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Jan
18
Thu
2018 OCFLG Annual Retreat @ El Dorado Hotel
Jan 18 @ 5:00 pm – Jan 19 @ 7:00 pm

Isn’t it time you scheduled a break for YOURSELF?

It’s Annual Retreat time!

hotel eldorado

January 18th & 19th, 2018

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Join us at the beautiful
ELDORADO HOTEL
Space is limited so act fast to secure your spot!
SIGNIFICANT savings if you book before December 1st, 2017.  You’ll find all of the details + itinerary below.

We are anticipating approval for 6+hrs of CPD credits!

With Keynote John-Paul Boyd and your Expert Facilitator, Josie Smith.

We’ve custom tailored this retreat to meet your needs:

John-Paul BoydYour Keynote:  Take a journey on the changes in family law over the past 50 years.  With insights weaved throughout, John-Paul will guide us on why family law needs to be practiced differently than other areas of civil law.  He speaks to the need to pursue the non-adversarial resolution of disputes for the sake of the well-being of the children and the parties, and the future functioning of the restructured family.

 

Your Full Day Program:  Building Personal Resilience and Group Trust in Demanding Times.  Specific to YOU in its design this full-day workshop offers a deep dive into the story you tell about fulfilling your needs, teaches better ways to build boundaries while enhancing your learning through meditation techniques you can take with you!  We’re even doing a yoga practice for resiliency in the am (optional of course but trust us, you won’t want to miss it!).

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For more information please contact our retreat committee  Chair: Leneigh Bosdet [email protected]

Aug
9
Thu
Summer Sessions for Collaborative Professionals 2018
Aug 9 – Aug 10 all-day

The fourth annual Summer Sessions for Collaborative Professionals is happening in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada August 9-10 and 15-16, 2018.   Fulfill your professional development needs and vacation on our beautiful Island! Check out PEI in Summer.

 

TRANSFORMING CONFLICT THROUGH INSIGHT

August 9-10, 2018

This 2-day advanced workshop will introduce conflict professionals to the “insight approach” to conflict and mediation. The insight approach addresses conflict through a “learning lens” that engages conflicting parties in an interactive learning process where conflict is viewed as an interpretation of threats to deep level values. These threats cause people to respond with “defend” patterns of interaction that generate, escalate and sustain conflict. Helping conflicting parties understand more about what each other values and how it contributes to their actions assists them to gain “insight” and seek new ways of interacting that are less threatening and more productive. When the conflict is managed effectively, parties can make better decisions and reach lasting agreement.

Trainers: Dr. Cheryl Picard and Jacinta Gallant

COST: $700 CDN (Canadian residents add 15% HST)

 

THE AUTHENTIC PROFESSIONAL SERIES – 1 DAY COURSES

August 15 – Communication FLOW, with Harmony Wagner and Jacinta Gallant

If you have ever wanted to feel more integration in your professional and personal life, this workshop is for you. We will focus on communication and conflict to help you be more authentic and natural at work, and in your life generally. This workshop introduces a new approach to establishing and maintaining the connections required to harmonize stress and collaborate. You will find it immediately applicable to your work, and your life.

In this experiential and interactive workshop, we will dissect the anatomy of conflict and garner practical tools to improve listening skills, defuse defensiveness and facilitate dialogue. We will work with movement to apply basic Tai Chi principles to the communication process, and learn how to keep the conversation moving forward between opposing forces. Working from the tenet that continued flow is the basis of fruitful negotiation and the resolution of disputes, we will offer tools and techniques to help you respond, rather than react, in conflict situations.

COST: $350.00 (Canadian residents add 15% HST)

 

August 16 – Shifting from Judgment to Curiosity, with Jacinta Gallant

Building on the idea that we are more effective in our work when we can be authentic and natural, this workshop will challenge your judgments and assumptions – and help you become more curious!

As Conflict Professionals, our job is to help clients move through their difficulties and open themselves up to the many possibilities for the future. But this is not easy.

