Services

Conflict doesn’t have to be destructive. Whether you’re looking to resolve a dispute or develop your communication strategies, c-space will help you find uniquely personalized creative solutions.

  • Work with Niki 1:1 to develop skills and strategies to deal with any conflict in a healthy and constructive way.

  • Work through an interpersonal or group conflict with a neutral third party. Facilitated conversations will help you uncover creative solutions and bring an end to the conflict.

  • A heart-centred approach for larger groups to have difficult discussions, build community, and resolve disagreements. Cultivates compassion and builds trusting relationships.

  • Learn how to communicate more effectively, raise concerns, and mediate conflicts. Develop compassionate listening skills and discover how conflict can create opportunities.

  • We believe in a holistic and embodied approach to conflict. Learn mindfulness and meditation strategies that can help you de-escalate difficult situations, ground yourself, and find inner stillness.

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Meet the Team

  • Founder and CEO

    Nearly everything Niki Landau does is informed by her practice of deep listening. With over 25 years' experience in conflict management, Niki has mediated family and community conflicts, participated in international grassroots peace-building and dialogue delegations, and has entered organizations at the highest levels to help resolve disputes. She regularly works with Canadian post-secondary institutions, helping faculty, staff and students to have difficult conversations, and to develop skills and processes to address difficult conflicts.

    Niki was the Co-ordinator of In-House Training at St Stephen’s Community House Conflict Resolution Service in Toronto. A member of Mid-East Citizen Diplomacy’s (now the internationally-recognized TCLP) first multi-faith peace-building delegation to the Occupied Territories and East Jerusalem in 1999, she then joined their inaugural Compassionate Listening Facilitator Training.

    The use of theatre in exploring conflict is ancient practice, and Niki, a professional actor and playwright, often uses theatre practice to develop empathy and dispute resolution skills. With Paul Lampert, she co-led mask workshops with Palestinian and Israeli teenagers at Peace Camp Canada, and recently co-created a mask show for Kahanee, a community-building organization in Winnipeg, MB. Niki melded the two disciplines in her award-winning play about conflict and dialogue in the Middle East, Territories.

  • Director of Strategic Communications and Advocacy

    Bashar Al Shawwa approaches peacebuilding through the lens of shared responsibility, believing that sustainable solutions emerge when communities work together across divides. Trained as both an engineer and a conflict resolution specialist, he has spent over a decade working at the intersection of advocacy, sustainability, and political affairs in the Middle East and Canada.

    His work has taken him from grassroots peacebuilding in the Middle East to leading national efforts in Canada to counter polarization and build bridges across communities. As Director of Strategic Communications and Advocacy at C-Space Group Conflict Resolution, he designs and leads initiatives that address hate and promote inter-community understanding.

    Bashar previously served as Water Diplomacy Specialist at Swim Drink Fish, where he led the "Water for Peace" initiative, using shared water resources as a foundation for dialogue and cooperation. He was also Advocacy Manager at the Nobel-nominated EcoPeace Middle East, where he engaged policymakers and civil society to advance regional environmental peacebuilding.

    With degrees in engineering and conflict resolution, and fluency in Arabic, English, and Russian, Bashar brings a unique blend of technical insight and diplomatic skill to his mission: fostering sustainable peace through shared responsibility and mutual respect.

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