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  • Celebrate Conflict Resolution Day: Events Across the Province All Week!

    Wednesday, October 09, 2019 12:01 PM | Anonymous

    Celebrate Conflict Resolution Day on October 17 with workshops, luncheons, networking, & other events across Alberta all week!

    There is still time to plan your own Conflict Resolution Day event in your community! An event can be large or small, private or public; anything that gets people talking about the options and benefits that ADR can offer. You can find a list of event ideas on the Conflict Resolution Day website.

    I    f you do host an event in celebration of Conflict Resolution Day, please let them know. Add your event to the Events page, or send an email to info@conflictresolutionday.ca.

    Our Conflict Resolution Day Events

    ADRIA Fall Networking Event


    Thursday Oct 17th 5:00pm - 8:00pm
    Edmonton
    Central Social Hall, 10909 Jasper Ave

    We are pleased to re-introduce our Networking events this fall with our first to be held at Central Social Hall in Edmonton in celebration of Conflict Resolution Week. Please plan to take advantage of this networking opportunity and bring your colleagues and guests.

    The event is free, appetizers will be provided and a cash bar is available.

    We look forward to seeing you there!

    [Registration & Details]

    Conflict Resolution Day Pop Up At Bankers Hall in Calgary


    Thursday Oct 17th 12:30pm to 2:30pm
    Calgary
    A Dose of Happiness, Banker's Hall
    (3rd floor, across from the food court)
     

    Join us at Banker's Hall in Calgary for a Pop Up Conflict Resolution Day event! Don Schapira will present at 1pm on Defusing Conflict at Work and at Home. Bring your lunch or grab a snack at the food court and come by for some networking before and after the presentation!

    Defusing Conflict at Work and at Home

    Bring a client, colleague or family member to lunch! ADRIA and the FOAJ will celebrate Conflict Resolution Day 2019 by hosting this year’s public discussion topic, as generated by the Alberta Conflict Resolution Day Committee*.

    ADRIA members Don Schapira (Calgary) and Cecile Schultz (Edmonton) will lead our luncheon attendees through a fun, practical one-hour workshop that will give participants a communication tool they can immediately put to use, and that our members can incorporate into their own practice and training delivery. Register now for this networking and professional development opportunity, and bring a guest.
     

    Calgary
    Tuesday, October 15, 2019
    11:30 AM - 1:15 PM
    Danish Canadian Club
    727-11th Avenue SW
    [Details & Registration]
     

    Edmonton
    Wednesday, October 16, 2019
    11:30 AM - 1:15 PM
    Buffet Royale - West
    17202 95 Ave NW
    [Details & Registration]

    * The Alberta Conflict Resolution Day Committee is a Government of Alberta / Non-profit partnership representing dispute resolution interests from all over the province. Since 2007 we have been providing resources and support to dispute resolution professionals, organizations and the public to host events and activities celebrating Conflict Resolution Day - an international event held annually on the third Thursday of every October. Learn more about Conflict Resolution Day and how you can register an event or activity by visiting http://www.conflictresolutionday.ca/.

    Other Conflict Resolution Day Events

     

    Free Workshop: Defusing Conflict at Work and at Home


    Join in one of the free workshops across the province! This year’s topic for Conflict Resolution Day is “Defusing Conflict at Work and at Home.” Learn some strategies for defusing conflict, including how to deal with triggers, emotional reactions, the difference between positions and interests, real active listening skills and questions you can use to defuse.

    Fri Oct 11th 2:00pm - 3:30pm
    Calgary
    Signal Hill Library, 5994 Signal Hill Centre SW
    [More Details]

    Wed Oct 16th 3:30pm - 5:00pm
    Calgary
    Nose Hill Library, 1530 Northmount Dr NW
    [More Details]

    Thu Oct 17th 9:30am or 1:30pm
    Grande Prairie
    Courthouse Mediation Room, 10260 99 St
    [More Details]


     Thu Oct 17th 12:00pm - 1:30pm
    Edmonton
    Kingsway Mall, 109 St and Princess Elizabeth Ave NW
    [More Details]

    Fri Oct 18th 2:00pm - 3:30pm
    Calgary
    Crowfoot Library, 8665 Nose Hill Dr NW
    [More Details]

     Sat Oct 19th 1:00pm - 2:30pm
    Calgary
    Seton Library, 4995 Market St SE
    [More Details]

     

    Lighting Up Our Bridges for Conflict Resolution Day


    On Thursday, Oct 17th the Edmonton High Level Bridge & the Calgary Reconcilliation Bridge will be lit in celebration of International Conflict Resolution Day.

