9:00 am • MEDIATION OF CONFLICTS

Facilitated AM Workshop No. 1

With the latest wave of problems in Kanesatake, Ipperwash and Burnt Church, stand-offs and conflicts involving First Nations police are once again in the national spotlight. This workshop will look at specific conflicts and community protest situations and how they were handled. Through effective mediation and cooperation between police organizations, most potentially volatile situations can be peacefully resolved. Learn how this has been successfully done in the past and discuss ways of improving conflict resolution in your community.

9:00 am • ABORIGINAL WOMEN POLICE

Facilitated AM Workshop No. 2

This workshop will discuss the unique role that aboriginal women play in policing. It is designed to assist police in recognizing and valuing the strengths of women, including their negotiation and peace-building skills, that are essential to policing. Also, it will discuss the unique challenges that aboriginal women police face and ways that police organizations can accommodate women and help them to balance their work with their family and community responsibilities.

1:00 pm • MEDIA RELATIONS AND CRISIS COMMUNICATION

Facilitated PM Workshop No. 3

One of the factors in the way conflicts escalate is the spin the media puts on the facts. Negative media attention can affect everything from public opinion to the amount of funding and support that a First Nations community will receive from partner police organizations in times of crisis. Learn effective ways to communicate with media during times of crisis: the dos and don’ts of the trade and how to deliver the message that you want the public to receive. Also learn effective ways to communicate with your own community and with other organizations to gain maximum support.

1:00 pm • ADVANCEMENT OF
ABORIGINAL POLICE

Facilitated PM Workshop No. 4

A major factor in the success of aboriginal policing is improving the way that aboriginal people are promoted and advanced within their police organization. This workshop will examine how police organizations can meet the challenges of advancing aboriginal police. We will look at strategies that encourage the promotion and advancement of aboriginal police into policy and decision-making positions and discuss ways that individual organizations can structure compensation and advancement to benefit the organization as a whole as well as its members and the community it serves.