About Keiron Simons
With a background as a counsellor and a lawyer, Keiron Simons has worked as a mediator, trainer and coach for over thirty years.
Mediation
Keiron’s private mediation practice focuses on (re)building ongoing relationships between co-workers, managers and their teams, and members of organizations, communities and families. Issues Keiron mediates range from interpersonal challenges to bullying and harassment (prevention and postvention), team challenges to family-related incidents and long-term dynamics. In addition, Keiron developed and has supported the Family Mediation program for Northern Health and has created and facilitated mediation training programs for the Ministry of Children and Family Development and numerous nongovernmental organizations.Facilitation
As a facilitator, Keiron develops and provides workshops related to effective communication and managing difficult conversations, strengthening teams, respectful workplace and harassment prevention, emotional intelligence, conflict resolution and mediation, etc. He also provides integrated conflict resolution and educational workshop-style group interventions.Coaching
As a coach, Keiron supports administrators, managers and entrepreneurs to develop their effectiveness in areas related to leadership, effective communication, consensus/alliance-building, conflict resolution and collaborative (win-win) problem-solving, emotional and team intelligence, etc. Keiron also provides a coaching program for individuals who have been respondents to or potentially face bullying and harassment complaints and/or other grievances.Selected (non-confidential) Building Bridges clients include:
Government
- City of Richmond
- City of Surrey
- City of Vancouver
- Ministry of Children and Family Development (BC)
- Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs (Canada)
- Municipality of Kitimat
- Northern Health (BC)
- Office of the Ombudsperson (BC)
Non-Governmental Organizations
- Coquitlam Public Library
- Richmond Health Board
- United Way (Lower Mainland)
- Vancouver Foundation
Indigenous Communities and Organizations
- First Nations Health Authority
- Gitsegukla, Gitxaala, Lil’wat, N’Quatqua First Nations
- Southern Stl’atl’imx Health Society
Educational Institutions
- Justice Institute of British Columbia
- Simon Fraser University
- School Boards (numerous)
- University of British Columbia
- Vancouver Community College
- Vancouver Film School
Community Groups
- Family Services of Greater Vancouver
- Hadassah Vancouver
- HRx Diversity Consulting
- Ismaili Centre
- Opera America and Opera Guilds Int’l
- Options Community Services
- PLEA Community Services
- Saint Faith’s Anglican Church
- S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
- Vancouver Crisis Centre
- Volunteer Vancouver
- Y.M.C.A.
Very important information. I appreciate Keiron’s ability to have the participants feel heard — he’s a very compassionate speaker and very inspiring of the same qualities.