Conflict Resolution 2023: Understanding Conflict Resolution Through Research


Course Date: November 8, 2023

Full Course Materials
Total: 4h 14min

Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)

Mary Kingston — Programs Production Manager, CLEBC, Vancouver
Sharon Sutherland, RRM — Mediate BC, Tsawwassen
Darsey Meredith — CoRe Conflict Resolution Society, Tsawwassen

Panel on Conflict Resolution Research (9:10 – 10:40)

Facilitator: Lisa Martz — Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC, Vancouver

Kari D. Boyle — Coordinator, BC Family Justice Innovation Lab, North Vancouver
Joan Braun
— Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON
Kelly Douglas
— Indigenous Mediator at large, Westbank
Kent Highnam
— Dean, School of Health, Community & Social Justice—JIBC, New Westminster
Matt Sims
— Founder, AvvyPro, Vancouver
Sharon Sutherland, RRM
— Mediate BC, Tsawwassen

BREAK (10:40 – 10:50)

Case Studies (10:50 – 11:25)

Partnership for Productive Organizational Conflict (PPOC) Workplace Conflict Resolution Programs and Employee Efficacy and Wellbeing—An Overview of Research Outcomes (10:50 – 11:25)

Bridget E. Brownlow, BA, MA, Con.Res.Cert. — Senior Advisor, Conflict Support, Medical Affairs, Nova Scotia Health Authority and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Education, Part-time Faculty, Department of Political Science and The Irish Studies Programme, Saint Mary's University Director, International Conflict Management Programming, Northern Ireland - Reconciliation Fund, Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Ireland

Family Violence and Consensual Dispute Resolution: Best Practices and Future Directions

Kenya Rogers — JD/JID Candidate, UVic Law, Victoria

Special Presentations (11:25 – 12:00)

ARIA C3: A Methodology for Defining, Promoting and Assessing Success of Conflict Resolution and Community Development
Initiatives
(11:25 – 12:00)

Daniela Cohen — Associate, The ARIA Group, Vancouver

Access to Civil Justice, Dispute Resolution and Legal Change

Kaitlyn Cumming — PhD Candidate, Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC, Nanaimo

LUNCH (12:00 – 1:00)

BREAK (2:30 – 2:40)

Panel on Research in Other Fields (2:40 – 3:55)

Facilitator: Sharon Sutherland, RRM — Mediate BC, Tsawwassen

Felix Gilliland — Qmunity, Vancouver
Rajan Leung
— Sanofi, North York, ON

Dr. Eric Li — Associate Professor, Faculty of Management, UBC-Okanagan, Kelowna

Closing Remarks (3:55 – 4:00)

Sharon Sutherland, RRM — Mediate BC, Tsawwassen
Darsey Meredith — CoRe Conflict Resolution Society, Tsawwassen