Going Beyond "Interests" in Negotiation and Mediation
For practitioners and trainers in the field of conflict resolution
DATE: Friday, November 29, 2002, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (arrival and coffee at 8:30 a.m.)
LOCATION: Dunsmuir Lodge, near Victoria, British Columbia
"Interest-based" approaches to conflict resolution have been at the core of negotiation and mediation training and practice for two decades. In this workshop, experienced practitioners and trainers have opportunities to consider several challenges to "interest-based" approaches and what they mean for practice and training. Participants will take part in an in-depth case study of their choice of a family dispute, a workplace dispute, a dispute in an educational setting, a negotiation between a First Nation and a non-aboriginal group, or another topic (subject to the interests of persons registering for the course).
Speakers: Catherine Morris . Paulette Regan . Gordon Sloan
Graduate Research Associates:
Jessica McNamara and Emily Claire Poupart,
Graduate students in the University of Victoria Master of Arts in Dispute Resolution.
Catherine Morris, B.A., LL.B., LL.M, director of Peacemakers Trust, is a lawyer with experience in the field of conflict resolution since 1983. A former Executive Director of the Institute for Dispute Resolution at the University of Victoria, she has led workshops in academic and other settings in Canada, the United States and Southeast Asia.
Paulette Regan, B.A., M.A., Ph.D (Cand.), a consulting director of Peacemakers Trust, has over fifteen years experience in research, teaching and policy analysis on a wide variety of issues related to First Nations treaty, land claims, governance, and resource use conflicts.
Gordon Sloan, B.A., LL.B., is one of Canada's most experienced dispute resolution trainers and teaches in several graduate level academic programs including the University of Victoria interdisclinary graduate program in dispute resolution. A lawyer with a varied and busy mediation practice, he has worked with governments, First Nations, conflict resolution organizations, the legal community and private interests all over Canada.
