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THANK YOU VERY MUCH for participating in this study.
Please return your completed questionnaire on or before April 17, 1998.
Are you interested in receiving a summary of this study?
Yes ___ No ___

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Important Note
 
This questionnaire is to be completed
only by people who both mediate and
train others to mediate. If you do not meet
this requirement please indicate on the
line below and return it with the
uncompleted questionnaire in the self-
addressed, stamped envelope. Thank
you.
______ I am not currently a practising
mediator and mediation trainer.

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The Many Ways Of Mediation: A Survey Of Mediation In Canada
March 1998
Dear Practising Mediator:
I am writing to ask for your help in compiling, for the first time, a comprehensive description of how
mediation is conceptualized by Canadian mediators. This research is being conducted as part of my
doctoral studies.
As you know, many debates dominate the field of mediation - who should practice, what standards
should be set, and which model to use, all of which have resulted in conflicting views of “best
practice”. For some time, I have felt that these debates masked much of the richness and
complexities of the work that mediators do. I have also wondered if the practice of mediation in
Canada differed in some ways from what is practiced elsewhere. Both these reasons drew me to
design a study that would examine how mediation is conceptualized in Canada and how these
conceptualizations might vary, for example, by nature of the dispute, or, by occupational background
and gender of the mediator.
One way to address these questions is to ask you how you understand your work as a mediator. In
an attempt to uncover new insights about mediation in Canada, this survey covers a lot of ground; I
hope you will take the time to complete it in order that important baseline line research can be
established in our field. You are the only one who can provide this critical view. Many of the
questions in this survey are open-ended, and answering them is likely to take some time. I would