The University of British Columbia

Program On Dispute Resolution Lecture Series

The Program on Dispute Resolution organizes interdisciplinary lectures on topics related to dispute resolution. A wide variety of dispute resolution practitioners, lawyers, judges and community members as well as UBC scholars attend. This diverse audience ensures a lively discussion following each session.

Past Lecturers

Past speakers have included:

• Dr. Robert Ratner, Dept. of Sociology, UBC, "Mediation Frames/Justice Games"
• Prof. Julie Macfarlane, Faculty of Law, U. of Windsor, "Culture Change? How Mediation Is Changing Litigation, Litigators and their Clients"
• Prof. Richard Birke, Center for Dispute Resolution, Willamette University College of Law, "Apology and Forgiveness as Bargaining Commodities"
• Julie Gibson, Harper Grey Easton, "Sex and Conflict Resolution - Does Gender Matter in Mediation?"
• Jennifer Lynch, Q.C., PDG Personnel Direction Group Inc., "Beyond ADR: A Systems Approach to Conflict Management"
• The Honourable Chief Justice Barry Stuart, Territorial Court of the Yukon Territory, "Peacemaking Circles for Dialogue and Democracy"
• Dr. Robert Rubinstein, Program on Analysis of Conflict and Resolution, Syracuse University, "Cultures of Intervention: An Anthropological Approach to Peacekeeping"

This year, the theme of the Program on Dispute Resolution Lecture Series is Creative Approaches to Dispute Resolution. Here are the lectures for 2011-12

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