The Core Lab Team

Nancy Cameron K.C. is a lawyer, writer, and educator.  She is a family law practitioner, whose practice is in the areas of collaborative law, mediation, and “Hear the Child” reports.  Ms. Cameron is one of the founders of the Collaborative Divorce Association of Vancouver and of the BC Collaborative Roster Society, and a past president of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. She has been a speaker and trainer in the area of collaborative law and dispute resolution to groups across Canada and the United States, as well as in Europe, Asia and Australia.  She has been an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia Law School and at Hong Kong University in the Masters of Law in Dispute Resolution degree.    She is particularly interested in how we bring change to complex human systems and cultural change within family justice systems.

Jane Morley K.C. is a lawyer by profession and now works as a conflict consultant, facilitator, mediator, arbitrator and public policy advisor. She recently served as the Strategic Coordinator of Access to Justice BC and then the Lead of the Transform the Family Justice Collaborate. She is a principal of Restorative Solutions, a group that offers a constructive approach to conflict both within and among organizations. She practised family law, labour law and general civil litigation in Victoria for over 20 years before restricting her law practice in the mid-1990s to mediation and arbitration. She has served in many professional and public positions, including: Governor and Chair of the BC Law Foundation; public representative on the Council and Executive of the BC College of Physicians & Surgeons; Chair of the Jericho Hill School for the Deaf and Blind Compensation Panel; Official Trustee, BC Legal Services Society; BC Child and Youth Officer; Commissioner of the first Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission; and President, BC Mediator Roster Society.

Rahul Aggarwal As a family law mediator and a Collaborative lawyer, Rahul helps clients resolve their family disputes. He strives to save his clients money and time. He understands the importance of no-court resolution in family law. Rahul works with his clients to help families find agreeable solutions out of court.  His goal is to find a process that works for his clients and allows them to reduce on-going conflict during their separation.  Prior to becoming a lawyer, Rahul worked at the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, headed by the Honourable Wally Oppal, Q.C. He subsequently articled with the Commission’s Senior Counsel, former President of the Law Society of BC, Art Vertlieb, Q.C., and Carol Hickman, Q.C.  Rahul serves as a director on the Board of Directors of Collaborative Divorce Vancouver Society. He is a volunteer member of the C.H.I.L.D. Foundation, spreading awareness and working to find a cure for Crohn’s disease.  Rahul attended law school at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia.

Bev Churchill is an experienced and respected BC collaborative family lawyer, mediator, arbitrator and parenting coordinator. She is also a founder and Director of the Hear the Child Society of BC and has held leadership positions with Collaborative Law organizations provincially, federally and internationally. Bev devotes significant time to presenting and teaching to support consensual dispute resolution approaches and child voice.

Jared Hydamaka is a founding member of the Youth Voices Leadership Group and continues to advocate for meaningful participation for children and youth in BC. He has just completed his studies at UBC and hopes to attend law school. His dedication to the work of Youth Voices and family justice system change is inspiring.

Karen Roussy is an experienced paralegal and family law mediator. She is a Legal Studies Instructor at Capilano University and has a long history of advocating for families in BC. She is an approved Family Law Advocate in the Law Society of BC Innovation Sandbox.

Tamara Throssell is an experienced family law mediator. She also coordinates Family Inclusive Services for the Foundry BC Network, specializing in Family Peer Support. Tamara is committed to amplifying the voices and experiences of youth and families in complex health and justice systems.

Kari D. Boyle served as Mediate BC Society’s Executive Director and then Director of Strategic Initiatives for ten years.  She enjoys using her legal, mediation and leadership experience to collaborate with others to improve BC citizens’ access to justice.  Her career began (too many years ago to mention) practicing corporate commercial litigation in Vancouver, moved to an inhouse position specializing in legal services management, led mediation research projects at UBC and participated in many justice reform initiatives.  She served as Project Manager for Mediate BC’s “Family Unbundled legal Services Project”, as a Board member for the Courthouse Library Society of BC as CLBC’s Interim CEO in 2018 and was a Knowledge Engineer with the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal.  She is currently a member of the Leadership Group of Access to Justice BC, the Coordinator of the BC Family Justice Innovation Lab .