ONLINE MEETING: Two-Eyed Mediation: A Partnership Approach to Mediation Process, Ethics, and Design
This meeting is being hosted by the ADR - Nanaimo Section.
| Speakers: |
Aaron Leakey, Mediator, Training Manager, Mediate BC & Resolve BC
Kelly Douglas, Mediator, Facilitator, Dispute Resolution Coach & Trainer, Mediate BC & Resolve BC |
| Time: |
Thursday, November 28, 2024, 5:30pm - 7:30pm (PT) |
| CPD Hours: |
1.50 hour (Ethics) |
Synopsis
Aaron Leakey and Kelly Douglas make a unique team who offer a “two-eyed” approach to the art and practice of mediation. Kelly Douglas is a member of the syilx Nation, a language learner and a sqilxw dispute resolution learner who has over 16 years of experience as a mediator, facilitator, dispute resolution coach and trainer. Aaron Leakey (He/Him) is a white male with European ancestry, a mediator and instructor who is completing a PhD at the University of Victoria on the design of justice systems.
Using a partnership model that respects the ‘ethical space’ between worldviews, their approach involves applying a decolonial lens to traditional mediation practice. This requires adopting a posture of critical reflexivity that questions taken for granted assumptions about mediation process, ethics, design, and tools.
It includes self-reflective inquiry into the impact of a colonial worldview on western approaches to mediation, with attention to patriarchy, white supremacy, and capitalism. Beyond simply critiquing western mediation, it involves (re)imagining and enacting new and old “two-eyed” approaches to mediation that consider language, legislation, space, trauma, identity, impartiality, community, communication, power, and micro-justice. Decolonization involves opening up space for sqilxw ways, knowledge, participation, governance, laws, jurisdiction, and authority as negotiated by parties, as part of the process design phase.
By the end of this webinar you will be able to:
- Discuss the importance of critical reflexivity to the role of the mediator
- Discuss the western foundations of mediation practice
- Explain the importance ‘ethical space’ and ‘partnership’ between western and indigenous worldviews
- Discuss the features of a colonial worldview, including white supremacy, patriarchy, and capitalism within mediation context
- Apply a decolonial lens to mediation process, ethics, design, and tools
- List considerations for a ‘two-eyed’ approach to the art and practice of mediation, facilitated conversations, and consensus building
- Discuss mediation as a tool for ‘micro-justice’ in the context of the history and legacy of colonialism
- Practice decolonial, anti-racist, and two-eyed approaches to mediation in small breakout groups
Territorial Acknowledgement
This event will be broadcast from the traditional and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish and Musqueam First Nations. We encourage members to explore the rich history and knowledge of Indigenous people, and to continue learning about their experience in Canada past and present.
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