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In a world of constant change, are you merely adapting or truly thriving? It’s time to seize control of your transformation journey and turn life’s challenges into stepping stones to greatness. Make the world a peaceful & playful cohabitation for everyone. MORE HARMONY IN DIVERSITY WELCOME to HARMONY IN DIVERSITY Harmony in Diversity: Squaring the Circle in Full Spectrum Security Studies is a groundbreaking interactive online initiative that redefines the landscape of security studies by integrating socio-economic, political, cultural, and technological dimensions. This initiative brings together global thinkers, academics, professionals, and peacebuilders to explore the evolving and interconnected nature of security in today’s complex world. Drawing on ancient wisdom, philosophical insights, and contemporary analysis, this initiative will challenge participants to examine how issues like inequality, digital manipulation, cultural fragmentation, and invisible forms of neo-imperialism shape today’s global security challenges. HARMONY IN DIVERSITY enables you to immerse yourself into a interpersonal journey of growth, harmony, playfulness, and integrity. We don’t live in the same world as we did yesterday or a week ago – change is the only constant… In this ever and fast changing world we live in, you can either live a life of regret and pity, or you can excel and use the ever changing circumstances as a source of personal- and interpersonal growth and innovation. Decide. Most people just go through life hoping life changes them, but hope won’t get you the change and transforming results and extraordinary life you want and deserve to create. With HARMONY IN DIVERSITY you get the immersive interpersonal experience to accelerate your personal and interpersonal growth and transformation. You will: Discover the infinite potential within you and through dialogue and dialectics Learn how to use your heart, mind, and body to create a more harmonious world within and outside Acquire the tools and strategies to live life extraordinarily AND you will embark on a journey of growth, transformation and mastery of and through HARMONY IN DIVERISTY. Join HARMONY IN DIVERISTY to transform and accelerate your personal and interpersonal growth and transformation to implement the life changing tools and strategies within and around your community. WHO IS HARMONY IN DIVERSITY FOR? YOU – for those who want to live an extraordinary l ife. Those who are motivated to live, learn, and love life to the fullest. Those who want to be a gift to their spouse, mother, father, children, and the world. Become the gift you want to be! This program is for dedicated humans, aspiring leaders, executives, coaches and much more. For people who want to improve in any area of their lives – every day – with every breath! WHY HARMONY IN DIVERISTY? Traditional security studies are no longer sufficient in a world marked by rising intra- and inter-sectarian conflict, cyber-intrusions, economic disenfranchisement, cultural marginalization, and perceptual manipulation. WHY the ykm for HARMONY IN DIVERISTY We never settle to develop and put into place the best programs possible because we strive and breathe excellence, integrity, trust, and partnership in every breath we take. WHAT IS HARMONY IN DIVERSITY Harmony in Diversity: Squaring the Circle in Full-Spectrum Security Studies The idea of security has changed a lot because of the major shifts happening within societies at the local level. Economic improvements for poorer groups, efforts for fairer power sharing, and the struggles of the extremely poor have all added new layers to how we think about security today. At the same time, the rise of a market-driven, neo-liberal economy—where competition is fierce and survival is tough—has put serious pressure on middle- and working-class populations, creating new sources of tension and insecurity. Meanwhile, the major global powers are constantly pushing their economic interests, often using strategies that divide societies. They use a variety of well-coordinated tools to create division, with ruling elites and their allies working together across different platforms—like a chain reaction. They try to break down shared ways of thinking and unity (known as the shatterbelt strategy), which creates major flashpoints for conflict. Security, development, and peace are deeply connected. This obvious truth has led to a major shift in the way we study security today: no longer just focusing on military threats, but also including social, economic, and cultural factors. Global changes at the big-picture level are now seen as starting from small, local changes. Because of this, security studies have expanded beyond just experts and professionals—they now involve many different fields of knowledge, helping to “square the circle” (solve a difficult problem) by connecting diverse ideas and disciplines. Trying to force everyone in a society to think the same way is impossible, and efforts