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Conflict Resolution Organizations 

These organizations provide excellent sources of information on mediation theory and practice, and in some cases include rosters of available mediators. 

• ADRIO (Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario)

• AFCC Ontario (Association of Family & Conciliation Courts of Ontario)

• Centre for Nonviolent Communication

• Creative Response to Conflict and FOR (Fellowship Of Reconciliation)

• Harvard Negotiation Project (a.k.a. PON: Project On Negotiation)

• OAFM (Ontario Association of Family Mediation)

• FDRIO – Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario

• St. Stephen’s Community House Toronto

Safe Schools Organizations

These organizations offer a wealth of information on strategies for enhancing peaceful co-operation within schools and other social institutions.  The advice can often be adapted to more intimate home settings.

• Association for Conflict Resolution

• Canadian Safe Schools Network

• Centre for Restorative Justice

• Institute for Restorative Initiatives

• Peaceful Schools International

• Safe School Ambassadors

• School Mediation Associates

Mindfulness & Stress Reduction 

This short list provides a brief introduction to this rapidly growing field of research. 

• Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care & Society (U. of Mass)

• Center for Mindfulness Studies

• Mayo Clinic (type “stress management” into site search engine)

• Mindfulness Toronto

• Oxford Mindfulness Centre

Recommended Books On Conflict Resolution

• Bolton, Robert, People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others and Resolve Conflicts (Simon & Schuster).  

• Bolton, Robert and Dorothy Grover Bolton, People Styles at Work: Making Bad Relationships Good and Good Relationships Better (AMACOM, paperback).  

• Cornelius, Helena and Shoshana Faire, Everyone Can Win: How to Resolve Conflict (Simon & Schuster, paperback).  

• Cloke, Kenneth, Mediating Dangerously; The Frontiers of Conflict Resolution, Jossey Bass, San Francisco, 2001

• Crum, Thomas F., The Magic of Conflict; Turning a Life of Work into a Work of Art, Touchstone, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1987

• Ellison, Sharon Strand, Taking the War Out Of Our Words, The Art of Powerful, NonDefensive Communication, Voices of Integrity Press, 1998

• Fisher, Roger and Wm. L. Ury, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In. Penguin, paperback, 1991 

• Furlong, Gary, The Conflict Resolution Toolbox; Models & Maps for Analyzing, Diagnosing and Resolving Conflict, Wiley, Canada, 2005

• Landau, Sy, Barbara Landau and Daryl Landau, From Conflict to Creativity: How Resolving Workplace Disagreements Can Inspire Innovation and Productivity (Jossey-Bass, hardcover).

• Melchin, K. &  Picard. C.  Transforming Conflict Through Insight.  University of Toronto Press. 

• Miller, William & Rollnick, Stephen, Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change, 3rd Ed., Guilford Press, 2013.

• Muldoon, Brian, The Heart of Conflict, Putnam & Sons, New York, 1996

• Rosenberg, Marshall B, NonViolent Communication, A Language of Life, 3rd Ed., Puddle Dancer Press, Encinitas CA, 2015

• Stone, Douglas, & B. Patton & S Heen,  Difficult Conversations, How to Discuss What Matters Most, Penguin Books, New York, 1999

• Ury, William L., Getting Past No: Negotiating Your Way from Confrontation to Cooperation (Bantam, paperback)

And, of course, The Yoga of Divorce by Yours Truly!