The Peel Family
Mediation & Parent Education Program was a partnership between:
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Family Services
of Peel is a not-for-profit organization established in 1971.
Its mission is to strengthen families and individuals, while striving
for a supportive and responsive community. It operates the parent
education component of the Program,
in cooperation with Peel Family Mediation
Service.
Web Site: www.fspeel.org
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| The Graduate Programme,
School of Social Work, York University supports the research
component, with the participation of Peel
Family Mediation Service.
Web Site: http://www.atkinson.yorku.ca/SOWK/
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Peel Family
Mediation Service was created to provide the mediation, internship
and FLIS services for the Program.
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The program was established the financial
assistance of
the Ontario
Trillium Foundation.
The Ontario
Trillium Foundation, an agency of the Ministry
of Culture, which receives annually $100
million of government funding generated through Ontario's charity casino
initiative. The Foundation provides grants for eligible charitable and
not-for-profit organizations in the art and culture, environment, human
and social services, and sports and recreation sectors.
Origins
- The Peel
Family Mediation Pilot Project at the Ontario Court (Provincial Division) [now the Ontario Court of Justice]
began in June 1998. It was the result of the efforts of local judges,
lawyers and mediators (including mediators with the Peel Halton Dufferin Mediation Association).
Its aim was to provide mediation services for families in the Peel,
Halton and Dufferin regions. It was operated entirely on a volunteer
basis, without formal funding.
- The Pilot Project became the Peel
Family Mediation & Parent Education Program. Its services
were restricted to the Regional Municipality
of Peel but expanded to provide not only mediation to people
involved in family law proceedings, but also related education services
. The Program has been in operation since April 1999. It received a
five year grant from Ontario Trillium Foundation in 2001.
The Five Components
The Program had five components:
- mediation services
- family law information sessions (the "FLIS")
- parent education workshops
- mediation internships
- research & outreach
Restructuring
The Program was restructured in early 2007, with Peel Family Mediation Services continuing to provide the four of the components - Family Services of Peel undertook to operate the Parenting Education Workshop.
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