to do so often create even deeper divisions. Rising forms of extreme nationalism—based on ethnicity, race, religion, language, culture, or social group—have caused internal conflicts even in countries that seem religiously or culturally unified. In multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, and multi-lingual countries, the situation becomes even more complicated. When majorities dominate minorities, it often creates a sense of “otherness” and identity crises, fueling anger and even violent extremism. Technology has also created a new kind of battleground in everyday life. Today, bad actors use cyberspace and social media to spread misinformation, manipulate public opinion, harass people (cyberbullying), create fake content (deepfakes), and carry out unethical activities. These “virtual wars” have become major global security concerns, blurring national borders and creating widespread chaos and confusion. Imperialism and colonialism haven’t disappeared—they’ve simply changed form. Now, powerful countries use soft power and influence to control other nations’ minds and ideas, creating a kind of “invisible empire” like the dystopias imagined by writers like Zamyatin, Huxley, and Orwell. New tools, like “post-truth” politics and distorted facts, are used to confuse people and create narrow, one-sided views. This invisible form of control is at the root of many of today’s security problems. Orwell’s warning—“War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength”—shows the dangerous path we might be heading toward. But there is hope. An informed and aware population can change this direction. By embracing harmony in diversity—respecting different views, sharing opportunities equally, and supporting compassion, liberty, justice, equality, peace, forgiveness, and playfulness—we can build a more peaceful and united world. Even small actions, if made in this spirit, can lead to a brighter and more harmonious future for everyone. HOW Personal development HOW HOW HOW DO WE CONDUCT HARMONY IN DIVERSITY? AWAKENING 1. Ask questions through dialogue and dialectics ENGAGEMENT 1. Creating interactive and immersive content ADDRESSING 1. Various subjects through playfulness, integrity, and an open heart, mind, and body. TRANSFORMATION 1. How to communicate effectively and transformatively 2. How to use constructive and life-giving communication to cultivate the soil for improving relationships WHY WHO IS Brig. Gen. Dr. MOAZZEM HOSSAIN Founder & Chairman of Harmony in Diversity, Brigadier General Dr. Moazzem Hossain is a distinguished scholar and author of Military History of Ancient Bengal. He also holds a MBA from the USA. With a career bridging strategic command and academic inquiry, Dr. Hossain is renowned for his deep commitment to intercultural understanding, peacebuilding, and the exploration of full-spectrum security in a multipolar world. VIDEOS WHY Because the potential for difference and diversity exists in every single moment, HARMONY IN DIVERSITY will critically enhance your life's quality at any level. This integrative and immersive way of engagement enables you to transform differences, relationships, and the way you experience and engage in-, and with the world. Whether you seek to enhance your personal relationship to yourself, your spouse or your co-workers, we help you to develop and grow to take your life to greater hights. Your community. Your development. Your diversity. Your harmony, Your growth. Your transformation. Begins NOW. That's HARMONY IN DIVERSITY WHY WHO IS IT FOR You look to take your personal life and/or career to another level? You want to expand your positive sphere of influence? You desire a life of meaning and purpose? HARMONY IN DIVERSITY is for anyone who seeks to improve his/her life and its vital human connections and relationships. The HARMONY IN DIVERSITY is an immersive learning experience – an experience that’s lifegiving. This course will change and transform the way you see, engage, and experience life in- and around you. Ready to transform the way you live and experience your life? Join us NOW. BOOK Channels VIDEOS HARMONY IN DIVERSITY RESOURCES LEARN, UNDERSTAND, AND ENGAGE TRANSFORMATIVELY IN CONFLICT GROW AND TRANSFORM THROUGH HARMONY IN DIVERSITY MOTIVATION INCREASE YOUR MOTIVATION CLIPS QUESTIONS? Interested to connect to yourself and others on a deeper level to transformatively engage in conflict? Bring yourself and others to the next level to live a life of meaning and purpose. Book now a free 30 min consultation session with one of our experts. We can't wait to hear from you soon. the ykm team ASK BOOK NOW YOUR FREE CONSULTATION SESSION Interested to learn, understand, and engage in intra- and interpersonal conflict on a deeper level and, simulteneously, connect to yourself and others on a deeper level? Book now a free 30 min consultation session with one of our life strategists. Bring yourself to the next level and take action now to live a life of meaning and purpose! BOOK

