Course Designer(s)– Trauma Informed Practice (Mediation and Tribunal Work) CoRe Conflict Resolution Society is seeking contractors to develop two related courses in trauma-informed practice for conflict resolution: Trauma-informed mediation practice (14 hours)Trauma-informed practice for tribunals (14 hours) These courses are intended to offer an accessible means for learners throughout the province to obtain training essential... Continue Reading →
Call for Expressions of Interest
Course Designer(s) – Family Violence for Mediators CoRe Conflict Resolution Society is seeking contractors to develop a three-day (21 hours) course on Family Violence for mediators. This course is intended to offer an accessible means for learners throughout the province to access training essential to practice as a Child Protection mediator and to work in... Continue Reading →
Finding Mediations as a New Mediator
Tuesday, June 14th at 4:30 – 6:00 pm PST Online via Zoom Panelists: Gina Delimari, Yeda Hong, Amanda Semenoff and Wendy Lakusta. For most new mediators, finding mediation experience can be a challenge. Join our panel of civil mediators who have each found ways to gain experience in recent years to discuss what worked and... Continue Reading →
Coffee & Conflict: Disappointments, Setbacks, and Failure in Mediation
June 6th, noon-1:30 pm PST Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89256773043 I remember when I first started as a family mediator and I had to face the disappointment that my theory and listening tools weren’t always landing with folx. Often, I reminded students that theory alone isn’t worth a whole heck of a lot. Theory must be skillfully contextualized... Continue Reading →
Speaker Series Event – Apology, Forgiveness and the Law
Tuesday, May 31st at 4:30 - 6:00 pm PST with John Kleefeld Zoom link to be sent to subscribers Apology is widely understood as an essential step for forgiveness and healing. A case in point is Pope Francis’s long-awaited recent apology to First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegations for the harm done by residential schools... Continue Reading →
Reading Conflict – Bury Your Gays: Representation Matters on TV
with Darsey Meredith Monday, May 2nd at Noon - 1:30 pm PST Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87233393558 TL;DR: What is the Bury Your Gays Trope? On today’s Lesbian Visibility Day, April 26th, I think about the places I have seen myself represented on TV in the past. I think of Willow Rosenberg and Tara Maclay from Buffy the... Continue Reading →
Coffee & Conflict – Addressing your own fear in conflict
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81487604551 “Are you troubled by strange noises in the night? Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic? Have you or your family actually seen a spook, specter or ghost? If the answer is yes, then don’t wait another minute. Just pick up the phone and call the professionals.” –... Continue Reading →
Seeking Course Designers – Mediation
CoRe Conflict Resolution Society is seeking course designers to develop introductory mediation courses for delivery throughout BC. We are especially interested in working with a small team that brings multiple perspectives and experiences to the work. Courses to be created: Two introductory mediation courses totaling ~80 hours. These courses are intended to offer an accessible... Continue Reading →
Speaker Series – Communication (through a lens of negotiating with CRA)
With Jacqueline Fehr Thursday, April 21st 4:30 – 6:00 pm PST via Zoom To communicate is to transmit, express, or impart something (information, knowledge, ideas, thoughts or feelings). The medium one must use to communicate (in-person, letter, phone, text, picture) is inextricably linked to the successful transmission or expression of ideas. Over the past two... Continue Reading →
Speaker Series – Wisdom Enters Through the Wound
Wisdom enters through the wound: How your life experience influences your work with Lori Charvat, Jai Djwa, and Sierra Wells Wednesday, March 23rd 4:30 - 6:00 pm PST via Zoom Join our panel of facilitators and mediators as they engage with questions that come up for all of us in our conflict resolution work. What... Continue Reading →