OUR MISSION

  • Reduce the prevalence and impact of parental alienation and its consequences in Canada
  • Develop promotion strategies to increase community awareness and understanding of parental
    alienation
  • Develop prevention strategies to reduce the prevalence of parental alienation
  • Provide information and resources about parental alienation to alienated children, alienated parents
    and service providers
  • Your support can help us make a difference. Volunteer time and donations are needed to help us deliver evidence-based scholarship from the Parental Alienation Study Group (PASG) to Canada’s professionals. 

Rekindling Hope, Rebuilding Families

Monique Dietvorst: Founder & Spokesperson

Since 2015,  Monique has been actively engaged in promoting a non-gendered, non-biased approach to understanding and addressing child abuse caused by parental alienation (P.A.). In 2020, she created Parental Alienation Canada on Facebook.
A book worm and academically inclined, she is well versed in current academic literature/ studies and government related policies and reports related to P.A., Family Law, and the Canadian Divorce Act. She leads CPAF in their journey to gain intervenor status at Canada’s Supreme Court.
Monique continues to be mentored by Amanda Sillars, who is an internationally commended founder of Australia’s Eeny Meeny Miney Mo Foundation.  Monique is a former national board director of the Canadian Centre for Men and Families.

For the Parental Alienation Canada YouTube, Monique landed YouTube interviews with over a dozen experts in the field of P.A., mental health etc. Monique is a professional,  writer and an ongoing contributor of op eds, articles for academic magazines, and policy change initiatives.

Advisory Fellows

Brian Ludmer (B.Comm. LLB.)

Brian Ludmer (B.Comm. LLB.)

Ludmer Law

Gene C. Colman

Gene C. Colman

Gene C. Colman Family Law Centre

 Donald Dutton

Donald Dutton

Author of "Rethinking Domestic Violence"

Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia

Edward Andrew Kruk:

Edward Andrew Kruk:

MSW,PhD, Founder of the International Conference for Shared Parenting

Alexandra Lysova

Alexandra Lysova

School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University

Paulette MacDonald

Paulette MacDonald

Canadian Family Law Reform Advocate and Child and Family Activist

Dan Mason

Dan Mason

Expert on Hague Convention, ICIA, Industrial, Commercial & Institutional Accountant WCMP, World Certified Master Professional AFWCI, Associate Fellow World Certification Institute

Justin Trottier

Justin Trottier

Founder and Executive Director, Canadian Centre for Men and Families

Barbara Kay

Barbara Kay

Canadian Journalist

Canada’s most prolific writer on divorce and shared parenting defaults

Paul Nathanson

Paul Nathanson

Author of "Spreading Misandry"

BA (McGill) in art history, MLS (McGill) in library service, BTh (McGill) in Christian theology, MA (Concordia) in comparative religion, PhD (McGill) in comparative religion

Janice Fiamengo

Janice Fiamengo

Retired Professor of English, University of Ottawa

Well-Known Advocate for Men and Families

Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson

Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson

President: New Enlightenment Project: A Canadian Humanist Initiative

Ph.D. Psychology, Cross-cultural psychologist, Professional custody and access assessments, experience w/PA consideration. Metis descent, First Nations advisement

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