Canada :

The Stitt Feld Handy Group is a Canadian based Alternative Dispute Resolution firm specializing in professional development training and dispute resolution services.

Workshops

The Stitt Feld Handy Group conducts four-day public workshops on alternative dispute resolution (negotiation and mediation skills), three-day courses and five hours online on negotiation, and three-day courses on dealing with difficult people. All of our courses are conducted in joint venture with the University of Windsor Law School and participants receive a University Certificate upon completion. We use an interactive approach, as participants learn by doing rather than by listening to lectures. We strive to give our workshop participants the skills and confidence to Expect Success.

Our Workshops

Completion of the ADR, Advanced ADR, Applied ADR, Dealing With Difficult People Workshops and the online Negotiation and Difficult Conversations courses will give you an Executive Certificate in Conflict Management from theUniversity of Windsor Law School.

You can sign up for a course by going to the registration page or by clicking on the course name above.

We design customized workshops for clients in both the private and public sectors. We work closely with our clients to develop a curriculum that works for them. Please visit our customized section for more detail.

"Without question, this was the best and clearly the most applicable workshop that I have ever attended. I enjoyed the format and the exercises as well as the trainers. They delivered their material from such an extensive frame of reference and were helpful and very effective."

Jim J. Spina, CBSA, Ottawa, ON, Canada

ADR Services

The SFHgroup offers negotiation advice and coaching services to help clients negotiate and approach difficult situations more effectively. The Group also provides consulting services to organizations for the design and implementation of dispute resolution systems.

Our mediation and arbitration services are conducted through ADR Chambers.

Online Training:

Negotiation Course
Take a free demonstration and course tour.

Difficult Conversations Course
Try a free demonstration.

Test your Skills:
Try our negotiation and mediation web dramas and see how you do.

Stitt Feld Handy Group is a proud supporter of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

News and Articles:

Strategies for Managing Workplace Conflicts
In the workplace, like anywhere else in life, conflict between people is inevitable. As a manager, you should deal with it immediately and not just live in hope that it will somehow resolve itself.

Canada’s Federal System and Investment Treaty Arbitration: ICSID Ratification and Claims from Provincial and Territorial Measures [1]
This article originally appeared in the December 2012, Vol 21, No. 2, edition of the Canadian Arbitration and Mediation Journal. Written by Barry Leon, Andrew McDougall & John Siwiec [2] I. Introduction The large majority of investor-state disputes arise within the context of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) – known as Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements [...]

Ideas and Opinions:

Adventures in moving
Having just moved from Toronto to Oregon, it was a very interesting series of negotiations to get us there in one piece.

Online Dispute Resolution coming
Last week I attended an online dispute resolution (ODR) conference in Victoria BC. One thing that was clear coming out of the conference is that ODR is coming.