We need to be aware that we, just like our clients, are influenced by our own judgments and assumptions. In this 1 day workshop, we will explore our own judgments and assumptions and learn how to be “productively” curious. With a combination of experiential learning, and self-exploration, you will learn how to be effective in asking questions, more natural in your responses, and more authentic in your practice. We also think that playing with curiosity will help you enjoy your life more!

COST: $350.00 (Canadian residents add 15% HST)

 

Click for more details and registration: http://www.jacintagallant.ca/summer-sessions.php

Aug
10
Fri
Summer Sessions for Collaborative Professionals 2018
Aug 10 – Aug 11 all-day

The fourth annual Summer Sessions for Collaborative Professionals is happening in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada August 9-10 and 15-16, 2018.   Fulfill your professional development needs and vacation on our beautiful Island! Check out PEI in Summer.

 

TRANSFORMING CONFLICT THROUGH INSIGHT

August 9-10, 2018

This 2-day advanced workshop will introduce conflict professionals to the “insight approach” to conflict and mediation. The insight approach addresses conflict through a “learning lens” that engages conflicting parties in an interactive learning process where conflict is viewed as an interpretation of threats to deep level values. These threats cause people to respond with “defend” patterns of interaction that generate, escalate and sustain conflict. Helping conflicting parties understand more about what each other values and how it contributes to their actions assists them to gain “insight” and seek new ways of interacting that are less threatening and more productive. When the conflict is managed effectively, parties can make better decisions and reach lasting agreement.

Trainers: Dr. Cheryl Picard and Jacinta Gallant

COST: $700 CDN (Canadian residents add 15% HST)

 

THE AUTHENTIC PROFESSIONAL SERIES – 1 DAY COURSES

August 15 – Communication FLOW, with Harmony Wagner and Jacinta Gallant

If you have ever wanted to feel more integration in your professional and personal life, this workshop is for you. We will focus on communication and conflict to help you be more authentic and natural at work, and in your life generally. This workshop introduces a new approach to establishing and maintaining the connections required to harmonize stress and collaborate. You will find it immediately applicable to your work, and your life.

In this experiential and interactive workshop, we will dissect the anatomy of conflict and garner practical tools to improve listening skills, defuse defensiveness and facilitate dialogue. We will work with movement to apply basic Tai Chi principles to the communication process, and learn how to keep the conversation moving forward between opposing forces. Working from the tenet that continued flow is the basis of fruitful negotiation and the resolution of disputes, we will offer tools and techniques to help you respond, rather than react, in conflict situations.

COST: $350.00 (Canadian residents add 15% HST)

 

August 16 – Shifting from Judgment to Curiosity, with Jacinta Gallant

Building on the idea that we are more effective in our work when we can be authentic and natural, this workshop will challenge your judgments and assumptions – and help you become more curious!

As Conflict Professionals, our job is to help clients move through their difficulties and open themselves up to the many possibilities for the future. But this is not easy.

We need to be aware that we, just like our clients, are influenced by our own judgments and assumptions. In this 1 day workshop, we will explore our own judgments and assumptions and learn how to be “productively” curious. With a combination of experiential learning, and self-exploration, you will learn how to be effective in asking questions, more natural in your responses, and more authentic in your practice. We also think that playing with curiosity will help you enjoy your life more!

COST: $350.00 (Canadian residents add 15% HST)

 

Click for more details and registration: http://www.jacintagallant.ca/summer-sessions.php

Aug
15
Wed
Summer Sessions for Collaborative Professionals 2018
Aug 15 – Aug 16 all-day

The fourth annual Summer Sessions for Collaborative Professionals is happening in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada August 9-10 and 15-16, 2018.   Fulfill your professional development needs and vacation on our beautiful Island! Check out PEI in Summer.

