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“Pulling Together” -Vancouver
Over the past few months Community Conferencing has been connecting with programs across the country:
Recently, Gail Daniels and I attended the 6th Biennial National Conflict Resolution Conference sponsored by The Network for Conflict Resolution from June 10-13, 2000. The theme for the conference, “Pulling Together” quite accurately reflected our experience in the conference. Interaction and networking are two words which best describe our participation in this conference. It was a great opportunity to learn about mediation/conflict resolution/conferencing activities across the country, and to share what Calgary Community Conferencing is about. I particularly appreciated a plenary session presentation moderated by
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Rupert Ross and featuring Leonard George and Morrie Love from New Zealand. They shared about Indigenous perspectives on putting consensus into practice and offered valuable insights around cross cultural perspectives. Coming away from Interaction 2000 I had a renewed sense that Calgary Community Conferencing is part of a network of programs and activities across the country which is gaining momentum and energy as time goes on. This is an exciting and important place to be!
“Conference on Conferencing and Circles” -Toronto
In August, Avery Calhoun and I participated in the second conference on Conferencing and Circles in Toronto. We presented an abbreviated form of “Justice in Relationships”, an article to be published in an upcoming edition of the Contemporary Justice Review
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Avery also participated in a panel discussion concerning evaluation and research issues in restorative justice programs. CCC does seem to be unique in the types of offences and incidents being referred.
This exposure is invaluable to the continued development and growth of Community Conferencing.
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