     

    Conflict Resolution Info Fair


    Thursday Oct 17th 10:00am - 2:00pm
    Edmonton
    Kingsway Mall

    Swing by Kingsway Mall between 10:00am and 2:00pm to check out the different dispute resolution services offered in the province. Get your questions answered and maybe leave with some free swag!

    You can also sign up for a free "Defusing Conflict at Work and at Home" workshop offered in the same location from noon to 1:00pm. Register at info@conflictresolutionday.ca.

     

    Conflict Resolution Day Proclaimation - City of Edmonton


    Thursday Oct 17th 11:00am - 11:15am
    Edmonton
    Kingsway Mall

    Communities around Alberta join together to celebrate Conflict Resolution Day. We recognize that conflict is part of life, and that it is not the conflict but how we handle it that matters. Conflict Resolution Day is an opportunity to educate ourselves about how to prevent and manage disputes effectively, and to raise awareness about all the conflict resolution services available to citizens across the province.

    Check out the Full Listing of Conflict Resolution Day Activities!

  • September is Designation Month

    Tuesday, September 03, 2019 2:20 PM | Sandra ADRIA Membership (Administrator)

    It's that time of year again!

    Applications are accepted until September 30th for Qualified Mediator (Q.Med), Chartered Mediator (C.Med), Qualified Arbitrator (Q.Arb) and Chartered Arbitrator (C.Arb). Make sure to include reference letters, transcripts, supervised mock mediation forms, etc. 

    We require three weeks notice to schedule your C.Med Skills Assessment or Q.Med Supervised Mock Mediation so contact education@adralberta.com to book your spot. 
      
    For more information:

    The next application window will be in March 2020.

    If you have any questions, please email Sandra at membership@adralberta.com.



  • Panel Discussion Transcript: The Path to Success as a Mediator

    Thursday, July 25, 2019 7:55 PM | Anonymous

    On March 6, 2019, ADRIA held a panel discussion with five Alberta-based mediators to discuss their views on mediation and what the path to mediation success might look like for newcomers to the field.  On our website you will find an edited transcript of the 2-hour panel discussion.  Read the full transcript or select questions below.

    Questions:

    How do you use ADR in your work? What was your journey to becoming an ADR practitioner? And what ADR opportunities are there in your organization or area of practice?

    What skills or qualities you think it takes to succeed either in your particular organization, in your area of practice, or just to succeed in general?

    What do you see in new mediators or ADR practitioners that you think will make them successful? 

    How do you balance being self-reflective and only taking on what you can handle and challenging yourself to be a little uncomfortable and learn?

    What do you notice is missing from new practitioners or from people that you interview?

    When you consider the people that are just coming out of their training, where are they in terms of handling real clients? Their ability to handle real clients?

    What recommendations do you have for people wanting to enter this field?

    What would you note as the criteria that leads you to say yes, this is why I love mediating?

    Do you ever get people who say things like, don't mediate me? 

    What's the one skill that you're still reaching for and trying to master that makes you uncomfortable?


  • Featured Article (Edmonton Journal): Think your neighbour is mad about leaves? Think again. Conflict starts in the heart

    Tuesday, June 25, 2019 11:15 AM | Sandra ADRIA Membership (Administrator)


    He was a retired professor with an immaculate backyard.

    Across the fence was a young junk collector. Or at least, that’s what the professor saw. Actually, you could better describe the younger one as a hustler, a street-smart guy making money as he could.

    But the stage was set anyway: Spiteful words. Bylaw called. More than once. It was spiralling out of control.

    “Eventually, they were at the point where they were shovelling snow into each other’s yards just to escalate,” said Peter Windel, the volunteer mediator the City of Edmonton called in to help. This was too much for a bylaw officer to handle.

    I went for coffee with Windel recently, curious about his role in a society that prefers lawyers to mediators. He runs a struggling non-profit doing incredible work in local neighbourhoods.

    With just a $50,000 grant last year, the Mediation and Restorative Justice Centre accepted more than 400 referrals from city staff and 311 operators. In 176 cases, they gave coaching or intensive mediation to change hearts and bring healing.