 

TRANSFORMING CONFLICT THROUGH INSIGHT

August 9-10, 2018

This 2-day advanced workshop will introduce conflict professionals to the “insight approach” to conflict and mediation. The insight approach addresses conflict through a “learning lens” that engages conflicting parties in an interactive learning process where conflict is viewed as an interpretation of threats to deep level values. These threats cause people to respond with “defend” patterns of interaction that generate, escalate and sustain conflict. Helping conflicting parties understand more about what each other values and how it contributes to their actions assists them to gain “insight” and seek new ways of interacting that are less threatening and more productive. When the conflict is managed effectively, parties can make better decisions and reach lasting agreement.

Trainers: Dr. Cheryl Picard and Jacinta Gallant

COST: $700 CDN (Canadian residents add 15% HST)

 

THE AUTHENTIC PROFESSIONAL SERIES – 1 DAY COURSES

August 15 – Communication FLOW, with Harmony Wagner and Jacinta Gallant

If you have ever wanted to feel more integration in your professional and personal life, this workshop is for you. We will focus on communication and conflict to help you be more authentic and natural at work, and in your life generally. This workshop introduces a new approach to establishing and maintaining the connections required to harmonize stress and collaborate. You will find it immediately applicable to your work, and your life.

In this experiential and interactive workshop, we will dissect the anatomy of conflict and garner practical tools to improve listening skills, defuse defensiveness and facilitate dialogue. We will work with movement to apply basic Tai Chi principles to the communication process, and learn how to keep the conversation moving forward between opposing forces. Working from the tenet that continued flow is the basis of fruitful negotiation and the resolution of disputes, we will offer tools and techniques to help you respond, rather than react, in conflict situations.

COST: $350.00 (Canadian residents add 15% HST)

 

August 16 – Shifting from Judgment to Curiosity, with Jacinta Gallant

Building on the idea that we are more effective in our work when we can be authentic and natural, this workshop will challenge your judgments and assumptions – and help you become more curious!

As Conflict Professionals, our job is to help clients move through their difficulties and open themselves up to the many possibilities for the future. But this is not easy.

We need to be aware that we, just like our clients, are influenced by our own judgments and assumptions. In this 1 day workshop, we will explore our own judgments and assumptions and learn how to be “productively” curious. With a combination of experiential learning, and self-exploration, you will learn how to be effective in asking questions, more natural in your responses, and more authentic in your practice. We also think that playing with curiosity will help you enjoy your life more!

COST: $350.00 (Canadian residents add 15% HST)

 

Click for more details and registration: http://www.jacintagallant.ca/summer-sessions.php

Aug
16
Thu
Summer Sessions for Collaborative Professionals 2018
Aug 16 – Aug 17 all-day

The fourth annual Summer Sessions for Collaborative Professionals is happening in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada August 9-10 and 15-16, 2018.   Fulfill your professional development needs and vacation on our beautiful Island! Check out PEI in Summer.

 

TRANSFORMING CONFLICT THROUGH INSIGHT

August 9-10, 2018

This 2-day advanced workshop will introduce conflict professionals to the “insight approach” to conflict and mediation. The insight approach addresses conflict through a “learning lens” that engages conflicting parties in an interactive learning process where conflict is viewed as an interpretation of threats to deep level values. These threats cause people to respond with “defend” patterns of interaction that generate, escalate and sustain conflict. Helping conflicting parties understand more about what each other values and how it contributes to their actions assists them to gain “insight” and seek new ways of interacting that are less threatening and more productive. When the conflict is managed effectively, parties can make better decisions and reach lasting agreement.

Trainers: Dr. Cheryl Picard and Jacinta Gallant

COST: $700 CDN (Canadian residents add 15% HST)

 

THE AUTHENTIC PROFESSIONAL SERIES – 1 DAY COURSES

August 15 – Communication FLOW, with Harmony Wagner and Jacinta Gallant

If you have ever wanted to feel more integration in your professional and personal life, this workshop is for you. We will focus on communication and conflict to help you be more authentic and natural at work, and in your life generally. This workshop introduces a new approach to establishing and maintaining the connections required to harmonize stress and collaborate. You will find it immediately applicable to your work, and your life.

