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Register for the first two courses at once and receive a 10% discount!

Please note: Online registration is not available for this special offer. Call Continuing Education Registration at 403.440.3833 to register. This offer cannot be applied or adjusted after the start of the first course.

Regular price: $1,050. Special savings: $945.

Conflict Dynamics

This introductory course provides exposure to the nature of conflict, how conflict is experienced, and the complexity of underlying causes. Students will determine their own conflict style, investigate various influences in conflict, and gain the skills to approach and manage conflict situations. The learning focus is on the participant and their interaction with conflict.

Subject (for registration): Conflict Resolution

Effective Communication
This course examines applied communication in the context of conflict. Students will be exposed to fundamental skills and techniques to support building and sustaining effective dialogue. The concepts of positions and interests will be introduced.

Subject (for registration): Conflict Resolution

Conflict Engagement
This course creates a foundation for engaging with others to explore and resolve topics or concerns within an interest-based philosophy. Students will gain skills in preparing for important conversations, applying effective communication skills to balance people (relationships), process (conversation balance, standards, BATNA), and problem resolution (agreements, outcomes).
Prerequisite: Effective Communication

Subject (for registration): Conflict Resolution

Conflict Intervention
This course explores different aspects of managing conflict situations. Students will examine conflict in the 21st century workplace, inquire about Indigenous worldviews and ethical space, and learn about interventions available to foster appropriate outcomes, including conflict coaching and mediation.
Prerequisite: Effective Communication

Subject (for registration): Conflict Resolution

People, Power, and Emotion
This course considers constructs of power and other complex human interactions. Acting as a conflict intervenor, students will explore how to appropriately interact in situations when emotion and exaggerated or unpredictable behaviours are presented. Techniques and practices for building resilience and emotional competence will be explored alongside self-care principles. 
Prerequisites: Conflict Dynamics, Effective Communication, Conflict Engagement

Subject (for registration): Conflict Resolution

Mediation - Eligible for a digital badge through MyCreds™.
This comprehensive course prepares students to effectively facilitate interest-based mediation processes to a competent, generalist standard. A practical, skills-based assessment is required to successfully complete the course. 
Prerequisites: The previous five Mediation and Conflict Resolution courses

Note: This instructor-facilitated online course begins and ends on set dates with specific deadlines for assignments. This course includes live video-conferencing sessions using Google Meet.

Registration Deadline: Two weeks in advance of course start date.

Subject (for registration): Conflict Resolution

Georg Stratemeyer, MACAM

Georg has worked as mediator, coach and instructor for more than 20 years. He is currently an Informal Conflict Management Practitioner for the RCMP, British Columbia (E) Division. In this role he responds to work place conflict by providing conflict coaching and mediation services as well as workplace assessments.  Previously he worked as a Family Mediator for Justice and Solicitor General, Alberta, in Calgary. He has a Master’s Degree in Conflict Analysis and Management from Royal Roads University and teaches courses in communication, power dynamics and managing the emotional climate in a conflict situation.

Winston Blake, BA, MA, C. Med

Winston joined Mount Royal University's Faculty of Continuing Education's Conflict Resolution program in 2001. He is known as a dynamic, knowledgeable, and compelling instructor with a reputation for fostering learning, growth, and change. As an Adult Educator, his passion for supporting individuals to become the "Best version of themselves" makes him a vital part of the Faculty of Continuing Education.

Winston has vast experience developing and leading community-based organizations with a demonstrated history of working in Community Development and Restorative Justice. He was the Founder and Managing Director of the Calgary & Area PMAST program, which he further enhanced when he was tapped on the shoulder to build the Restorative Action Program (RAP) in Saskatoon. RAP operates in high schools providing professional mediators and community conflict resolution specialists to assist staff & students to "empower youth creating safe, respectful, and caring communities."  

Complementing his professional experience is an educational foundation, including an Advanced Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Saskatchewan (1995) and a Masters in Conflict Analysis and Management from Royal Roads University (2015). He also has a certificate in Conflict Management from the Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society (1998) and is a Chartered Mediator with the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada (1999).

Winston lives in Saskatoon with his spouse and three children. He actively speaks across Canada on the theme of effective and appropriate dispute resolution approaches. He believes in promoting inclusion, respect, and understanding, whether as a conflict management practitioner, father, or active community member.