Bernard Morrow is a highly respected Toronto-based mediator and arbitrator with over 30 years of experience delivering alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services. He is the principal of Morrow Mediation, a full-service ADR firm through which he provides mediation, med-arb, arbitration and ADR consulting services. Bernard has conducted more than 1,500 mediations, focusing on employment, workplace, commercial and insurance disputes. 

Recognized for his balanced, client-centred style and valued for his patience, tenacity and insight, Bernard draws on both facilitative and evaluative mediation models, using the tools that best meet the parties’ needs in the moment. He is a Chartered Mediator (C.Med), a merit-based designation awarded by the ADR Institute of Canada (ADRIC), and a recipient of the Ontario Bar Association Award of Excellence in ADR.

Bernard’s extensive public and private sector background includes service as Vice-Chair with the Workplace Safety Insurance Appeals Tribunal (2020-2025), Complaints Resolution Commissioner for the Law Society of Ontario (2014-2018) and Adjudicator with the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (2002-2013).

Bernard offers mediation services in person and virtually (via Zoom, MS Teams and other online platforms), tailoring the process to suit client needs.

Bernard obtained his B.A. (political science) in 1982 and his LL.B. in 1985 from Western University.  In 1988, he was awarded his LL.M. by the London School of Economics and Political Science in London, England, in the areas of labour, employment law and human rights.  Bernard was called to the Ontario Bar in 1988.  He has completed extensive skill and theory-based training in mediation practice and process, decision making and writing, and ADR systems design with such organizations as Canadian Dispute Resolution Corporation (Toronto, Canada), CDR Associates (Boulder, U.S.), Transformative Justice Australia (Sydney, Australia) and the Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators (Toronto, Canada).  In May 2013, Bernard was awarded the Chartered Mediator (C. Med) designation by the ADR Institute of Canada (ADRIC), Canada’s only professional designation for practising mediators.    

• Law Society of Ontario (LSO)
• Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
• Ontario Bar Association (OBA)
• ADR Institute of Canada (ADRIC)
• ADR Institute of Ontario (ADRIO)
• Forum of Canadian Ombudsman (FCO)

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