Sylvia McMechan
M.A. (Conflict Resolution)

Sylvia is an associate professor with the Peace and Conflict Studies program at Royal Roads University. Previously, she was a full-time faculty member at Royal Roads, and before that served as Executive Director of the Network: Interaction for Conflict Resolution, a national association that promotes collaborative approaches to conflict. Sylvia received her MA in Conflict Resolution from Antioch University and her Honours Bachelor of Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo. She is a former Co-chair of the Environment/Public Disputes sector of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR), and is a member of the editorial board of Mediation Quarterly. With more than twenty years’ experience as a facilitator of consensus processes, Sylvia enjoys conducting courses in collaborative group processes and other constructive approaches to conflict, and has designed and taught courses related to her field of interest since 1988.