1. The Activists' Handbook
   A Step-by-Step Guide to Participatory Democracy
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 2012
   A guide to grassroots activism.
2. Blocking Progress
   Consensus Decision Making In The Anti-Nuclear Movement
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 1983
   Howard Ryan maintains that consensus is wrong in principle and in practice: "The problem is not so much that individuals are being irresponsible or somehow abusing the consensus process. The problem lies in giving individuals that kind of power in the first place. Consensus turns majority rule into minority rule. That's not democracy."
   
3. Allan Bonner Communications Management Inc.
   Media Profile in Sources
   Resource Type: Organization
   
4. Building Social Change Communities
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1979
   Skills for creating and maintaining a collective or cooperative group, especially living communities. Excellent, concise chapters on consensus decision making, facilitation and conflict resolution.
5. Can the Lockout and the Labour Conflicts at the Port of Montreal be Resolved? - A Mediator's Perspective
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2010
   Do the leaders of the longshoremen and the Maritime Employers Association have the courage to resolve this conflict or will they take the easy way out and keep fighting? From a mediator's perspective they have choices but solid leadership is needed!
6. Canadian Franchise Association
   Media Profile in Sources
   Resource Type: Organization
   
7. Canadians for Genocide Education
   Media Profile in Sources
   Resource Type: Organization
   
8. CanMediate International, Ruth Sirman
   Media Profile in Sources
   Resource Type: Organization
   
9. Children and Peacemaking
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1992
   A guide for parents and teachers interested in cultivating a peacemaking approach in children. Provides references to resources for children, parents and teachers to help develop a constructive attitude to societal problems.
10. Conflict Is Not Abuse
    Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair
    Resource Type: Book
    From intimate relationships to global politics, Sarah Schulman observes a continuum: that inflated accusations of harm are used to avoid accountability. Illuminating the difference between Conflict and Abuse, Schulman directly addresses our contemporary culture of scapegoating.
11. Conflict knows no boundaries - CanMediate International's Ruth Sirman at World Summit in Budapest, Hungary
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Conflict in organizations is inevitable. Will it be a positive or negative experience? CMI's president Ruth Sirman will speak at the OD World Summit2010 in Budapest Hungary on Surviving Resolution Resistant Super-Conflicts in organizations.
12. Conflict Resolution in the Classroom
    A Curriculum Project
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1987
    Peer Conflict Resolution Through Creative Negotiation is a curriculum for grades four through six.
13. Conflict Resolution Topic Index in Sources Directory of Experts
    Spokespersons, Experts, and Resources
    Resource Type: Website
    A subject guide to experts and spokespersons on topics related to conflict resolution in the Sources directory for the media.
14. Conflicted About Conflict?
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Conflict isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
15. Connexions
    Volume 5, Number 5 - January 1981 - Militarism/Militarisme
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1981
    
16. Connexions
    Volume 11, Number 2 - Winter 1988 - A Social Change Sourcebook
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1988
    
17. Connexions Digest
    Issue 53 - January 1991- A Social Change Sourcebook
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1991
    
18. Goodmans LLP
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    
19. Interpersonal Conflict Resolution
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1975
    Examines conflict dynamics, strategies of resolution, and personal styles of responding to conflict. The cooperative model for "Integrative Decision Making" is the basis for the Creative Problem Solving technique presented in Chapter 10 of this book. Recommended for anyone who wants a more in-depth understanding of this approach. Written from a business management perspective.
20. Interpersonal Peacemaking: Confrontations and Third Party Consultation
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1969
    Provides a model for diagnosing recurring conflict between two parties and shows how a third-party facilitator can help interrupt and resolve the conflict. The theory is demonstrated with three in-depth case studies drawn from standard work situations.
21. Howard A. Levitt (Lang Michener LLP, Lawyers)
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    
22. Managing Volunteers, Building Consensus, Nurturing Creativity
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1987
    Techniques for managing volunteers, staff and board members for positive results; how to make everyone more effective; and methods to reduce conflict while building consensus.
23. A Manual for Group Facilitators
    The Center for Conflict Resolution
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1977
    The values, assumptions and techniques of group facilitation. Especially useful to people planning workshops. Includes sections on communication, conflict, problem solving, what can go wrong and what to do about it, and many other relevant topics.
24. Occupation Diaries
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2012
    An inside look at daily life in Palestine.
25. One Vote for Democracy
    Consensus vs. democracy
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1986
    Makes the case that the democratic model is better than the consensus model for activist group decision-making.
26. Our Generation
    Volume 2 number 1
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1962
    
