Assistant Professor,
Conflict Resolution Studies
Telephone: (204) 953-3847
n.funk-unrau@uwinnipeg.ca
Neil Funk-Unrau holds a Master of Arts degree in Peace Studies from Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries in 1983 and a doctorate in Social Science from Syracuse University in 2001. His dissertation topic was interchurch advocacy and intervention in the Lubicon Cree land rights conflict in northern Alberta.
In addition to serving as Program Coordinator for Conflict Resolution Studies since 2006, he has taught the following courses in recent years:
CRS-1200 Introduction to Conflict Resolution
CRS-2211 Conflict Theory and Analysis
CRS-2221 Restorative Justice
CRS-2281 Special Topics in CRS: Globus Social Justice Institute
CRS-2241 Conflict and Culture
CRS-3220 Models for Conflict Transformation
CRS-3243 Transforming Identity Conflict
CRS-4200 Senior Seminar in Conflict Resolution Studies
Current research interests include the use of apology processes in
legal and public settings, residential school abuse dispute resolution
and the history of the Canadian interchurch Aboriginal Rights movement
related issues of Canadian Aboriginal vs. non-Aboriginal relations.
Recent publications include:
“Exploring the Gap Between Mennonite and Indigenous Neighbours: Snapshots From the Story of Native Concerns, Mennonite Central Committee Canada” Conrad Grebel Review 29(1): 52-70. 2011
Review of Taking Wrongs Seriously: Acknowledgement, Reconciliation and
the Politics of Sustainable Peace by Trudy Govier in Peace Research 40
(1): 104-6. 2008
"The Re-Negotiation of Social Relations Through Public Apologies to Canadian Aboriginal Peoples”, Research in Social Movements, Conflict and Change 29:1-19. 2008
Review of Ethnic Conflict: A Global Perspective by Stefan Wolff in Peace Research 39 (1-2): 152-3. 2008
“Indian Residential School Survivors and State Designed ADR: A Strategy for Cooptation?” (co-authored with Dr, Anna Snyder), Conflict Resolution Quarterly 24:285-304. 2007
“Construction of Relationship Frames in the Aboriginal Rights Support Movement: The Articulation of Solidarity With the Lubicon Cree of Northern Canada”, Research in Social Movements, Conflict and Change 26:239-64. 2005
