Mediation from Coast to Coast

*Simone Tielesh is a CoRe student board member who is on an exchange semester as a visiting student at Dalhousie University’s Schulich School of Law.

Hello CoRe blog enthusiasts!

The Schulich school of Law at Dalhousie University has two great mediation initiatives on the Halifax campus and some fascinating partnerships abroad. Within the law school there is a much sought after alternative dispute resolution (ADR) course, which considers the theory and practice of dispute resolution techniques in the fields of negotiation, mediation and arbitration.

Also, the Dalhousie College of Continuing Education has a ‘Negotiation and Conflict Management Program” for both students and interested community members alike. This program offers intensive several day courses, at both basic and advanced levels, which use methods such as roll play in front of coaches to develop participant’s ADR skills. Check out the Negotiation and Conflict Management Program website for more details, at:

http://collegeofcontinuinged.dal.ca/Continuing%20Management%20Education/Negotiation%20and%20Conflict%20Management/

If you are interested in traveling, living or working in Atlantic Canada, or just looking for some additional information on ADR programs locally and internationally, the Negotiation and Conflict Management Program offers some great resources:

Association for Conflict Resolution (U.S./International)
ADR Institute of Canada
ADR Atlantic
Family Mediation Canada
Program on Negotiation (Harvard Law School)
Public Conversations Project
Public Disputes Program (MIT-Harvard)
BothAnd Project
The Third Side
Beyond Intractability
Settle It Now Negotiation Blog
The Mediation Channel
The Peacemakers Trust
 see:
http://collegeofcontinuinged.dal.ca/Continuing%20Management%20Education/Negotiation%20and%20Conflict%20Management/Resources.php

Check back in a few days for a great story about how two professors from Dalhousie Law are working with practitioners in Vietnam and the Philippines in the field of conflict management!

Looking for more exciting ways to be involved in mediation?

Mediators Beyond Borders (Partnering for Peace & Reconciliation) is a “non-profit, humanitarian organization of skilled volunteer conflict resolution professionals established to partner with communities in troubled locations worldwide to support them to build their conflict resolution capacity for preventing, managing, resolving and healing from conflict.” Current mediation projects are taking place in Liberia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Israel and The Middle East, Zimbabwe, Colombia, and Ecuador.

Check out their website at: http://www.mediatorsbeyondborders.org/ for more information on global mediation opportunities, join up as a member, or think about joining in on the Mediators Beyond Boarders Annual Congress.

The 4th Annual MBB Congress themed From Conflict to Peace: The Mediation Revolution will be held at UCLA in Los Angeles March 4-6, 2011.

http://www.mediatorsbeyondborders.org/what/congress.shtml

Mediators Beyond Boarders can also be accessed through their LinkedIn account at: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=2539171&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr  

The CoRe Challenge Announced!

CoRe will be welcoming teams of conflict resolution practitioners, mediators, lawyers, business professionals and students to a winner-takes-all game on Saturday June 4^th. The CoRe Challenge is inspired by the Amazing Race TV Show, but fear not – the challenges will reflect CoRe's focus on dispute resolution by testing each team’s ability to problem-solve instead of their ability to ingest odd foods. If you think you have what it takes to take home the big prize, register now! The winner will be announced later this spring at the CoRe Challenge Gala – more details on that event to come.

Each registering team of 4 is asked to raise a minimum donation of $500. Proceeds go to the CoRe Conflict Resolution Society, a registered charity that provides low cost mediation services to the community, as well as education and experience in dispute resolution for law students. You can find out more about CoRe and the CoRe Challenge on our website: www.coreclinic.ca

The deadline to register is May 15^th. To register, contact us at coreclinic1@gmail.com. If you don’t have a team of your own, we will gladly find one for you to join.