In a world of constant change, are you merely adapting or truly thriving? It’s time to seize control of your transformation journey and turn life’s challenges into stepping stones to greatness. LEARN LIFE-CHANGING TOOLS AND STRATEGIES TO MASTER ANY CONFLICT MORE CONFLICT MASTERY: The VNR Method WELCOME to CONFLICT MASTERY: The VNR Method Conflict Mastery enables you to learn the technical and mental aspects of navigating through conflict while remaining in a serene state of mind. We don’t live in the same world as we did yesterday or a week ago – change is the only constant… In this ever and fast changing world we live in, you can either live a life of regret and pity, or you can excel and use the ever changing circumstances as a source of personal- and interpersonal growth and innovation. Decide. Most people just go through life hoping life changes them, but hope won’t get you the change and transforming results and extraordinary life you want and deserve to create. With Conflict Mastery you get the tools and strategies to accelerate your personal growth and transformation. You will: Discover the infinite potential within you and through conflict mastery Learn how to use conflict and change as a source of growth and personal transformation Acquire the tools and strategies to live life extraordinarily AND you will embark on a journey of growth, transformation and mastery of and through conflict! Join Conflict Mastery to transform and accelerate your personal and interpersonal growth and transformation to implement the life changing tools and strategies to conflict mastery. With Conflict Mastery, you craft the blueprint and mindset that sets you up for infinite personal and interpersonal growth and transformation through your conflicts you inevitably face in your life. WHO IS CONFLICT MASTERY FOR? YOU – for those who want to live an extraordinary l ife. Those who are motivated to live, learn, and love life to the fullest. Those who want to be a gift to their spouse, mother, father, children, and the world. Become the gift you want to be! This program is for dedicated humans, aspiring leaders, executives, coaches and much more. For people who want to improve in any area of their lives – every day – with every breath! WHY CONFLICT MASTERY? Conflict mastery is unlike any other program you ever attended. From the latin word "educo" -- meaning develop from within, Conflict Mastery gives you the education you want. Conflict is your emotional and psychological everyday gym. It’s a life changing and transformative program that transforms the way you see and experience conflict. It equips you with immediate tools and strategies to tackle any challenge and conflict in life. It’s the change and transformation you want to embark on to transformatively experience and tackle conflict and life extraordinarily as your source of growth. WHY the ykm for CONFLICT MASTERY the ykm currently learns and develops its programs from one of the best conflict experts in the world, namely Prof. emeritus Vern Neufeld Redekop. We never settle to develop and put into place the best programs possible because we strive and breathe excellence, integrity, and trust in every breath we take. WHAT IS The VNR Method The Vern Neufeld Redekop Method is a method and lifestyle based on the scholarship of worldreknown conflict expert and professor of conflict study Dr. Vern Neufeld Redekop to transform conflict and lives. The word method derives via Latin from Greek methodos ‘pursuit of knowledge’, from meta- (expressing development) + hodos ‘way’ suggests, The VNR Method is a way of knowing, understanding, and transforming intrapersonal-, interpersonal-, and/or group conflict. Conflict is a process in which two or more people engage with a perceived divergence of goals/values and actively obstruct the achievement of each others goals/values. This integrative and lifegiving method enables you to identify, address, manage, and transform your conflicts and relationships constructively and transformatively. In this program, y ou learn the tools and strategies to identify, address, manage, and transform conflict as a source of growth. Whether you face intra-, interpersonal-, or group conflict/s, the method enables you to transform conflict at its root. Become your best. Learn the tools and strategies based on the work of worldreknown conflict expert and professor Dr. Vern Neufeld Redekop to identify, address, manage, and transform conflict through The VNR Method. HOW Personal development HOW HOW MAKE CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION YOUR LIFESTYLE: IDENTIFY, ADDRESS, MANAGE, AND TRANSFORM LIVES IDENTIFICATION 1. What is conflict and what are the harmful sides of conflict? 2. How does it become destructive? 3. How does it cause some deep hurt? 4. Potential the conflict bears MANAGMENT 1. How to navigate and communicate in a conflict situation 2. How to use the conflict situation as a personal and interpersonal source of growth ADDRESSING 1. Who are the parties involved? 2. What are the common denominators? 3. What are the positions? 