Cindy Winer

Cindy is a mediator with YorkStreet.

Cindy mediates long term disability, personal injury and workplace disputes.  Her areas of expertise include insurance, employment, workplace, franchise and commercial disputes.  Cindy has considerable background in claims management, people management, career coaching and consulting experience, to help people successfully resolve their disputes.

During her corporate career, Cindy held the position of Vice President, Life and Health Claims for a major insurer and has extensive knowledge of LTD and other insurance issues and processes. She has served as a chair for the Insurance Section of the ADR Institute of Ontario and volunteered as a community mediator for Scarborough Conflict Resolution Service.  Before relocating to Ottawa, Cindy served on the Board of the Women’s Centre of York Region from 2015 to 2019.

Cindy has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto and a Certificate in Advanced Dispute Resolution from York University.  She also has a certificate from the ADR Institute of Ontario in Civil Procedure, training from St. Stephen’s Community House in Interpersonal Mediation, and a certificate from the University of Windsor

Faculty of Law/Stitt Feld Handy Group ADR Workshop. In addition, she has taken the Accounting Basics I and II from Seneca College, and Online Difficult Conversation Course and Online Negotiation Course from the University of Windsor/Stitt Feld Handy Group.

Cindy is available to conduct mediations in person or virtually to meet the needs of the participants.