Summary
Of the more than four thousand conflict management processes that Deborah has conducted, locally and internationally, very few have been alike. Because people are unique, so are their conflicts. Deborah specializes in conflict resolution processes that meet the needs of the clients, transforms their current situation into a more productive future, and also builds their conflict competencies for doing other conflicts better.
Deborah’s successes are in facilitating individual, group, team, and organizations solutions. Her training included multiple conflict management and resolution process skills and models. She teaches conflict resolution and management at universities, and privately, as well as training Boards of Directors in effective governance.
Clients appreciate Deborah’s ability to assess accurately and quickly what the issues are, and what they need in order to find their most creative and optimal solutions. Those clients include: government departments, individuals, universities, agencies, courts, lawyers, communities, Boards, Ministers of the Crown, insurers, non-profit, and business organizations of all sizes. Deborah’s expertise encompasses many substantive areas, to name only a few: workplace and employment, professional negligence, personal injury, harassment, insurance and disability, wills and estates, organizational development, and environmental assessments.
Deborah is active on behalf of the conflict community as a speaker, presenter, and author on topics of governance, and conflict management. She serves on the Boards of Directors of numerous organizations, and volunteers in the peacemaking and environmental movements.
Education
w Ph.D. Conflict Analysis, University of Toronto
Complexity science is a new tool for analyzing conflicts and the discourses that arise during conflict events. This study investigated three social conflicts, using nonlinear dynamic approaches to the interactive relationships among the conflict agents.
w Master in Environmental Studies, York University
This was original research involving six multi-stakeholder dialogue groups, located in three provinces as well as a national Round Table. The dialogue groups negotiated highly contentious social issues to create policy changes for environmental justice.
w Bachelor of Law, University of Alberta
w Bachelor of Arts, University of Alberta
