The BCAMI is a community of ADR professionals working together to generate business opportunities, obtain professional development, and demonstrate the benefits of ADR by upholding the highest standards of ADR practice.

Users of ADR services are warned to steer clear of unaffiliated practitioners, so membership in the BCAMI is a competitive advantage that sets you apart from ADR practitioners who are not associated with a regulatory organization.

Other benefits of membership with the BCAMI include:

• Networking and educational opportunities;
• Opportunities to serve on committees and the BCAMI Board;
• Business opportunities, provincially as well as nationally through ADRIC;
• Advertising opportunities, including a listing on ADR Connect, the national database of members from which the public may select the ADR practitioner of his or her choice;
• Updates and information about the ADR community;
• Competitively priced insurance for arbitrators and mediators
• Input into the development of ADR policy by government

How to Join the BCAMI

To join the Institute, return the membership application form with the entrance fee and membership dues. All fees are refunded if the application is not approved., At any time, provided the criteria is met and the appropriate fee is paid

Membership: $270 ($200 + $70 ADR Institute of Canada fees) plus HST

Non-practicing member: $75 plus HST

Associate (Individual): $110 plus HST

Associate (Corporate): $300 plus HST

(Referable, C. Arb. & C. Med. applicants require additional forms to be completed)

Referrals

When the Institute is asked to recommend and appoint a mediator or an arbitrator the Institute will, on a rotation basis, select from the BCAMI arbitrator or mediator Referral list, based on experience, expertise and nature of the dispute, a C.Arb or a C.Med., persons granted Member status, or members known to be experienced arbitrators or mediators.

In addition to referrals, the Institute appoints the arbitrator in ICBC cases where parties have failed to reach agreement relating to the value of vehicles written off and for other types of ICBC disputes. Members also gain experience arbitrating or mediating for the Better Business Bureau.

Member

All members are entitled to display the ADRIC logo in connection with their ADR practice.

Members may also use the ADRIC logo large stickman on their promotional material to indicate membership.