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Victoria Smith, JD (Lawyer)

I have practiced family law in the Toronto area for over 27 years. Since 2000, I have confined my services to helping clients reach out-of-court settlements by way of Collaborative Practice and Mediation. I provide trainings in Collaborative Practice and negotiation skills internationally. I am an adjunct professor of Collaborative Law at Osgoode Hall Law School. I am coauthor of Collaborative Family law, Another Way To Resolve Family Disputes. I am a member of the Board of Directors of the I.A.C.P.

Firm/BusinessName:	Victoria Smith
Address(es):	1 Chestnut Hills Crescent Suite 5 Toronto ON M9A 2W3 Canada
Phone:	416-767-1256
Fax:	647-436-7652
Email:	victoria@victoriasmith.ca
Website:	http://www.victoriasmith.ca

Practice Group Membership

Collaborative Practice Toronto

Professional Activities

Member of the Board of Directors Collaborative Practice Toronto.

Founding Member and Past Chair of the Peel Halton Collaborative Family Law Association.

Founding Member of the Ontario Collaborative Law Federation.

Member of the Law Society of Upper of Canada, Ontario Bar Association (Family Law and Alternate Dispute Resolution subsections), Family Mediation Canada, the ADR Institute of Canada Inc., and the I.A.C.P.

Professional Licenses

Certified as Comprehensive Family Mediator with Family Mediation Canada.

Certified as a Chartered Mediator with Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Ontario.

Certified as an Accredited Family Mediator with Ontario Association for Family Mediation.

General Comments

I am a passionate advocate of the collaborative process and devoted to its growth. I am privileged to participate in the development of this holistic and respectful process for assisting families transitioning through separation. I am Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School where I teach Collaborative Family Law. I co-authored Collaborative Family Law, Another Way to Resolve Family Disputes, published by Carswell's in 2003. I speak and write often about Collaborative Practice. I present workshops throughout North America and internationally in the collaborative process, interest-based negotiation and advanced negotiation, communication skills, moving beyond impasse, and managing strong emotion/challenging clients.

