About Angela Pickard
*Accredited Family Mediator (AccFM OAFM) and Collaborative Family Professional (OACP) - APickard Mediation
*Coach in ADR - York University, School of Continuing Studies, Family Mediation Certificate Program
*Independent Complaints Facilitator - ADR Institute of Ontario (ADRIO) & Community Care Access Center (CCAC)
*Registered Social Worker (RSW) with specialized expertise in parenting, mental health, wellness, and family dispute resolution (OCSWSSW)
*Roster mediator with the court-connected mediation program at Mediate393 Inc. / Toronto Family Mediation Services
Advanced training in:
- Family mediation
- Family law for non-lawyers
- Collaborative practice
- Family violence
- Equity and diversity
- Non-evaluative child interviewing
- Separation and divorce-related family issues
Professional memberships and affiliations:
- Registered with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW)
- Member, Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW)
- Member, Ontario Association for Family Mediation (OAFM)
- Member, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) and Ontario Chapter
- Member, ADR Institute of Ontario (ADRIO)
- Member, Peel-Halton-Hamilton Collaborative Practice Group
- Director / Board Member of the Ontario Association of Collaborative Professionals (OACP). Co-Chair, Practices & Procedures Committee and Member of the Family Peacemakers Conference Committee (OAFM / OACP)
- Member, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP)
Education:
- Master of Science in Social Work (M.S.S.W.), Columbia University School of Social Work, New York City
- Advanced Bachelor of Social Work (B.S.W.), McGill University
- Honours Bachelor of Arts (B.A. Hons.), Western University
- Completed all doctoral program requirements and achieved PhD candidacy status in Social and Behavioural Health Sciences at the University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Angela brings extensive interdisciplinary experience in mental health, substance use, domestic violence, infectious disease, and program planning, development, and evaluation. Throughout her career, she has worked across healthcare, public health, community, and justice-based settings in both Canada and the United States.
Her professional experience includes roles with leading organizations such as SickKids Hospital, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), South Riverdale Community Health Centre, the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in New York City, Palladia Inc. in Harlem, the Kings County District Attorney’s Office Counselling Services Unit in Brooklyn, Outpatient Psychiatry at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO), and the Commonwealth Caribbean Youth Centre in Georgetown, Guyana.