4. What are the interests? 5. What are the mutual interests? TRANSFORMATION 1. How to communicate effectively and transformatively 2. How to use constructive and life-giving communication to cultivate the soil for an improved relationship 3. How to build a constructive and sustainable relations through conflict WHY WHO IS VERN NEUFELD REDEKOP Dr. Vern Neufeld Redekop is a world-renown scholar and professor in peace and conflict Studies, he is a professor emeritus at St. Paul University, Ottawa, Canada, where he worked since 2001. He is the initiator of the Integrative Peacebuilding Program at the Professional Development Institute (PDI) at the University of Ottawa. The author of From Violence to Blessing: How an Understanding of Deep-Rooted Conflict Can Open Paths to Reconciliation (Novalis, 2002) translated in French and Arabic, Co-editor with Shirley Paré of Beyond Control: A Mutual Respect Approach to Protest Crowd – Police Relations (Bloombury, 2010), Co-author of Introduction to Conflict Studies; Empirical, Theoretical, and Ethical Dimensions (Oxford University Press, 2012), Co-editor with Gloria Neufeld Redekop of AWAKENING: Applying Spirituality, Emergent Creativity, and Reconciliation (Lexington Books, 2019), Co-editor with Gloria Neufeld Redekop of TRANSFORMING: Exploring Spirituality, Emergent Creativity, and Reconciliation (Lexington Books, 2021),editor of René Girard and Creative Mimesis (2016, Lexington Books) and René Girard and Creative Reconciliation (2010, Lexington Books) both with Thomas Ryba, among many other scholarly and non-scholarly articles. Before that he was President at the Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution. His involvement in training and program development has taken him to Indigenous communities in Canada as well as to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sudan, Taiwan and other countries. Since 2010 he has been working on the development of a Graduate Diploma in Integrative Peacebuilding. His theoretical and practical insights found expression in his book, From Violence to Blessing: How an Understanding of Deep-Rooted Conflict Can Open Paths to Reconciliation , which included two chapters devoted to mimetic theory and scapegoating respectively and was organized around the concepts of mimetic structures of violence and mimetic structures of blessing. Subsequent research has focused on protest crowds and police, resulting in (with Shirley Paré) Beyond Control: A Mutual Respect Approach to Protest Crowd – Police Relations . Oxford University Press has published Introduction to Conflict Studies: Empirical, Theoretical, and Ethical Dimensions , which he co-authored with Jean-Francois Rioux. He edited (with Thomas Ryba) René Girard and Creative Mimesis and René Girard and Creative Reconciliation. Currently, he is preparing a workbook on Community Dialogue processes on Social Reconciliation and Economic Development, a project supported by the James Bay Cree of Quebec. Vern Neufeld Redekop's integrative, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary works on conflict transformed and continue to transform lives and communities throughout the world. As he says; “conflict studies is transdisciplinary.” And this program reflects Vern’s work. This program is mainly but not exclusively based on Vern Neufeld Redekop’s critical work in the field of peace and conflict studies. VIDEOS WHY Because the potential for conflict exists in every single moment, the tools and strategies we teach will critically enhance your life's quality at any level. This integrative and lifegiving method enables you to transform conflicts, relationships, and the way you experience and engage in-, and with the world. Whether you seek to enhance your personal relationship to yourself, your spouse or your co-workers, we help you to develop and grow to take your life to greater hights. Learn to identify, address, manage, and transform your life through conflict transformation. Develop, grow, and transform into the person you are meant to become through The VNR Method. Your development. Your growth. Your transformation. Begins NOW. That's The VNR Method! WHY WHO IS IT FOR You look to take your personal life and/or career to another level? You want to expand your positive sphere of influence? You desire a life of meaning and purpose? The VNR Method is for anyone who seeks to improve his/her life and its vital human connections and relationships. The VNR Method is a lifestyle – a lifestyle that’s lifegiving. This course will change and transform the way you see, engage, and experience life in- and around you. Ready to transform the way you live and experience your life? Join us NOW. BOOK Channels VIDEOS CONFLICT RESOURCES LEARN, UNDERSTAND, AND ENGAGE TRANSFORMATIVELY IN CONFLICT GROW AND TRANSFORM THROUGH CONFLICT MOTIVATION INCREASE YOUR MOTIVATION CLIPS QUESTIONS? Interested to connect to yourself and others on a deeper level to transformatively engage in conflict? Bring yourself and others to the next level to live a life of meaning and purpose. Book now a free 30 min consultation session with one of our conflict experts. We can't wait to hear from you soon. the ykm team ASK BOOK NOW YOUR FREE CONSULTATION SESSION Interested to learn, understand, and engage in intra- and interpersonal conflict on a deeper level and, simulteneously, connect to yourself and others on a deeper level? Book now a free 30 min consultation session with one of our life strategists. Bring yourself to the next level and take action now to live a life of meaning and purpose! BOOK