Areas of Practice

Collaborative Law

Family Law

Mediation

Education

Undergraduate Education

1977 B.A. Queen's University

Professional Education

1981 LL.B. - Osgoode Hall Law School

1983 Called to the Bar in Ontario - Law Society of Upper Canada

Collaborative Practice Training
Year	Training Type	Instructor	Hours
1990	Mediation Training	McWhinney, Chamberlain, Eisen, Goudge & Ryan	40
1991	Advanced Mediation Training	Family Mediation Canada	40
1997	Advanced Mediation Training	Osgoode Hall Law School	24
1998	Conflict Resolution Training	Roger Fisher	24
1999	Mediation Training	CDR Associates, Boulder, Colorado	40
1999	Mediation Training	Family Mediation Canada	14
2000	Advanced Mediation Training	Judith Ryan & Helen Gouge	40
2000	Basic Collaborative Law Training	Chip Rose	14
2000	Advanced Mediation Training	Carla Garrity & Mitch Baris	14
2000	Basic Collaborative Law Training	V.Smith/R.Shields/J.Ryan, Hamilton	14
2001	Basic Collaborative Law Training	V.Smith/R.Shields/J.Ryan, North Bay	14
2001	Basic Collaborative Law Training	V.Smith/R.Shields/J.Ryan, Toronto	14
2001	Advanced Collaborative Law Training	V.Smith/R.Shields/J.Ryan, Toronto	21
2002	Basic Collaborative Law Training	V.Smsith/R.Shields/J.Ryan,Barrie	14
2002	Basic Collaborative Law Training	Peggy Thompson & Rodney Nurse	14
2002	Basic Collaborative Law Training	Stu Webb	7
2002	Intermediate Collaborative Law Training	Pauline Tesler & Chip Rose	14
2002	Intermediate Collaborative Law Training	Stu Webb	7
2003	Advanced Collaborative Law Training	Chip Rose	14
2003	Basic Collaborative Law Training	Victoria Smith, Toronto	14
2003	Basic Collaborative Law Training	Victoria Smith/June Maresca, Montreal	14
2003	Basic Collaborative Law Training	Victoria Smith/June Maresca, Toronto	14
2004	Advanced Collaborative Law Training	Victoria Smith, Montreal	28
2004	Advanced Collaborative Law Training	Victoria Smith/June Maresca, Montreal	21
2004	Advanced Mediation Training	Bernie Mayer	7
2004	Conflict Resolution Training	Deborah Pearce	7
2004	Basic Interdisciplinary Training	Nancy Cameron & Susan Gamache	16
2004	Mediation Training	John Winslade	16
2004	Advanced Collaborative Law Training	Victoria Smith/June Maresca, Toronto	21
2005	Basic Collaborative Law Training	Victoria Smith/Sherri Goren Slovin, Baltimore	14
2005	Intermediate Interdisciplinary Training	V.Smith/S.Gamache/J. Ramler, Toronto	21
2005	Advanced Collaborative Law Training	Victoria Smith/Sherri Goren Slovin, St. Catharines	7
2005	Advanced Collaborative Law Training	Victoria Smith/Susan Gamache, Toronto	16
2006	Intermediate Interdisciplinary Training	V. Smith/Susan Gamache, Minneapolis, MN	14
2006	Advanced Collaborative Law Training	V.Smith/S.Goren Slovin, Berkshires, N.Y.	10
2006	Basic Collaborative Law Training	Victoria Smith, Halifax	14
2006	Basic Collaborative Law Training	Victoria Smith, February, Halifax	14
2006	Advanced Collaborative Law Training	Victoria Smith/Sherri Goren Slovin, Bath, England	10
2006	Advanced Collaborative Law Training	Victoria Smith, Hartford, Connecticut	7
2006	Intermediate Interdisciplinary Training	V.S.,S.Goren,L.Solomon,J.Tremblay,L.Angeles	14
2006	Basic Interdisciplinary Training	V.S.,L.Solomon,S.Brown,J.Tremblay, Toronto	14
2007	Advanced Collaborative Law Training	Victoria Smith, Oshawa, Ontario	21
2007	Intermediate Collaborative Law Training	Victoria Smith, New Britain, Connecticut	14
2008	Weathering the Storm: Emotions and the Negotiation Process, IACP 9th Annual Networking & Educational Forum – New Orleans	Victoria Smith and Barbara Hummel	3
2008	Collaborative Training, Negotiating in the Eye of the Storm – Balancing Emotion and Reason in the Collaborative Process	Victoria Smith and Linda Solomon	16
2008	Second European Collaborative Law Conference – Collaborative Negotiation – Cork, Ireland	I was instructor	4
2008	Difficult Divorces - Putting Your Collaborative Skills to the Test - Hartford, Connecticut	Victoria Smith and Sherri Goren Slovin	16
2008	Collaborative Training - Introduction to Collaborative Practice Process Training – York-Durham Region, Ontario	Victoria Smith, Jane Tremblay, and Sheila Brown	16
2008	Collaborative Training – Advanced Collaborative Negotiation Workshop – Sonoma, California	Victoria Smith and Sherri Goren Slovin	16
2009	Collaborative Practice Interdisciplinary Skills Training – York-Durham Region, Ontario	Victoria Smith, Jane Tremblay, and Sheila Brown	24
2009	Introduction to Collaborative Practice Process Training – London, Ontario	Victoria Smith, Jane Tremblay, and Sheila Brown	16
2009	Introduction to Collaborative Practice Process Training – York Region, Ontario	Victoria Smith, Jane Tremblay, and Sheila Brown	16
2009	Advanced Collaborative Negotiation, IACP 10th Annual Networking & Educational Forum, Pre-Forum Institute – Minneapolis	Victoria Smith and Sherri Goren Slovin	3
2010	Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice Skills Training – North York, Ontario	Victoria Smith, Jane Tremblay, and Sheila Brown	24
2010	Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice Skills Training – London, Ontario	Victoria Smith, Jane Tremblay, and Sheila Brown	24
2010	The Next Step: Skills for Collaborative Practitioners – Syracuse, New York	Victoria Smith and Linda Solomon	16
2010	Introduction to Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice Training – New Glasgow, Nova Scotia	Victoria Smith, Jane Tremblay, and Linda Solomon	16
2010	The Reality of Teams-Maximizing the Opportunities and Managing the Challenges, the 11th Annual Networking and Educational Forum, I.A.C.P., Washington, DC	I was instructor	3
2010	The Layers of Negotiations: Finding Peace in the Process, the 11th Annual Networking and Educational Forum, I.A.C.P., Washington, DC	I was instructor	2

** I have reviewed the IACP Minimum Standards for Collaborative Practitioners and the IACP Ethical Standards for Collaborative Professionals. I verify that I meet the IACP Minimum Standards for Collaborative Practitioners and that I apply the IACP Ethical Standards for Collaborative Professionals in my collaborative practice.

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** I have reviewed the IACP Minimum Standards for a Collaborative Basic Training. I verify that the basic training that I offer as a Collaborative Practice trainer meets those Minimum Standards.

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