Steve Critchley
Steve Critchley is an international consulting mediator and trainer. He provides services in conflict situations such as harassment, landowner/community and energy company disputes and workplace grievances.
In 1994, during the Bosnian war, Steve witnessed human conflict at its worst. His experiences included negotiating with armed belligerents and establishing small local areas of trust and co-operation. Steve developed a belief that people can work together to achieve realistic and positive results.
With these experiences Steve went looking for ways to help overcome the kinds of conflict we experience here in our daily lives. This was the motivation behind volunteering for the Harassment Investigators course taught by the Treasury Board instructors in 1997.
In 1998 Steve started the Certificate Program in Conflict Management offered at the University of Calgary by the Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society, which was shortly followed up by completing Harassment Advisor training in 1998.
In 1999 Steve was included in a select group from western Canada to undergo Mediation training as part of a pilot program co-ordinated by the Executive Director for Conflict Management responsible to the Federal Government.
After completing the assignment of authoring a paper on Mediation, Steve achieved the third phase of the Mediator Qualification Program in June 2000.
During this time frame Steve has acted as a Harassment Investigator, a Harassment Advisor, as well as an Assisting Officer during harassment complaints and investigations. In addition to private practise, Steve volunteers with Community Mediation Calgary Society.
Steve has provided services for the Canadian and U.S. federal goverment as well as training programs in South Africa, Ghana, Milan, London, and Dubai.
Anne Seeley
Anne Seeley immigrated to Canada from England in 1974 with a Commerce Degree, working in the oil industry and for a project management company. She then joined the Calgary Olympic Development Association team, with responsibilities in Media Relations, Guest Services, Marketing and Operations. Anne has also worked as an Advertising Sales Manager in the Newspaper industry.
Anne obtained her Certificate in Conflict Resolution from Mount Royal College in 1997, and in September 1998 became employed by the Better Business Bureau as Mediation Service Provider for Alberta Justice, coordinating over 2,000 Mediations for the Provincial Court Civil Division Mediation Program.
Anne is also a Service Provider for the EUB, ADR Program, which involves Multi-Party mediations. As a Mediator herself, Anne has mediated 65 Mediations for the Provincial Court Program with a 78% success rate, has conducted private mediations, and facilitates mediations for Calgary Community Mediation.
Anne is a member and coaches for the Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society (AAMS) and for Mount Royal College. Anne's work in the Provincial Court has uniquely qualified her to assess the suitability of a case for mediation, and to educate and advise participants about the mediation process.