Ambrosia Varaschin is a mediator, arbitrator, neutral third-party investigator, and negotiation consultant. She has attended well regarded Canadian institutions such as the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Ottawa, as well as the acclaimed Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University. In addition, she has completed her post graduate studies at some of the top conflict and negotiation universities in the world, including the United States Institute of Peace, Yale, and the Institute for Research and Education on Negotiation from the world famous ESSEC Business School in Paris.

While specializing in international trade, conflict, and warzone management, Ambrosia also developed a passion for restorative and administrative justice. She was awarded the Deputy Minister’s Award for Service Excellence for her role with the Independent Assessment Process in the Indian Residential School Adjudication Secretariat, and is trained as a Gladue Report writer for Saskatchewan Indigenous criminal files. In addition to the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, she is a proud member of the Foundation for Administrative Justice and the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, as well as the Canadian Council of Administrative Tribunals and the ADR Institute of Canada, and is actively completing her Certificate in Administrative Justice.

Ambrosia devotes her volunteer hours to improving the healthcare system as a patient advisor, sitting as a member of the Provincial Patient & Family Leadership Council and Practitioner Advisory Council to the Chief Medical Officer with the Saskatchewan Health Authority, former Vice-Chair of the Data and Analytics Oversight and Governance Council with the Ministry of Health, and as a disciplinary tribunal member for the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association.