INSPIRES AND EMPOWERS KNOWLEDGE AND TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING FOR HUMANKIND'S ADVANCEMENT. the ykm ABOUT MORE What Is the ykm WHAT IS the ykm the ykm is your partner in inspiring, empowering, and transforming knowledge and lives to live a life of meaning and purpose. To contribute, build on, and improve humankind's extraordinary achievements. HOW: Integrity, trust, and, partnership are the pillars we stand on to build deep and lasting connections. These three build the backbone on which we envison and build the connections on which our partnerships and projects are built on. Because meaning and purpose derives from these connections which makes life worth living. That's the ykm . WhyKnowledgeMatters . VIDEOS WHO WE ARE Team Member Name Job Title I'm a paragraph. To update me, go to the Data Manager. The Data Manager is where you store and collect data for your site. Read More Team Member Name Job Title I'm a paragraph. To update me, go to the Data Manager. The Data Manager is where you store and collect data for your site. Read More Team Member Name Job Title I'm a paragraph. To update me, go to the Data Manager. The Data Manager is where you store and collect data for your site. Read More Team Member Name Job Title I'm a paragraph. To update me, go to the Data Manager. The Data Manager is where you store and collect data for your site. Read More Team Member Name Job Title I'm a paragraph. To update me, go to the Data Manager. The Data Manager is where you store and collect data for your site. Read More Team Member Name Job Title I'm a paragraph. To update me, go to the Data Manager. The Data Manager is where you store and collect data for your site. Read More WHY Channels BOOK NOW YOUR FREE CONSULTATION SESSION Interested to connect to yourself and others on a deeper level to live at your best? Book now a free 30 min consultation session with one of our personal development strategists. Bring yourself to the next level and take action now to live a life of meaning and purpose! BOOK

In a world of constant change, are you merely adapting or truly thriving? It’s time to seize control of your transformation journey and turn life’s challenges into stepping stones to greatness. MORE FEEL ALIVE INSPIRE, EMPOWER, AND TRANSFORM LIVES WITH YOUR STORY. WHAT IS "THE FEEL ALIVE PROJECT"? Feel Alive is you. It tells the inspiring story of what makes you Feel Alive. Feel Alive is available on YouTube, Apple Podcast, Spotify, and all major streaming platforms. Share now with us what makes you Feel Alive! WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL ALIVE FEEL ALIVE VIDOES A FELLOW HUMAN? Join us and share what makes you feel alive. Why? To inspire and empower lives to live a life of purpose and meaning. A SCHOLAR? Join us. Share what makes you feel alive. Why? To inspire and empower lives to live a life of purpose and meaning. A STUDENT? Join us. Share what makes you feel alive. Why? To inspire and empower lives to live a life of purpose and meaning. WHY To make a difference in people's lives. To share is to inspire. And to inspire is to empower. Consequently, to empower is to make a difference to live a life of purpose and meaning. So what makes you feel alive? Join us, share, and make a difference. That's WhyKnowledgeMatters. HOW IT WORKS Breath, enjoy, and feel alive. You have a camera/cellphone? Take a second breath and invest 1-6 minutes from your day and answer the question: What makes you feel alive? Press record and share your story. Send your Feel Alive with the subject "Feel Alive" to info@the-ykm.com . We can't wait to hear from you soon. That's WhyKnowledgeMatters. QUESTIONS? You have questions and/or feedback? Send us an email with the subject "Feel Alive" to info@the-ykm.com . We look forward to answer your questions or read your feedback! the ykm team