In this experiential and interactive workshop, we will dissect the anatomy of conflict and garner practical tools to improve listening skills, defuse defensiveness and facilitate dialogue. We will work with movement to apply basic Tai Chi principles to the communication process, and learn how to keep the conversation moving forward between opposing forces. Working from the tenet that continued flow is the basis of fruitful negotiation and the resolution of disputes, we will offer tools and techniques to help you respond, rather than react, in conflict situations.

COST: $350.00 (Canadian residents add 15% HST)

 

August 16 – Shifting from Judgment to Curiosity, with Jacinta Gallant

Building on the idea that we are more effective in our work when we can be authentic and natural, this workshop will challenge your judgments and assumptions – and help you become more curious!

As Conflict Professionals, our job is to help clients move through their difficulties and open themselves up to the many possibilities for the future. But this is not easy.

We need to be aware that we, just like our clients, are influenced by our own judgments and assumptions. In this 1 day workshop, we will explore our own judgments and assumptions and learn how to be “productively” curious. With a combination of experiential learning, and self-exploration, you will learn how to be effective in asking questions, more natural in your responses, and more authentic in your practice. We also think that playing with curiosity will help you enjoy your life more!

COST: $350.00 (Canadian residents add 15% HST)

 

Click for more details and registration: http://www.jacintagallant.ca/summer-sessions.php

Sep
25
Tue
IACP 19th Annual Networking and Educational Forum: Collaborative Creativity @ The Westin Seattle
Sep 25 – Sep 28 all-day
More than 450 lawyers, mental health professionals, financial professionals and other Collaborative practitioners from several countries are expected to attend the Forum at the Westin Seattle. A variety of Sponsorship and Exhibitor opportunities are available.
Nov
5
Mon
November 2018 General Meeting @ Grant Thorton
Nov 5 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Bev Churchill will present highlights of the IACP Forum.

Note – The location has changed from Pushor Mitchell to Grant Thorton.

Oct
7
Thu
Domestic Violence In Collaborative Practice – Virtual Conference @ Online
Oct 7 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Domestic Violence in Collaborative Practice – Fall 2021 Virtual Conference

October 7 | 9:00 am – 3:00 pm MT 

Sponsored by ACP (Calgary)

 

We encourage you to join us as we learn about leading-edge Canadian academic research and practice management relating to domestic violence.

Participants will develop the knowledge and tools to be able to recognize and manage the dynamics of domestic violence.

For more details and to register, click here.

CBA members enjoy a 10% discount on tickets.  To get this special pricing, look for Enter promo xode in blue letters at the top of the checkout page and enter this coupon code:  ACP-100710   You must then click APPLY for the discount to go into effect.

See an introduction letter and PDF brochure below.

Dear Friends,

Beryl McNeillWe are pleased to invite you to attend a leading-edge conference focussed on domestic violence. This is ACP Calgary’s first virtual conference and we are inviting all Canadian lawyers and professionals who work with separating families to attend. We encourage you to join us as we hear about leading-edge Canadian academic research and practice management relating to domestic violence. Collaborative Professionals will be pleased to see that we have Canadian collaborative professionals presenting on their experience with domestic violence screening and the unique opportunities and challenges that collaboration presents.

Through this program, participants will:

  • Gain insight into judicial decisions in the context of domestic violence and family law and discuss the implications for collaborative professionals
  • Recognize domestic violence and understand its impact on individuals, families, and community
  • Address personal bias around domestic violence
  • Develop comfort in responding to disclosure of domestic violence and learn how to build appropriate support and referral services
  • Utilize tools to assess and determine mitigation strategies for personal and professional risks associated with taking a file where domestic violence is a factor
  • Learn to navigate the lawyer’s professional and ethical obligations in Collaborative Practice where there is Family Violence
  • Develop best practices for screening for domestic violence and creating a safe space for collaboration

We look forward to seeing you there.

Beryl McNeill
Collaborative Family Lawyer & Mediator
Chair of the Association of Collaborative Professionals (Calgary)

Click to download the ACP Conference Brochure.