Julian Ferguson
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Profile Description
Julian Granka Ferguson (MA, MSc, Q.Med) is an experienced mediator, negotiator, facilitator and ADR educator. His practice specializes in health care disputes, ADR education, and workplace restoration, but he is well versed in mediating civil disputes and community conflicts.
Julian’s career began in ethics, completing a MA in Bioethics from NYU and completing studentships at St. Michael’s Hospital and Providence Healthcare in Toronto. He has also acted as an ethics consultant with the Empowerment Council, the patient rights group associated with the Center for Addiction and Mental Health.
Regarding workplace investigations and analysis, Julian brings over five years of experience conducting qualitative research that he earned during his MSc at the University of Toronto. He holds certificates in Advanced Qualitative Methodology from the Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research, and Operational Research Methods from McGill University. He has translated these skills into a penchant for investigating and analyzing workplace conflicts.
In addition, he teaches bioethics at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto, and volunteers to teach about mediation and conflict resolution at community centres and NGOs in Toronto.
Professional Experience
Julian is designated with his Q.Med from the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario, and holds a certificate in Dispute Resolution from York University. He also earned a Masters of Arts degree in Bioethics at New York University, and a Masters of Science degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Toronto. He has experience mitigating conflict and resolving disputes as a consulting bioethicist and a private mediator.
Practice Areas
Mediations and Arbitrations
Jeff has acted in many complex mediations and arbitrations. He has been able to facilitate settlement for many of these cases. In addition, he has presided over many arbitration hearings and has rendered numerous decisions. Jeff through his experience has continually demonstrated an ability to affect significant change through simplifying complex challenges to meet desired outcomes. Throughout his career, this skill set has served him well; both in business and in the area of ADR.
Jeff has conducted over 500+ mediations throughout his ADR career and has achieved a settlement rate of over 70%. He has mediated cases on behalf of FSCO, conducted settlement conference mediations and has provided expert opinions related to various cases. Throughout his career, Jeff has also conducted over 200+ FSCO arbitration hearings and pre-hearings. In order to stay current of the latest decisions and legislation, Jeff subscribes to numerous RSS Feed updates in addition to reading decisions of cases once they are published.
Entrepreneurship and Technology
Jeff’s wealth of experience in entrepreneurship and technology, together with his dispute resolution experience has provided him the opportunity to write several papers, including: “Workplace Culture Influences in Settling Disputes”; “Promoting Mediation to Businesses as a Viable Alternative to Court”; and “The Role of Technology in Mediation.”
Education
| 1995 | Bachelor’s of Arts degree |
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| 1996 | Bachelor’s of Commerce degree |
| 2007 | LL.M. in ADR, at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University |
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