In a world of constant change, are you merely adapting or truly thriving? It’s time to seize control of your transformation journey and turn life’s challenges into stepping stones to greatness. LEARN LIFE-CHANGING TOOLS AND STRATEGIES TO MASTER ANY CONFLICT MORE CONFLICT MASTERY: The VNR Method WELCOME to CONFLICT MASTERY: The VNR Method Conflict Mastery enables you to learn the technical and mental aspects of navigating through conflict while remaining in a serene state of mind. We don’t live in the same world as we did yesterday or a week ago – change is the only constant… In this ever and fast changing world we live in, you can either live a life of regret and pity, or you can excel and use the ever changing circumstances as a source of personal- and interpersonal growth and innovation. Decide. Most people just go through life hoping life changes them, but hope won’t get you the change and transforming results and extraordinary life you want and deserve to create. With Conflict Mastery you get the tools and strategies to accelerate your personal growth and transformation. You will: Discover the infinite potential within you and through conflict mastery Learn how to use conflict and change as a source of growth and personal transformation Acquire the tools and strategies to live life extraordinarily AND you will embark on a journey of growth, transformation and mastery of and through conflict! Join Conflict Mastery to transform and accelerate your personal and interpersonal growth and transformation to implement the life changing tools and strategies to conflict mastery. With Conflict Mastery, you craft the blueprint and mindset that sets you up for infinite personal and interpersonal growth and transformation through your conflicts you inevitably face in your life. WHO IS CONFLICT MASTERY FOR? YOU – for those who want to live an extraordinary l ife. Those who are motivated to live, learn, and love life to the fullest. Those who want to be a gift to their spouse, mother, father, children, and the world. Become the gift you want to be! This program is for dedicated humans, aspiring leaders, executives, coaches and much more. For people who want to improve in any area of their lives – every day – with every breath! WHY CONFLICT MASTERY? Conflict mastery is unlike any other program you ever attended. From the latin word "educo" -- meaning develop from within, Conflict Mastery gives you the education you want. It’s a life changing and transformative program that transforms the way you see and experience conflict. It equips you with immediate tools and strategies to tackle any challenge and conflict in life. It’s the change and transformation you want to embark on to transformatively experience and tackle conflict and life extraordinarily as your source of growth. WHY the ykm for CONFLICT MASTERY the ykm currently learns and develops its programs from one of the best conflict experts in the world, namely Prof. emeritus Vern Neufeld Redekop. We never settle to develop and put into place the best programs possible because we strive and breathe excellence, integrity, and trust in every breath we take. WHAT IS The VNR Method The Vern Neufeld Redekop Method is a method and lifestyle based on the scholarship of worldreknown conflict expert and professor of conflict study Dr. Vern Neufeld Redekop to transform conflict and lives. The word method derives via Latin from Greek methodos ‘pursuit of knowledge’, from meta- (expressing development) + hodos ‘way’ suggests, The VNR Method is a way of knowing, understanding, and transforming intrapersonal-, interpersonal-, and/or group conflict. Conflict is a process in which two or more people engage with a perceived divergence of goals/values and actively obstruct the achievement of each others goals/values. This integrative and lifegiving method enables you to identify, address, manage, and transform your conflicts and relationships constructively and transformatively. In this program, y ou learn the tools and strategies to identify, address, manage, and transform conflict as a source of growth. Whether you face intra-, interpersonal-, or group conflict/s, the method enables you to transform conflict at its root. Become your best. Learn the tools and strategies based on the work of worldreknown conflict expert and professor Dr. Vern Neufeld Redekop to identify, address, manage, and transform conflict through The VNR Method. HOW Personal development HOW HOW MAKE CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION YOUR LIFESTYLE: IDENTIFY, ADDRESS, MANAGE, AND TRANSFORM LIVES IDENTIFICATION 1. What are the harmful sides of conflict? 2. How does it become destructive? 3. How does it cause some deep hurt? 4. Potential 5. Harnessing conflict MANAGMENT coming soon ADDRESSING 1. Who are the parties involved? 2. What are the common denominators? 3. What are the positions? 4. What are the interests? 5. What are the mutual interests? TRANSFORMATION coming soon WHY WHO IS VERN NEUFELD REDEKOP Dr. Vern Neufeld Redekop is a world-renown scholar and professor in peace and conflict Studies, he is a professor emeritus at St. Paul University, Ottawa, Canada, where he worked since 2001. He is the initiator of the Integrative Peacebuilding Program at the Professional Development Institute (PDI) at the University of Ottawa. The author of From Violence to Blessing: How an Understanding of Deep-Rooted Conflict Can Open Paths to Reconciliation (Novalis, 2002) translated in French and Arabic, Co-editor with Shirley Paré of Beyond Control: A Mutual Respect Approach to Protest Crowd – Police Relations (Bloombury, 2010), Co-author of Introduction to Conflict Studies; Empirical, Theoretical, and Ethical Dimensions (Oxford