Annual General Meeting 2017

June 10 2017 (10AM until 11AM - Atlantic Time)has been scheduled for the Annual General Meeting and Election of Board Members.

REGISTER NOW: You can register at no cost by following the link above in the events list.

There will be an in-person meeting location in Halifax and others may join using ZOOM conferencing software.

Nominations have already been requested by an email sent directly to members with a deadline of May 31 to respond. Nominations will also be accepted from the floor during the AGM.

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Alternatives to Harassment Investigations - an early resolution approach 

with Roger Beaudry - this short course will be offered in Halifax in May and registration information will be posted soon.

TRoger Beaudry of APTUS Solutions, Ottawa. Roger is an investigator but also a mediator who markets early resolution opportunites to organizations as a less painful way to resolve the issues raised by a colleague.

Roger lectures regularly on negotiation, mediation, investigation and arbitration and has been involved in designing ADR training courses, training mediators and providing negotiation training through various universities and organisations in various countries. In Canada, he has done this mainly in association with the University of Windsor and the University of Ottawa law schools.

Anyone who has ever had experience in the administration or investigation of harassment complaints knows the cost in emotional currency that the harassment process invokes.  Plan to attend this teleconference to learn the Roger’s quick and simple steps to his “Facilitated Conversation” model specifically designed to defuse harassment situations.

Following this free workshop, in May we’ll be offering an indepth workshop in Roger’s Alternative Harassment Resolution Model.  This offer is extended to our professional friends at ICF Atlantic, as well as the HR Associations of all four Atlantic provinces.

REGISTRATION will open soon.

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The Arbitration course offering has been cancelled because of low registration and a new date will be proposed

 Nationally Accredited (40-hour) Arbitration Course

Halifax, NS

December course has been Cancelled 

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New featured presentation style for ADRIC Conference

ADR Atlantic Member Tim Brodie, C.Med., Q. Arb. presented his theory on the Keys to the Universe as one of ten ADRIC Talks presentations at the National Conference held in Calgary. All of the ADRIC Talks presentations were well received and they will be available online soon at the ADRIC website.

This is the group of ADRIC Talks presenters at the ADRIC National Conference in Calgary. Our Tim is at far right (brown jacket). These presentations were short Ted Talks style and were received very well -- there are fantastic ADR projects all over Canada.  The new ADRIC logo and branding was announced at the Conference and it is featured on the banner at the right. You will find Tim's presentation on YouTube using the title The Keys to the Universe or visit the ADRIC website and search there ( www.adric.ca ).

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THE TRANSFORMATIVE FRAMEWORK

JOSEPH P. FOLGER, Ph.D. and BASIA SOLARZ, MAdEd

Halifax workshop, May 2015, Summary by Cavell Boone

 “Transformative Mediation has been adopted in a wide array of contexts including organizational, court, community and governmental settings and has been used in family, neighbour, divorce, youth, multi-party disputes. It has also been adapted for conflict interventions that address team development and organizational disputes” (ADRAI training brochure, March 2015) 

The full article can be accessed by clicking here:

Transformative Mediation Training Summary by Cavell Boone.pdf

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   IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT APPLICATIONS FOR DESIGNATIONS

FEES for Processing Designations Applications

At the May 30 2013 regular meeting of the Board of Directors, the Board reviewed its work with applications for designations. The Board found that the workload is becoming large for the volunteers who do assessment (there have been 16 applications started since September 2012). The process now requires administrative support to manage the applications and the committees now have costs associated with their meetings. The Board has polled other affiliates and learned that Ontario requires a $500 fee to process applications for Chartered Designations and $200 for Qualified Designations. Saskatchewan and Manitoba charge a fee of $200 for all applications. The Board has approved the following fee structure to be implemented for new applications for designations received from July 1, 2013 onwards:

Application for Chartered Arbitrator or Mediator  $200 plus HST processing fee will apply

Application for Qualified Arbitrator or Mediator    $100 plus HST processing fee will apply

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