Skills Training: Mediation Services for Refugee Sponsorships

The Neighbourhood Group Community Services, Conflict Resolution & Training service in Toronto is carrying out a project funded by Immigration Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), providing free training, coaching and mediation services for people involved in refugee sponsorships:  community members, Sponsorship Agreement Holder (SAH) agencies and others. 

In addition, we are providing training for volunteer mediators in community mediation and restorative justice services, to help them do mediation for actual conflicts faced by newcomer refugee sponsors, refugees, and the agencies with whom they interact.

We are inviting your volunteer mediators to take part in this on-line training. It is divided into two parts:  a) a session on mediators’ skills for this specific kind of conflict (please see attached "Agenda Volunteer Mediator Training") and, b) a second session to practice those skills in role plays set in sponsorship situations.

Simply click in the links below to register.

Skills Building Session:  TUES FEB 21, 2023, 6 pm MST, 8 pm EST.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81628959862?pwd=WTQ5WVpjMHc5ZEp0Q1lzUmxZRS9iUT09

Practice Session:  TUES MAR 07, 2023, 6 pm MST, 8 pm EST.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lfuqvqTssGtKxaz1vzuj-2UmK_LVXc4bA

Please feel free to circulate this invitation to your mediators, case managers and others. 

And please write me if you have any questions about what we're doing, or just to share your thoughts about community mediation and restorative justice. We'd love to know more about what you're doing, and to share our other plans and ambitions for the important ADR work we all do in the community sector.