The Graduate Diploma in Conflict Resolution (GDCR) is proud to announce our new and exciting courses offered in Fall 2017. Each course in the GDCR will help you develop the knowledge and skills to improve your ability to intervene in a variety of conflict and dispute contexts. We are excited to announce registration is now open for both of our Fall courses.
Our first course is LAWS 5706 A: Special Topic Seminar in Conflict Resolution: Bargaining and Negotiation. You will learn about theories and research relating to bargaining and negotiation in a range of professional contexts; opportunities to practice and develop bargaining and negotiation skills in business, employment, and public disputes involving regulatory approvals and community stakeholder negotiations.
Instructors: Rebecca Bromwich and Michael MacNeil
Dates: September 22, 23, 24, 30 and October 1.
To offer working professionals and students some flexibility, each course is offered in each course is offered in a condensed 5 day format, generally this is held over 2 consecutive weekends (Fri – Sun & Sat – Sun) and in some cases a 5 day (Mon-Fri) format.
The second course is one of a kind! LAWS 5706 B: Special Topic: Gladue Writer Training is a unique offering and not to be missed.
In its decision in R. v. Gladue [1999] 1 S.C.R. 688, the Supreme Court of Canada directed that courts sentencing an Indigenous person must take into consideration the ‘unique background and circumstances’ of the offender and any alternatives to incarceration that are ‘reasonable given the circumstances of the offence and the offender’. Gladue requirements are intended to provide the social context for Indigenous offending and shape non-carceral sentences which reflect an appropriate level of moral blameworthiness on the part of the offender, thereby reducing Indigenous over-incarceration.
This course will teach students the process of researching and writing Gladue reports and/or Gladue submissions for the criminal courts. Students will receive instruction in the background, role and purpose of Gladue requirements and reports from the earliest points in the court process through to sentencing and corrections. Key skills in culturally-appropriate and culturally-informed interviewing will be shared, as will tools and techniques for researching indigenous and legal communities, cultural histories and genealogies. Students will be taught how to blend traditional stories with appropriate scholarly research, and to respect both cultural imperatives and court direction on the tone, content and structure of Gladue reports and submissions.
This course will be taught in a seminar format and will include speakers from the Indigenous and legal community in Ottawa. Students successfully completing the course will be competent to research and write culturally-respectful and legally-correct Gladue Reports and submissions for the criminal courts, parole board, and other relevant decision-makers across Canada.
Instructor: Jane Dickson
Dates: October 23,24,25,26 and 27.
Consider enrolling in the program, or if you would like to take a course as a special student, register here.
To learn more about what the GDCR has to offer click here, or contact gdcr@carelton.ca with any questions.