The Conflict Resolution Day Alberta Committee is a collaboration between the Alberta Government's Dispute Resolution Network and ADR (Appropriate Dispute Resolution) organizations from all over the province. We provide resources and support to ADR professionals and organizations across Alberta to host events and activities to celebrate Conflict Resolution Day every October. Our Committee has been promoting Conflict Resolution Day in our province since 2007. Find out more by visiting the Alberta Government's Dispute Resolution Network.
Conflict Resolution Day was started in 2005 by the Association for Conflict Resolution in the United States to raise public awareness of creative and peaceful means of resolving conflict. Now communities around the world hold events to mark Conflict Resolution Day held on the third Thursday in October. In Alberta, a committee of representatives from both provincial government and community dispute resolution programs work together to support and promote events across the province.
Our goal is to get Albertans talking about their options to work through conflict in a positive and productive way. ADR sometimes stands for Appropriate Dispute Resolution because it describes options other than going to court, but as ADR has become mainstream we use the term Appropriate Dispute Resolution to describe all the choices available to prevent and manage conflict in a non-adversarial way, including: mediation, arbitration, and restorative practices.
Conflict Resolution Day was started in 2005 by the Association for Conflict Resolution in the United States to raise public awareness of creative and peaceful means of resolving conflict. Now communities around the world hold events to mark Conflict Resolution Day held on the third Thursday in October. In Alberta, a committee of representatives from both provincial government and community dispute resolution programs work together to support and promote events across the province.
Our goal is to get Albertans talking about their options to work through conflict in a positive and productive way. ADR sometimes stands for Appropriate Dispute Resolution because it describes options other than going to court, but as ADR has become mainstream we use the term Appropriate Dispute Resolution to describe all the choices available to prevent and manage conflict in a non-adversarial way, including: mediation, arbitration, and restorative practices.
Welcome to your 2025 Conflict Resolution Day Committee:
Chair
Chris Menzies - Alberta Energy Regulator
Co-Chair
Cindy Imppola, CPHR, Q.Med. - Human Resource Professional, Conflict Resolution Practitioner - Primary Education
Secretary
Vacant
Curriculum Sub-Committee
Britt Dorland, ADR Institute of Alberta
Don Schapira, Mediator
Communications, Outreach and Marketing Sub-Committee
Paulette DeKelver, DeKelver Dispute Resolution (Lead)
Britt Dorland, ADR Institute of Alberta
Terri-Anne Halmrast, Mediator and Arbitrator
Zahra Ismail, Conciliation and Arbitration Board
Cindy Imppola, Human Resource Professional, Conflict Resolution Practitioner - Primary Education
Innovations Sub-Committee
Paulette DeKelver, DeKelver Dispute Resolution (Lead)
Chris Menzies - Alberta Energy Regulator
Co-Chair
Cindy Imppola, CPHR, Q.Med. - Human Resource Professional, Conflict Resolution Practitioner - Primary Education
Secretary
Vacant
Curriculum Sub-Committee
Britt Dorland, ADR Institute of Alberta
Don Schapira, Mediator
Communications, Outreach and Marketing Sub-Committee
Paulette DeKelver, DeKelver Dispute Resolution (Lead)
Britt Dorland, ADR Institute of Alberta
Terri-Anne Halmrast, Mediator and Arbitrator
Zahra Ismail, Conciliation and Arbitration Board
Cindy Imppola, Human Resource Professional, Conflict Resolution Practitioner - Primary Education
Innovations Sub-Committee
Paulette DeKelver, DeKelver Dispute Resolution (Lead)