Gary T. Furlong

Gary Furlong has extensive experience in mediation, alternative dispute resolution, organizational facilitation, negotiation, and conflict resolution. Gary is past president of the ADR Institute of Ontario, is a Chartered Mediator (C. Med.) and holds his Master of Laws (ADR) from Osgoode Hall Law School. Gary is the author of “The Conflict Resolution Toolbox”, John Wiley and Sons, 2005; co-author of “The Sports Playbook: Building Teams that Outperform, Year after Year ”, Routledge, 2018; and “BrainFishing: A Practice Guide to Questioning Skills”, FriesenPress, 2018. Gary was awarded the McGowan Award of Excellence in ADR in 2005 by the ADR Institute of Canada. As a mediator, Gary has worked in the areas of construction, personal injury, estates, health care, insurance, wrongful dismissal, and workplace conflicts, and specializes in intervening in difficult organizational and workplace disputes. Gary works extensively in the labour field mediating collective agreements, labour board complaints and grievances. In addition, he works with both union and management teams in building collaborative relationships, and has done joint bargaining training with many union and management bargaining teams across Canada. In the civil litigation field, Gary has mediated claims ranging from $50,000 to over $100 million dollars. Gary was a regular mediator and fact-finder with the Education Relations Commission, and was also appointed a Provincial Facilitator and Mediator with the Education Improvement Commission, assisting with the financial reorganization and de-amalgamation of school boards in Ontario. Gary has also been on the Law Society of Upper Canada’s complaint mediation panel, and the Teachers College of Ontario mediation panel. Gary has worked with Queen’s University conducting research into employment models of dispute resolution in Canadian companies, and teaches Negotiation Skills at the Queen’s University Industrial Relations Centre. Gary is a guest instructor at the Osgoode Hall Law School LL. M. program in Toronto. Gary is a Partnering facilitator to the construction industry, and has pioneered the use of Partnering in unique organizational settings. Gary is a principal with Agree Dispute Resolution, and is a graduate of Stanford University in California. You can learn more about Gary by visiting his website, www.brainfishing.ca