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UNIVERSITY
1973
- 1976 College of Law, University of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1971 -
1973 University of
Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
1970 -
1971 University of Lagos,
Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa
DEGREES
LLB
from the University of Saskatchewan, with Distinction
Four Year B.A. in Political Science from the University of Lethbridge,
with Great Distinction
OTHER
Association of
Collaborative Professionals Course, Calgary, Alberta, April 23 &
24, 2008, "Taking the War Out of Our Words"
Alberta Family Mediation
Society Workshop, Edmonton, Alberta, April 17, 2008, "Advanced Issues
for Divorce Mediators"
Recipient of The Dr.
John Haynes Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Family
Mediation in the Province of Alberta for 2008
Alberta Family Mediation
Services Conference, Calgary, Alberta, April 2007
Narrative Mediation
Workshop, John Winslade, Medicine Hat, Alberta, July 2006
Collaborative Divorce
Team Training, September 2005
Collaborative Divorce
Team Training, June 2005
Collaborative Divorce
Team Training, October 2004
Narrative Mediation
Training, February 2004
Advanced
Negotiation Training, May 2001 and March 2002
Advanced
Collaborative Family Law Training with Stu Webb,
February 2001
Collaborative
Family Law Training, August 2000
Haynes
Mediation Training Institute
40 hour mediation course - March 1987
Registered
Family Mediator, Alberta Family Mediation Society
Department of Justice Common Law - Civil Law
Exchange Program - studies in Quebec Civil Law
1974 - Université Laval
1975 - Université d'Ottawa
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2006
- present
Course Writer & Trainer, Collaborative Divorce Team Trainings LLC
- Virginia Beach, VA
- Norfolk, VA
- Canberra, Australia
-
Richmond, VA
- Columbia, MD
- Vienna, Austria
- Rockville, MD
- Phoenix, AZ
2001
- 2005
Course Writer & Trainer, Palliser Conflict Resolution Inc.
Advanced Collaborative Practice Training
· Saint John, NB
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Rockville, MD
- Roanoke, VA
- Richmound, VA
- Regina, SK
- Sudbury, ON
- Charlottesville, Virginia
- Medicine Hat, AB
- Fredericton, NB
- Falls Church, VA
- Fort McMurray, AB
- Lethbridge, AB
- Charlottetown, PEI
-
Lloydminster, AB
- Prince Albert, SK
-
Kelowna, BC
- Vienna, Austria
- Arlington, VA
- Whitehorse, YT
- Moncton, NB
- Edmonton, AB
-Yellowknife, NT
- Victoria, BC
Present
Member, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
2003
- 2005
Board Member, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
2003
- 2005
Chair, Practitioner's Standards Committee, International Academy of
Collaborative Professionals
Member,
Association for Conflict Resolution
Member,
Family Mediation Canada
Member,
Association of Collaborative Professionals (Medicine Hat)
(Founding President 2000-2003)
Member,
Law Society of Alberta
Member,
Canadian Bar Association
Member,
Medicine Hat & Brooks Bar Association
Provincial
Steering Committee, Alberta Parenting After Separation Seminar
1998
- 1999
President, Medicine Hat & Brooks Bar Association
1991
- 1993
Secretary-Treasurer, Medicine Hat & Brooks Bar Association
Lectures
First European Collaborative Law Conference, Vienna, Austria, March
2007. "Multidisciplinary Models of Collaborative Law Practice"
International
Academy of Collaborative Professionals, 2007 Annual Forum, Toronto,
ON, Panelist
International
Academy of Collaborative Professionals, 2006 Annual Forum, San Diego,
CA, Panelist
International
Academy of Collaborative Professionals, 2005 Annual Forum, Atlanta, GA,
Panelist
International
Academy of Collaborative Professionals, 2005 Annual IACP Collaborative
Skills Institute, Presenter, Dallas, TX, 2005
CBA
- New Brunswick Winter Bar speaker on Collaborative Practice, 2005
IACP
Advisory Council on Collaborative Training and Practice, Co-Chair,
Dallas, TX, 2005
International
Academy of Collaborative Professionals, 2004 Annual Forum, Boston, MS,
Panelist
IACP
Advisory Council on Collaborative Training and Practice, Co-Chair, San
Francisco, CA, 2005
First
International Meeting of Collaborative Trainers, Vancouver, BC, Invited
Participant, 2003
College
of Law, Saskatoon, SK, Distinguished Lecturer, "Collaborative Law", 2003
International
Academy of Collaborative Professionals, 2003 Annual Forum, Vancouver,
BC, Panelist
International
Academy of Collaborative Professionals, 2002 Annual Forum, Galveston,
TX, Panelist
Canadian
Bar Association, Mid-Winter Bar Meeting, Calgary, AB, Presenter
Collaborative Law, 2002
Fong
Mediation Institute, 40 hour mediation course, Lethbridge &
Medicine Hat, AB, Course Instructor, 2001
Legal
Education Society of Alberta, Calgary & Edmonton, AB, Course Writer
& Presenter, Desk Divorces, 1999
Parenting
After Separation Seminar, Course Instructor, Medicine Hat, AB, 1998 -
2006
Legal
Education Society of Alberta, Calgary & Edmonton, AB, Course Writer
& Presenter, Custody Update, 1995
Alberta
Bar Admission Course, Course Writer, Legal Writing and Legal Drafting,
1993 - 1995
Alberta
Bar Admission Course, Course Instructor, Legal Writing and Legal
Drafting, 1994 - 1997
Legal
Education Society of Alberta, Banff, AB, Refresher Course Writer &
Presenter, Agreements: Family Law and Practice in the New
Reality, 1993
Legal
Education Society of Alberta, Calgary & Edmonton, AB, Family Law,
Legal Assistants and Secretaries, 1990
Client
Relations, Course Writer & Presenter, 1979-1980
Alberta
Bar Admission Course, 1976/77, Publications - "Freedom of Speech in
Canadian Federal Penitentiaries" (1976/77) 41 Saskatchewan Law Review 75
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