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Community Conflict Resolution Services is a volunteer organization, operating out of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. It operates under the belief that conflict or anticipated conflict can be managed effectively through a process of thoughtful and directed development of understanding among the participants of their respective concerns, needs, beliefs, fears and expectations.

Services are provide on a no charge basis.

What is Conflict resolution?

Conflict Resolution is a problem-solving approach to a situation that involves a conflict. A “mediator”, such as Community Conflict Resolution Services, walks the complainants through a discussion of the conflict to help the complainants solve their differences.

Accessing the services of Community Conflict Resolution Services is free of charge.

How is conflict resolution different than the legal approach?

In the past few years, alternative dispute resolution methods, like conflict resolution, have taken their place in the justice system along side of more traditional methods like talking with a lawyer or going to trial.

Often differences between two or more parties can be resolved through the assistance of a trained mediator. Community Conflict Resolutions encourages people to try this method of resolving conflict or disputes before making a formal complaint to the authorities or considering legal action.

Situations where conflict resolution may be useful?

Clients typically originate from within the following groups:

• Neighbors (e.g. noise, pets, parking, fences, garbage, trees, communication)

• Communities (e.g. land-use, volunteer community leaders)

• Schools (e.g. teacher/student, student/student, parent/teacher)

• Not-for-profit groups (e.g. social service groups, churches, cultural support groups)

• Other community-based organizations (e.g. recreational sporting or hobby groups)

• Volunteer organizations/ societies

• Families (e.g. parent/child, child/child)

• Referrals from our collaborative partnership agencies

• Referrals from municipal services departments