The Editor,
As a learner support teacher, one of my goals is to increase my students' receptive and expressive vocabularies.
I often turn to several different dictionaries, both the on-line version and the old-fashioned paper kind, to put together a comprehensive definition of a word.
Thus, with the aid of Oxford, Webster, and Wikipedia, I offer this definition of mediation: to resolve or settle differences, through private and confidential negotiation, with all the conflicting parties, using a wholly-impartial mediator to promote reconciliation and compromise. It seems that Christy Clark could use a little extra tutoring on the concept. I offer my services.
Janet Wiltshire
Port Coquitlam, B.C.
