially drawn to conversations that bridge insight, structure, and lived experience.