Maureen E. Smith, Q. Mediator, Q. Arbitrator, Consultant, Life & Business Coach, Intuitive Coach, Facilitator
Maureen Smith, is a Professional Qualified Mediator, Qualified Arbitrator, Certified Coach, Consultant and the founder and President of Global Mediation. As a multiple award winning serial entrepreneur, she brings close to 40 years extensive work-related experience and knowledge to the practice of mediation, arbitration and artistry in alternative dispute resolution.
With professional certifications in Estate & Trust Administration, the Building Code Act 9, Construction Project Management, Life and Intuitive Coaching, in addition to advanced civil and family mediation, Maureen additionally provides consulting in Real Estate Development, Land Developing, Contracting and Construction as a Real Estate Consultant, as well as the Music & Entertainment Industry as a Music Industry Management and Marketing Consultant, Publisher. She was previously also a mortgage agent in residential, commercial and Real Estate Syndicate mortgages and has an extensive background in mortgages and finance. She was a band conductor/ music educator in the school system and is a lifetime Ontario licensed teacher, recording artist and songwriter.
Maureen has been appointed a Qualified Mediator ( Q.Med) by the ADR Institute of Ontario. She was appointed to the Court Roster of Mediators for Mandatory Mediations in Toronto for the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and also nominated and served as Chair of the Real Estate Section for ADR Ontario. She is available for civil court cases and off roster cases in civil and family disputes which have not yet been taken to court in Toronto, Mississauga, Etobicoke, the GTA, Barrie and Muskoka as well as International cases for both mediation & arbitration.
CASE EXPERIENCE:
Maureen Smith has extensive case experience in mediating, alternative dispute resolution, conflict management and negotiations of several cases for both family and civil matters in person and online Zoom including:
FAMILY: Separation/ Divorce • Family Conflict and Relationships • Senior Mediation
CIVIL DISPUTES: Landlord & Tenant • Pet Disputes • Construction • Real Estate • Estate & Trust • Motor Vehicle Accidents • Labour & Employment • Business & Corporate • Record Label / Music Industry • Publishing • Cyber Bullying • Financial & Credit Collections • Insurance • Contracts • Personal Injury • Workplace Disputes
TORONTO, ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE – Mandatory Mediation, Civil Court Roster
COACHING: Conflict Management Coaching • Intuitive Coaching
EDUCATION & BACKGROUND
ARBITRATION
Q, Arbitrator
Comprehensive Arbitration, Accredited by the Law Society of Ontario
MEDIATION
Q. Mediator / ADR – Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Advanced Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Mediation & Negotiations, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
• Family Mediation – Riverdale Mediation, Accredited by the Law Society of Ontario
ESTATE & TRUST ADMINISTRATION
Estate & Trust Administration, ETA, Common Law, Canadian Securities Institute
COACHING
• Certified Life/ Business Coaching Canadian Certified Coaches Federation
• Certified Intuitive Coach, Master Intuitive Coaching Institute, Boston, USA.
TEACHER, MUSIC EDUCATOR
• B.A. Music Education, Minor – Psychology & Sociology, University of Western Ontario
• B.A. Education, University of Windsor, Ontario , Ontario Certified Teacher
A.R.C.T. PIANO, Royal Conservatory of Music, University of Toronto
PREVIOUS MORTGAGE AGENT
• Real Estate & Mortgage Institute of Canada
LAND DEVELOPER, BUILDING CONSULTANT , GENERAL CONTRACTOR, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENTS
• The House, Building Envelope, Building Code Act 9 , Ontario, Ministry Certified in the Ontario Building Code
• Health and Safety, Building Code Act 9, Ontario, Ministry Certified in the Ontario Building Code
• Construction Management Essentials – Construction Institute of Canada
• Ontario Licensed General Contracting/ Building Renovation, City of Toronto
MUSIC INDUSTRY
• Publishing
• Media Promotion & Advertising
• Songwriting, Songwriters & Recording Artists
As the founder of White Eagle Properties Inc., Maureen has worked as a Land Developer, Consultant and General Contractor in Muskoka and Toronto, Ontario. As an entrepreneur Maureen Smith is also the founder & CEO of White Eagle Music Promotions, White Eagle Radio, Best Choice Entertainment and White Eagle Records Limited. She was also an international record promoter, producer, music industry management consultant and publisher. Maureen brings extensive Canadian and International business experience into her practice in the areas of separation and divorce, construction, land development, real estate, home renovations, venture capital, media, music & film industry, entertainment, recording industry, radio, retail, distribution, education, management consulting and coaching.
Maureen brings abundant life experience into her practice for family mediation in the key areas of family conflict and health and has mediated several marital separations, divorces, family disputes, elder and estate mediation.
As a pianist of over 50 years, Maureen has several years experience in music performance as a professional pianist/vocalist and over 30 years of teaching experience both as a band conductor of music within the school system and private music educator. A professional musician, Maureen still performs today as a solo pianist/ vocalist, recording artist/ songwriter part-time for private functions and corporate parties with over 2000 cover tunes and her original music.
She is the recording artist, pianist/vocalist, songwriter, music composer, producer and publisher of the healing / easy listening CD: Spirit, Songs of Inspiration, Maureen Smith.