University Press, 2012), Co-editor with Gloria Neufeld Redekop of AWAKENING: Applying Spirituality, Emergent Creativity, and Reconciliation (Lexington Books, 2019), Co-editor with Gloria Neufeld Redekop of TRANSFORMING: Exploring Spirituality, Emergent Creativity, and Reconciliation (Lexington Books, 2021),editor of René Girard and Creative Mimesis (2016, Lexington Books) and René Girard and Creative Reconciliation (2010, Lexington Books) both with Thomas Ryba, among many other scholarly and non-scholarly articles. Before that he was President at the Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution. His involvement in training and program development has taken him to Indigenous communities in Canada as well as to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sudan, Taiwan and other countries. Since 2010 he has been working on the development of a Graduate Diploma in Integrative Peacebuilding. His theoretical and practical insights found expression in his book, From Violence to Blessing: How an Understanding of Deep-Rooted Conflict Can Open Paths to Reconciliation , which included two chapters devoted to mimetic theory and scapegoating respectively and was organized around the concepts of mimetic structures of violence and mimetic structures of blessing. Subsequent research has focused on protest crowds and police, resulting in (with Shirley Paré) Beyond Control: A Mutual Respect Approach to Protest Crowd – Police Relations . Oxford University Press has published Introduction to Conflict Studies: Empirical, Theoretical, and Ethical Dimensions , which he co-authored with Jean-Francois Rioux. He edited (with Thomas Ryba) René Girard and Creative Mimesis and René Girard and Creative Reconciliation. Currently, he is preparing a workbook on Community Dialogue processes on Social Reconciliation and Economic Development, a project supported by the James Bay Cree of Quebec. Vern Neufeld Redekop's integrative, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary works on conflict transformed and continue to transform lives and communities throughout the world. As he says; “conflict studies is transdisciplinary.” And this program reflects Vern’s work. This program is mainly but not exclusively based on Vern Neufeld Redekop’s critical work in the field of peace and conflict studies. VIDEOS WHY Because the potential for conflict exists in every single moment, the tools and strategies we teach will critically enhance your life's quality at any level. This integrative and lifegiving method enables you to transform conflicts, relationships, and the way you experience and engage in-, and with the world. Whether you seek to enhance your personal relationship to yourself, your spouse or your co-workers, we help you to develop and grow to take your life to greater hights. Learn to identify, address, manage, and transform your life through conflict transformation. Develop, grow, and transform into the person you are meant to become through The VNR Method. Your development. Your growth. Your transformation. Begins NOW. That's The VNR Method! WHY WHO IS IT FOR You look to take your personal life and/or career to another level? You want to expand your positive sphere of influence? You desire a life of meaning and purpose? The VNR Method is for anyone who seeks to improve his/her life and its vital human connections and relationships. The VNR Method is a lifestyle – a lifestyle that’s lifegiving. This course will change and transform the way you see, engage, and experience life in- and around you. Ready to transform the way you live and experience your life? Join us NOW. BOOK Channels VIDEOS CONFLICT RESOURCES LEARN, UNDERSTAND, AND ENGAGE TRANSFORMATIVELY IN CONFLICT GROW AND TRANSFORM THROUGH CONFLICT MOTIVATION INCREASE YOUR MOTIVATION CLIPS QUESTIONS? Interested to connect to yourself and others on a deeper level to transformatively engage in conflict? Bring yourself and others to the next level to live a life of meaning and purpose. Book now a free 30 min consultation session with one of our conflict experts. We can't wait to hear from you soon. the ykm team ASK BOOK NOW YOUR FREE CONSULTATION SESSION Interested to learn, understand, and engage in intra- and interpersonal conflict on a deeper level and, simulteneously, connect to yourself and others on a deeper level? Book now a free 30 min consultation session with one of our life strategists. Bring yourself to the next level and take action now to live a life of meaning and purpose! BOOK

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1. *Müller, Y-K, (2020, March). Bystander Effect Analysed Through Girardian Thought. 13th Graduate Symposium in the Department of Education , Concordia University. Montréal, Canada. 2. *Müller, Y-K, (2020, March). The Challenge of Cultivating Communities through a Girardian Lens. 19th Education Graduate Student Society Conference. McGill University. Montréal, Canada. * Due to Covid-19, the conference did not take place. Conferences

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