WSBA ADR Section

NW Collaborative Futures (a cross-border, future focused, conflict resolution conference occuring online Oct 21-22), is thrilled to announce our Wednesday evening Oct 20 kickoff events, open to everyone for free, regardless of conference registration.

At 6pm, we’ll start with a virtual reception as Mediate BC board chair Julie Daum presents the Susanna Jani Award for Excellence in Mediation. Then we’ll mingle via breakout rooms.

Register here for the reception and mingle:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItf--gqTovHtOg-dmnXKAIjGuSkU2oiKMI

After the mingle, conference keynote speaker Tahmoh Penikett (who played Karl ‘Helo’ Agathon on Battlestar Galatica) will share reflections on his own experiences with the impacts of artificial borders.

Register here for the keynote: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Yeyjw_fWTuK4AR6XyktzPA

These kickoff events are free & open to all, because conflict resolution and mediation are such critical & important concepts. Events that invite everyone to learn more deconstruct the artificial border between conflict resolution professionals and the public.

NW Collaborative Futures Conference has a incredible lineup (more than 75 speakers/32 hours of programming including a mini film fest!) on conflict resolution and deconstructing artificial borders. It includes talks about the campaign against non-disclosure agreements in sexual harassment cases, the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women, immigration and refugees, police arbitration reform and conflict resolution skill building sessions.

The agenda and conference registration:
https://nwcollaborativefutures.org/

We are pleased to welcome Alice Shikina and James Cook for a presentation on workplace conflict for the Northwest Collaborative Futures Conference.

Mediation is all about tearing down walls and building up communication. People build fortresses around themselves at work, stop all conducive conversations and begin to build an empire of conflict. The biggest complaint is that people are not being heard or understood. Most workplace conflicts do not belong in the courts. They need to be deconstructed, understood and rebuilt on healthier relationships.

James Cook and Alice Shikina will discuss the nature of conflict in the workplace and the ways to deal with larger organizational turmoil and how to deconstruct those walls in order to begin to build bridges.

Canadian Registration: http://ow.ly/UiAV50Gecbo
American Registration: https://nwcollaborativefutures.org/

Christine Ndilo Kakyema is a certified mediator and a trainer in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya. She is also a technologist and professional psychologist working in Chuka referral hospital since 1992, counselling traumatized patients.

At the Northwest Futures Conference she will be presenting on the establishment of a local mediation office to enable people to access dispute resolution in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya with ease.

Canadian Registration: http://ow.ly/UiAV50Gecbo
American Registration: https://nwcollaborativefutures.org/