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Question 5: How does this sample of mediation trainer-practitioners
compare with the larger population of mediators?
While it was found that the sample of mediation trainers used in this
study had similar characteristics to mediators in other Canadian studies, this
connection needs further study. It would be interesting to follow-up this study
with a much larger sample of Canadian mediators and one which has ample
representation from the francophone community. Variances in provincial,
regional and national factors, as well as language and cultural differences
could be determined. Comparison could also be made across a range of
sectors including public, private and government work places. A further area
of exploration might be directed at examining how this sample (and the
sample from a larger study) compares with provincial, regional and national
information on gender, ethnicity and occupational variables such as wage

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disparity, status, and workplaces, to name only a few. Are profiles of
mediators the same in different parts of Canada? Building from this, how do
these profiles compare to those in different counties?
One of the contributions of this research is that it provides a new
analytical tool to carry out such studies. It also provides some baseline data
to compare mediation trainers with other trainers and with the general
mediation community. Such a study could use the coded categories
constructed from the data gathered in this study to conduct a larger survey of
mediators in Canada. It would allow for stronger claims about who is
mediating in Canada and how the practice of mediation is conceptualized to
be made. The survey questionnaire in this larger study would be less open-
ended and less intent on gathering new insights. Instead its purpose would
be to confirm, reject or expand upon the findings in this study.