I have practised as a Chartered Mediator, a facilitator, and a dialogue process designer for 12+ years. I believe in collaboration as a vital tool for bringing the voices of people into decision-making on challenging issues. I specialize in consensus-building in workplaces, in energy and extractive sector issues, and sports organizations.

 After my parents immigrated to Canada, my sister and I were brought up in Northern Canada, first in Nunavut, and then in Treaty 8 and Métis homelands in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.

I am the founder and principal of Daitch & Associates and an Associate with MASS LBP. My business has delivered on mandates in cross-cultural settings in Canada, the US, Europe, and Latin America for sub-national and national governments, for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), for tribal governments, NGOs, and for Canadian sports federations – resulting in wiser, better decisions for the future.

I am a graduate of the University of Calgary and hold an MA in Dispute Resolution from the University of Victoria; I am a Chartered Mediator with the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada, a Certified Facilitator of the Thinking Environment, a member of the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada’s mediation roster, and on the facilitator-mediator roster for the Ontario Energy Board.

I am an Action Canada Fellow (2013), and a former Canadian national team cross-country skier; I was inducted into the NWT Sport Hall of Fame in 2016. In 2013, I was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for service to Canadians. In my downtime, I enjoy all types of skiing and outdoor sports with my family.