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Canadian International Institute of Applied Negotiation – Toronto Training
July 27, 2010
Four-day highly acclaimed, highly interactive and very practical workshops are being offered by CIIAN. Well seasoned instructors/practitioners prepare participants to act effectively in conflict situations.
Personal readiness includes examining our own biases and prejudices, our conflict management styles, staying cool "under fire", and the ability to manage the emotional climate at the table.
The Module I workshop introduces participants to the theory and practice of interest-based negotiation and the analysis and understanding of conflict. It provides an excellent foundation for the further study and practice of mediation. Knowledge and skills necessary to help resolve conflicts and disputes are featured. These include understanding conflict factors and dynamics; the relationship of rights, interests and power; communication and conflict; and the nature and dynamics of power.
The Module II workshop is designed to develop the mediation competencies of participants. A good working knowledge of the theory of conflict analysis, communication, conflict, anger and power and interest-based negotiation is assumed. The Mediation module concentrates on the mediation process in its broader aspects from pre-mediation screening and interviewing to the mediation process itself, to the conclusion of written agreements, and to any follow up procedures.
Introductory Conflict Coaching Workshop
July 12, 2010
INTRODUCTORY CONFLICT COACHING WORKSHOP
Conflict coaching is a specialized niche in the field of coaching and conflict management. It is a one-on-one technique, in which a trained coach assists people to effectively prevent or manage specific disputes and to enhance their conflict management skills. This process has wide application, in the organizational context and for coaching individuals to participate in mediation, negotiation and relational conflict.
To register and for further information on conflict coaching workshops including coordinating a workshop in your city or workplace and cost, contact:
Cinnie Noble or her assistant Laureen McNeill:
Phone: 416-686-4247 Toll free: 1-866-335-6466
Email: cinnie@cinergycoaching.com
Workplace Fairness Analyst Workshop
July 12, 2010
Become a Certified Workplace Fairness Analyst
Course Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010
The Workplace Fairness Institute is offering a one day training session to those who qualify to become Workplace Fairness Analysts.
Place: St. Paul’s Anglican Church (Bloor Street between Jarvis and Church)
Time: 9 a.m. and going to 4:30 pm
Cost: $489 +HST per person which also covers the cost of the book Workplaces That Work.
This designation demonstrates that a workplace practitioner is qualified to use the tools developed by the Workplace Fairness Institute to analyze workplace conflict management systems.
Applicants for this certificate training must pre-qualify by demonstrating that they have sufficient knowledge and expertise in workplace conflict management.
Applicants can demonstrate sufficient expertise by showing they have some training and/or experience in: human resources, labour relations, ombuds functions, organizational development or behaviour, management, union representation, workplace mediation and/or arbitration.
Applicants with training, education and/or experience in any of these areas will be pre-qualified to take the one-day certification course.
You can sign up by sending an email to the Workplace Fairness Institute at: donais@workplacefairness.ca
If you have any questions you can call 416-720-1229.
www.workplacefairness
Lionel J. McGowan Awards of Excellence in Dispute Resolution - Call for Nominations for 2010
May 26, 2010
The ADR Institute of Canada, Inc. 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 at the Institute’s Annual General Meeting to be held in Calgary, Alberta on September 23, 2010. There are two awards: one for contributions to the Institute at the regional level, and one for contributions at the national level.
Regional Award of Excellence
This award is for an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the development and success of a regional organization, either by a short-term outstanding effort or through constant contributions over a long period of time, or has contributed significantly to the promotion and development of ADR within the region. Note that simply being a member for many years, being on a board or committee for many years, or carrying out one’s own ADR practice do not count toward the award.
National Award of Excellence
This award is similar to the regional award, but given for contributions to the national Institute. A candidate’s contributions to the support, development and/or progress of the ADR Institute of Canada and its policies and programs, and to promotion of ADR on a national scale, would count.
Professional ADR teaching, hearing ADR cases, and other ADR practice activities do not count. As well, simply being on the Board of the national Institute would not count unless it included major contributions to the Institute through development of the Institute’s structure, national-regional relationships, national programs or materials, funding, or other significant Institute initiatives.
Deadline
Nominations will be accepted until 12:00 noon EST Friday, July 23, 2010. Please send nominations to the attention of:
McGowan Nominations Committee
ADR Institute of Canada, Inc.
234 Eglinton Ave. E., Suite 405
Toronto, Ontario M4P 1K5
Fax: 416-487-4429
admin@adrcanada.ca
ADR Opportunities
Alternative Dispute Resolution Practitioner - Department of National Defence
August 30, 2010 -
Closing Date Sept 10
https://psjobs-emploisfp.psc-cfp.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/applicant/page1800?toggleLanguage=en&noBackBtn=true&poster=131357&psrsMode=1
Department Name: Department of National Defence
Locations: Various Locations
Classification: AS - 05
Salary: $72,148 to $78,004
Closing Date: September 10, 2010 - 23:59, Pacific Time
Reference Number: DND10J-011032-000002
Selection Process Number: 10-DND-EA-OTTWA-343466
Employment Tenure: Anticipatory Indeterminate, Acting, Specified Period, Deployment, Assignment, Secondment
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