Appointed to the Professional Development Committee of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals for the 2010 year. The main projects of this Committee will be the advancement of collaborative training for the practitioners and the trainers.   Attended the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals Forum October 23-25, 2009   Attended the Texas Lone Star Interdisciplinary Team Workshop November 21-22, 2008   Attended the Debriefing Workshop March 28, 2008   Participate as an Expert Catalyst for Synectics Inc. discussing the elements of collaborative family practice.   Founder in 2007 and Facilitator of the South Toronto Collaborative Practice Group for trained lawyers, coaches, family and financial specialists   Interviewed by Paul Waldie and quoted in the Globe and Mail, Canada’s National Newspaper, May 8, 2008 in the article "Judge wants divorced couple to legally split - from the courtroom"   Presenting at the Collaborative Practice Toronto Brown Bag Lunch Series on January 18, 2008   Regular contributor to Company of Women e-zine   Family Law Arbitration, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo, November and December 2007   Interviewed by and quoted in the Globe and Mail, Canada's National Newspaper, Life Section, October 25, 2007 - read the article in the Globe and Mail - Family & Relationships   Certificat des études á L’Institut Européen de Français du 30 juillet au 11 août 2007, Montpellier, France   Attended the First European Collaborative Law Conference, March 23 and 24, 2007 in Vienna, Austria   Member of the Toronto Collaborative Practice Group, Confidence and Competence Subcommittee