Episode 38 - Post Conflict Trust Building with Nora Sahatciu
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Community Building, Transitional Justice and Inter-Community Trust work in Kosovo
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Episode 37 - Exploring Happiness the Novel
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A book club style discussion with a conflict lens exploring Happiness by Aminata Forna. This wide ranging discussion touches on trauma, conflict cycles, polarization, roles and human-animal conflict.
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Episode 36 - Winter Reflections
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In this Episode C.D. and Amanda take some time to reflect on the last year and look forward to 2019. This is the longest show notes and link list we've done by about 200%. So we've pulled our 2 call-outs to the top of the list! 1. We are collecting ideas for the 2019 SKill Series. If there are skills you think we should add to the list let us know or 2. is the holiday book club pick. Read it with us over the holidays. C.D. Co-Chaired the BC CLE Conflict Resolutiuon Conference 2018 - Evolving Practices for Changing Times Amanda has been studying Conversational Intelligence with Judith...
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Episode 36 - Winter Reflections
Overthinking Conflict
In this Episode C.D. and Amanda take some time to reflect on the last year and look forward to 2019. This is the longest show notes and link list we've done by about 200%. So we've pulled our 2 call-outs to the top of the list! 1. We are collecting ideas for the 2019 SKill Series. If there are skills you think we should add to the list let us know or 2. is the holiday book club pick. Read it with us over the holidays. C.D. Co-Chaired the BC CLE Conflict Resolutiuon Conference 2018 - Evolving Practices for Changing Times Amanda has been studying Conversational Intelligence with Judith...
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How do you support people to participate?
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We had the opportunity to chat about coaching in Family Busines disputes with Laura North. While family businesses have some unique dynamics, I left this chat thinking about how I can apply the concept to other businesses. Does one of the parties need a support person? In which situations might a coach be a good situation? You can find Laura North online at Do you use coaches in your dispute resolution practice? Tell us about it
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Epsiode 35 - Getting to Better Questions with Cinnie Noble
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This week we have Cinnie Noble back to continue our exploration of questions. How do you know if you've asked a good question? What is the purpose of questions? How do you use time to increase the power of your questions? How do you handle having asked a bad question? Cinnie's Daily Questions can be found on Twitter Cinnie's Book What do you want to be most prepared for? What could they do to trigger you? What do you want to do differently? What have I not asked? You can find Cinnie online at Have you heard any great questions recently? Let us know Talk Soon!
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Who has a stake in a conflict?
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This short bonus episode features our chat with Aaron Lyons at the 2018 Symposium. We talk about the role of the larger community in dispute resolution processes. What is the role of the community to speak values into a conflict? How should rights be reflected at the table? Let us know what you think Find Aaron Lyons online at Talk Soon.
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What is the Role of Identity in Conflict?
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This short bonus episode features our chat with Dr. John Radford at the 2018 Symposium. We focus on identity as a layer of conflict that is often overlooked. How are you seeing identity impacting conflict? Let us know Find Dr. John Radford online at Talk Soon.
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Episode 34 - Indigenous Law with Val Napoleon
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Join us this week as we explore the concepts of Indigenous Law in Canada. Val takes us through the role of stories in rebuilding the body of indigenous law, the importance of laws for indigenous communities and how being a multijurisdictional country can work. "They need to consider and conceptualize indigenous law as law. And when they have questions about indigenous law it would be helpful to ask themselves if they would ask thayt same question of Canadian Law. And if not,why not?" Find more about Val Napoleon online Do you have more questions that answers after...
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What else is possible?
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This short bonus episode features our chat with Evelyn Zellerer at the 2018 Symposium. We explore the relationship between mediation and restorative justice. This feels like the beginning of a conversation. If you would like us to continue it let us know You can find out more about Evelyn Zellerer at or
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SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT!
If you are the kind of reader who hates spoilers please read the book before listening to the episode.
Here are links to the past episodes mentioned in our discussion.
Lorraine Segal - Episode 28 - Spotlight on Boundary Setting
Julie Daum - Episode 6 - Giving Feedback
C.D. and Amanda read the book as part of CoRe Reads 2018. A huge Thank You to Julie Daum for suggesting the book, Darsey Meredith and Aaron Leakey for participating in the dialogue and Wendy Lakusta for facilitating the collaborative discussion.
You can see the video of the collaborative process here
Did you enjoy being part of our book club? Want more? Aaron Leakey is facilitating a new monthly group Reading Conflict with the first discussion starting March 11, 2019