About
Dr. Parmis Aslanimehr is a Certified Family Relations Mediator (Cert.FRM) and Registered Roster Mediator (RRM) with Mediate BC, with advanced training in Parenting Coordination.
She holds a PhD and MA in Human Development, Learning, and Culture, and a BA in Psychology from the University of British Columbia, where her Doctoral research explored the particularities of identity under challenging circumstances, especially when disconnection and a sense of exile disrupt relationships.
Her book, Exile as an Educative Engagement: The Dizziness of Recognition, grew out of this research and extends those themes into everyday life, exploring how we make sense of ourselves when we confront disconnection.
Her approach combines developmental psychology with philosophical inquiry, offering clients not just structure but a way to understand what their children need during change, while also supporting adults in thinking clearly through difficult decisions.
What began as academic research became a lasting pursuit: a commitment to understanding how people hold themselves together in struggle, in silence, and in the spaces in between.
ReSolv was created for exactly these moments: when individuals deserve to be heard without being undone.
Parmis’s work is not just about reaching agreement. It is about helping clients find language where there has been silence and bringing thoughtfulness to moments too often hidden behind legal formality.
Resolution is never one-size-fits-all. ReSolv helps clients reshape what lies ahead on their own terms.
Selected Works & Experience
Education
PhD, Human Development, Learning, and Culture – University of British Columbia
MA, Human Development, Learning, and Culture – University of British Columbia
BA, Psychology – University of British Columbia
Certified Family Relations Mediator (C.FRM) – Family Mediation Canada
Registered Roster Mediator (RRM) – Mediate BC
Book
Aslanimehr, P. (2025). Exile as an Educative Engagement: The Dizziness of Recognition. Routledge.
Academic Journals
Aslanimehr, P. (2021). Can Philosophy Aid the Adjustment of Newcomer Children? Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis, 41(2), 19–31
Aslanimehr, P., Marsal, E., Weber, B., & Knapp, F. (2018). Nature Gives and Nature Takes: A Qualitative Comparison Between Canadian and German Children About their Concepts of ‘Nature.’ Childhood & Philosophy, 14(30), 483–515
Aslanimehr, P. (2015). Uncovering the Efficacy of Philosophical Inquiry With Children. Childhood & Philosophy, 11(22), 329–348
Awards & Recognition
Nominated by UBC for the CAGS-ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award (2024)
UBC President's Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award (consecutive years, 2020–2023)
UBC Department of Education & Counselling Psychology and Special Education (ECPS) Scholarship for Academic Excellence (consecutive years, 2014–2023)
Teaching & Research
Instructor for the following seminars at UBC:
Human Development, Learning, and Diversity
Assessment and Learning in the Classroom
Cultivating Supportive School and Classroom Environments
Quantitative Research Methods in Psychology
Graduate Research Assistant in philosophical inquiry with children and youth
Professional Memberships
Board Member, Janusz Korczak Association of Canada
Family Mediation Canada
Mediate BC
Mid-Island Dispute Resolution Group
BC Hear the Child Society
Engaged Philosophical Inquiry Consortium (UBC)