Thursday, February 29, 2024
6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Via ZOOM
Guest Coach: Helen Lightstone, LL.M. (DR), Chartered Mediator, Qualified Arbitrator, Licensed Paralegal
“Why 90 Day Fiancé is the best show to talk about conflict resolution!”
There is nothing more difficult or uncomfortable than finding out you are in conflict, particularly if you never knew a conflict existed! Yet, conflict is everywhere – especially if you watch 90 Day Fiancé! In this JADE session, The Mini-Essentials of Conflict Resolution, we will look at conflict through the eyes of 90DF participants. Even if you are not a 90 Day Fiancé fan, you’ll find this session useful in recognizing conflict. So help your favourite 90 Day Fiancé by learning the tips in resolving their (or your) conflict; or, their season of love ends.
While applying this concept to 90 Day Fiancé, is fun, it’s also important to recognize the conflict is a serious matter, and impacts everyone.
In the Mini-Essentials, you will learn to:
- View conflict differently,
- Discover what is driving the conflict and,
- Provide tips on how to resolve the conflict.
Once you understand these basic tools, you’ll be better equipped to handle conflicts that exist around you and of course, help your favourite 90DF couple!
Helen Lightstone, LL.M. (DR), Chartered Mediator, Qualified Arbitrator, Licensed Paralegal
Helen Lightstone is the founder of Lightstone Academy for Conflict Resolution, and is a mediator, educator, licensed paralegal, and college professor. Helen is both a Chartered Mediator and a Qualified Arbitrator. She has mediated two-party and multi-party disputes in various contexts, including breach of contract, community, personal injury, sexual assaults, victim-offender, and workplace conflicts.
After earning her paralegal license in 2008, Helen received her certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution from York University and then earned her Master of Laws (LL.M) in Dispute Resolution from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2017.
She has taught ADR for the Department of National Defence and to police officers in Belize with Riverdale Mediation. Helen coaches at Osgoode Hall Law School in their Master of Laws, Dispute Resolution program.
Lightstone Academy for Conflict Resolution is proud to have three accredited courses by the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario, the introductory Essentials (40 hours), the advanced Quintessentials (40 hours), and, Media Studies and Conflict Resolution (21 hours). Both the Essentials and the Quintessentials are offered in a hybrid format, allowing participants to study at their own pace.
Her favourite quote from a Lightstone Academy participant is, “I would take a plumbing course if it was taught by Helen Lightstone.”
Her next favourite quote from a student taking the Essentials in a hybrid model is “I feel like we are old friends, having watched you for several hours in the top corner of my screen.”
She has been dubbed “the Mediation Lady” by her students, a name, she thoroughly enjoys.