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April 25, 2024
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Date:
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Time:
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location:
Red Deer Resort and Casino
3310 50 Ave, Red Deer AB, T4N 3X9
Agenda:
Morning: TBD
Afternoon: professional development opportunity
Workshop on Understanding Lateral Violence (LV) and Listening Circles
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m
Lateral violence is a result of unresolved generational trauma connected to the experience of colonization, which is when members of an oppressed population take on the role of the oppressor and act violently toward each other. This workshop will help you understand the root causes and experience how listening circles provide a safe, structured learning forum to foster healthy relationships in families and workplaces.
Gayle Desmeules – Biography
Gayle, a citizen of the Métis Nation of Alberta, earned a Master of Arts in Leadership and Training from Royal Roads University in 2003 and has a Q.Med designation with ADR Institute of Alberta and Canada. Her research and practice focus on restoring healthy relationships for people in conflict or involved with the social justice system. She has a background in community development, human services, and transformative change for building DEI workplace cultures using restorative engagement as a way to address harm and foster positive change within individuals, groups, institutions, and systems, see English | Français Report on Written Submissions: English | Français
Through her company True Dialogue, www.truedialogue.ca, Gayle provides family and workplace mediation, restorative justice facilitation, peacemaking training, and consulting services. She’s an Instructor for the International Institute for Restorative Practices and the Alberta Restorative Justice Association. Published by the Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, Putting A Human Face on Child Welfare see Chapter 8, “A Sacred Circle: Family Group Conferencing,” page 161