Episode 5: SHARON SUTHERLAND
Beyond the Bar: Adventures in Law with Jeff Rose, KC
Episode 5: Sharon Sutherland
October 10, 2022 - CLEBC Studio, Vancouver
Sharon Sutherland of True North Dispute Management, Delta, is a mediator and lawyer with expertise in conflict resolution training and program design. She is Director of Strategic Innovation for Mediate BC.
Sharon received her Master in Laws in ADR from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1997 before taking on the role of co-Program Manager for the BC Court Mediation Program (1998-2003). From 2000-14, Sharon was a full-time faculty member at UBC Faculty of Law where, in addition to a range of substantive legal courses, she taught an intensive clinical mediation program and supervised the Faculty's Judicial Externship program. From 2006-10, Sharon worked with Mediate BC to develop a province-wide Child Protection Mediation Practicum aimed at increasing the number of child protection mediators in under-serviced parts of BC. From 2014-16, she worked as a Knowledge Engineer in the development of the Civil Resolution Tribunal's Solution Explorer (Strata and Small Claims).
Sharon is Vice President of CoRe Conflict Resolution Society, President of the Vancouver Fringe Festival Society, and a member of Pig'n'Potato Games (a collaborative game design group).
In 2011, Sharon was honoured with the Susanna Jani Prize for Excellence in Mediation.
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