Myriam Bohémier

Practicing lawyer, accredited mediator, National Citizen's Inquiry (NCI) Commissioner, and sitting member of the CHA Board of Directors

Myriam Bohémier has been a lawyer for 26 years and an accredited mediator for 11 years. She served as a Commissioner with the National Citizens Inquiry, examining the question of whether children are safe in Canada, and is a member of the legal team of the Allison Inquiry. She is also a speaker, author, and member of the Board of Directors of the Canada Health Alliance. Myriam is also a karateka. In karate, we thank our opponent for making us better.

Over the years, the conflicts she has faced in her own life have made her better, leading her to explore the art of communication: listening, naming what needs to be named, and taking responsibility for our own state of being. Taking this responsibility is essential to being free. Her work as a mediator has profoundly transformed her.

Beyond the words and positions expressed in a conflict, mediation is about connecting with the human being in front of us and discovering the needs they are expressing through the conflict, in order to help them find their own solution.