27. Peace Parks
    Conservation and Conflict Resolution
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2007
    
28. Peacemaking in Your Neighbourhood
    Reflections on an Experiment in Community Mediation
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1986
    Describes ten years of work of the Community Dispute Settlement Program, an innovative program in a suburban area near Philadelphia, founded by the Society of Friends (Quakers). The program set out to try to help solve community disputes using the guidelines of nonviolence, alternatives, and empowerment.
29. Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    
30. People Power
    Applying Nonviolence Theory
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1985
    Explores the theory of power on which all successful nonviolent action is based, the blocks which keep people from acting when confronted with injustice, and the roles played in any nonviolent campaign by allies, neutrals, and opponents. Numerous case histories illustrate the dynamics of nonviolent action.
31. Dorothy Ratusny, M.A., (C). OACCPP., Psychotherapist & Author of <i>The Purpose of Love</i>
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    
32. Resource Manual for A Living Revolution
    A Handbook of Skills & Tools for Social Change Activists
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1985
    A manual for people who are concerned or angered by the deterioration of our society and who, because they have some sense that their efforts can have an effect on change, are looking for tools to transform it. It is a working reference for those who are prepared to act to create a better life for themselves and others.
33. Stephen Schettini, Quiet Mind Seminars
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    
34. Solutions in Mind
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    
35. Sources welcomes Canadians for Genocide Education
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    CGE is a multi-cultural coalition of associations committed to equity and inclusivity in education on and commemoration of Genocide. Our focus areas are school curriculum and government funded projects relating to genocide and human rights.
36. Sources welcomes CanMediate International, Ruth Sirman
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Sources welcomes a new member: CanMediate International - Ruth Sirman. Ruth Sirman's success in mediating complex multi-stakeholder conflicts has made her a leader in the Alternative Dispute Resolution and Restorative Justice worlds.
37. Sources welcomes Dorothy Ratusny
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Sources welcomes a new member, Dorothy Ratusny, M.A., (C). OACCPP., Psychotherapist & Author of The Purpose of Love.
    
38. Sources welcomes Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC) is a Canadian-based institution dedicated to making international peace operations more effective through research, education and training, and capacity development.
39. Sources welcomes Solutions in Mind
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Solutions in Mind is a uniquely qualified world-leading authority on communication, utilizing innovative communication tools to coach organizations and individuals to understand how the mind works.
40. Success Strategies
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    
41. University of Winnipeg
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    
42. What is Consensus?
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1984
    Consensus evolved from the meeting process of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). It is a non-violent way for people to relate to each other as and in a group. Successful use of a consensus process depends on people understanding the idea and wanting to use it.
43. What's your default Conflict Blueprint™? CanMediate's Ruth Sirman to appear on Roger's Daytime-Ottawa
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    How do you react when you find yourself embroiled in a conflict? Our reactions can lead to success or failure to resolve the conflict. Ruth Sirman discusses our default Conflict Blueprints on Roger's Daytime-Ottawa on Wednesday, November 17, 2010
44. Paul T. Willis, B.A., LL.B., A.Mus.
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    
45. Working Collectively
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1985
    A handbook for people wishing to form collectives, or established collectives seeking solutions to problems such as power imbalances, conflict meditation, and setting priorities.
46. Working for Peace
    A Handbook of Practical Psychology and Other Tools
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1985
    A survey of the attitudes and tools that can be used in working for peace.

Experts on Conflict Resolution in the Sources Directory

1. African Union
2. Allan Bonner Communications Management Inc.
3. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
5. Organization of the Islamic Conference
6. United Nations