    Read Full Article Here

  • McGowan Awards of Excellence in Dispute Resolution

    Monday, June 03, 2019 2:31 PM | Anonymous

    The ADR Institute of Canada is calling for nominees for the Lionel J. McGowan Awards of Excellence in Dispute Resolution.
     
    The awards are named in recognition and honour of Lionel J. McGowan, the first Executive Director of the Arbitrators’ Institute of Canada. The presentation of the McGowan Awards will take place during the ADRIC 2019 Conference in Victoria, British Columbia, November 20-22, 2019
     
    There are two awards to bestow: one for outstanding regional contributions and one for outstanding national contributions.
     
    Nominations will be accepted until Friday, August 2, 2019. You are encouraged to submit nominations at any time prior to this date.

    Please send nominations in the form of a letter explaining why you feel your nominee should be recognized and highlighting the nominee’s specific contributions, to the McGowan Nomination Committee at the ADR Institute’s national office, by fax or email.

    Fax: 416-901-4736
    Email: admin@adric.ca


  • Enter our Contest & Win a Free Day of Training!

    Thursday, May 30, 2019 2:30 PM | Anonymous

    Have ideas for professional development training you’d like to see at ADRIA? 
     

    We are looking for suggestions for upcoming one-day professional development training sessions targeting experienced mediators and/or arbitrators. Submit a brief proposal of no more than 300 words, including an explanation of the specifics of the training and why it would benefit ADR professionals. The person whose suggestion we use, will win the training for free! If more than one member submits the same idea then a draw will be held for the free training.
     
    Submit your ideas to education@adralberta.com by June 24th.


  • Featured Article: The Game Of Thrones Scene You Won't See (But Should): Mediation

    Thursday, May 23, 2019 2:33 PM | Anonymous

    By: Danielle and Andy Mayoras (Forbes)

    One of the best ways for families in the midst of an inheritance dispute -- or many other legal cases for that matter -- to settle their differences is with mediation.

    Read a fan fiction "deleted scene" from Game of Thrones where a new character - a mediator - joins the cast.

    Spoiler Alert: This "deleted scene" contains spoilers.
    Read the Full Article


  • ADRIA in the Media: Divorce Magazine

    Friday, March 29, 2019 12:23 PM | Anonymous

    Divorce Magazine Canada is a free resource of local businesses that can help through the transitions of divorce or separation. On behalf of our mediators who work with families, ADRIA submitted an article as well as an advertisement. Our article, "Could we just talk? (for the sake of the kids)" discusses preserving the parent-child relationships. The issue is available now throughout Alberta at many convenient locations. 

  • Save the Date: June 13, 2019 ADRIA's Annual General Meeting

    Wednesday, March 13, 2019 12:22 PM | Anonymous

    Please plan to join us Thursday, June 13 from 5-8 pm for our Annual General Meeting. Wine and cheese will be served and door prizes will be available.


    Tentative Schedule:

    5:00 - 5:30 Networking Reception

    5:30 - 6:30 AGM

    6:30 - 7:00 Networking Reception

    7:00 - 7:30 Keynote Speaker (TBA)

    7:30 - 8:00 Networking Reception

     

    Edmonton Location:

    ADRIA Office

    #225 Tower 1

    3697 Mill Woods Road
     

    Calgary Location:

    Danish Canadian Club

    727 - 11th Avenue S.W.


    or join us online via ZOOM (details to follow)

     

    More information and details will be posted on our website in the coming weeks.


  • April 13th, 2019 is Law Day in Alberta

    Tuesday, March 12, 2019 12:21 PM | Anonymous

    April 13th, 2019 is Law Day in Alberta!

    ADRIA will be present in Calgary & Edmonton, where we will be hosting Children's Mock Arbitrations and Mediations - between Batman & Robin no less.

    Save the date, bring the kids, and consider helping out!

    Full details on the Law Day Website
     

    Volunteers still needed!


    Batman & Robin - Be a Conflict Superhero, not a bully!
     
    Volunteers are needed to support the CBA Law Day in both Calgary & Edmonton, Saturday April 13th.  Our Children's Mock Arbitration & Mediation scenarios with the Dynamic Duo should be a smash.  We will need display booth attendants, guides and actors: arbitrators, mediators and costumed superheroes.  This is a fun day, and an opportunity to interact with the public.  Engagement and over-acting is strongly encouraged!  Contact paul@adralberta.com if you’re able to assist in either city. 


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