2023: A year in review at Mediation Services.
December 30, 2023
It’s that time again – where the first penned date of the new year involves a crossed-out 2023 (yet another case of the sometimes-annoying biological automations our wondrous brains are capable of).
Time flies, and it’s hard to keep up.
Although yesterday is not so different from today, the flipping of the calendar is an opportunity to pause, reflect, and take stock of all that has happened.
Here at Mediation Services, this past year was one where we continued to take steps forward from the Covid pause. In-person offerings ramped back up to full steam – and , in many cases, have been levelled up. Online, our programming continues to expand – offering more resources than we’ve ever been able to before, and at a new level of accessibility in terms of affordability, timing, and ability.
And so without further ado, here is our 2023 year in review:
- Significant renovations took place to update our physical space in Winnipeg at 302-1200 Portage Avenue.
- The addition of specialized in-person course offerings: Lateral Violence and Making Truth & Reconciliation Real.
- Renewed engagement of our volunteer program.
- New staff hired to facilitate an expansion into family divorce and separation mediation (much more on this to come in 2024).
- Clarified vision for the community program and who it supports.
- Launch of the much anticipated online version of our Building a Respectful Workplace programming.
- Release of the free on-demand Conflict 101 webinar as an entry point to our growing library of online learning resources.
- A plethora of new blog articles (26 of them!) offering grounded and practical advice for all of us to improve our relationship with conflict.
- Continued newsletter correspondence to keep in touch with the community.
And there’s more where that came from. On all of these fronts, there is an encouraging momentum carrying us forward. We’re excited by the potential future at our fingertips and look forward to sharing it with you.
See you next year!
Sincerely,
The whole team at Mediation Services