JABRIL IBRAHIM ABDULLE


Jabril was educated in Somalia and Canada . He is the Founder and former executive director of the Ottawa-Carleton Neighbourhood Coalition for Conflict Resolution, a community-based non-governmental organization that provides mediation and conflict resolution services in the Ottawa-Carleton region, Canada's National Capital.

Over ten years of experience in the field of social services, community development and conflict resolution. He acted as a mediator, administrator and group process facilitator. Through his experience Jabril has participated in over 700 mediation cases involving more than 1000 people and numerous reconciliation and negotiation sessions. He also acted as a race relation/multicultural advisor to various non/governmental and governmental organizations, such as Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police, Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton and Ottawa-Carleton Housing. He is currently engaged equity and diversity project in the Ottawa-Carleton region area.

In 1995, Jabril become one of the youngest  and the first Somali-Canadian political appointee in Ontario. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Ontario Trillium Foundation (one of the top twenty foundations in the world) where he was a member of the Evaluation Committee and the Northern and Eastern Region (Ontario) Grant Review Committee.

He Co-Chair Get-Up Stand-Up grant program, a provincial program with a million-dollar budget. Helped to design and develop the funding application and its guidelines. This program was intended to help young people across Ontario to take action on the important issues that effect their lives and to increase their influence and participation in society.

Jabril was recently invited by the staff of city of Gothenburg, Sweden  to consult and develop cross-cultural conflict resolution program aimed at minority communities and local social services officials. 

As a consultant to Secretariat for African Trade Development. Jabril has developed cross-cultural conflict management  workshop focusing on cross-cultural sensitivity training and Intercultural communication skills for local African-Canadian community and Canadian Businessmen/women.  

Jabril is also consultant to Peace Radio project. A unique and ambitious peacebuilding initiatives partially funded by the UNDP and three US-based NGOs.

Jabril is now sitting on various international and national NGOs including; 

- Ottawa-Carleton Training Board,

- Community Resource Centre of Goulbourn 

  Kanata   and West Carleton, 

- Lao Cooperative 

Peace Now Inc.

- DR International Inc., Peacebuilding NGO based   

  in London, England.

-JR associates Inc.,

Since arriving in Canada in 1988, Jabril has worked with several organizations including:

-  Carlington Community & Health Services . as a    

    Director's
- Member of the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted     

  Police)Community Consultation Committee
- Loa Cooperative, as a Director's
- A Mediator with the Mediation Centre at Carleton  

  University
- Co-founder and former President of Minority   

  Parent/Students Alliance on Education
- Member of Founding Members and former 

 - President of Somali University Students  

  Association
- Elected as Member of the Student Government at 

  Carleton University

In addition to this Jabril has been involved with the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police (one of the largest police force in Canada) in the development of strategies and appropriate means to dealing with conflict among communities in the region.

Off The Cuff

FAVOURITE MEALS
Somalia rice blinded with goat meat
LAST BOOK READ
a Book by Max De Pree, former CEO Herman Miller Leadership is an Art is a fascinating book. Every leader, or potential leader should have on his/her desk
FAVOURITE MOVIE
Cry Freedom
WHO DO I MOST ADMIRE (other than my parents)
I admire Mohamed Ali (former cham)
WHAT TRAIT DO I DISLIKE IN MY LIFE
Procrastination
WHAT IS MY BIGGEST REGRET
Not being able to remain in my country while thousands of fellow Somalis needed my help
WHAT'S MY GREATEST SUCCESS
Being father of my two beautiful Children
WHAT'S MY GREATEST SOURCES OF HAPPINESS
Of course it's my family
WHAT DO I FEAR MOST
Getting old without realizing my potential

NEWS
MEDIA

Jabril has been a source of info. for some of  Canada's national News Networks and local newspapers
Recent Interviews include:
TV News
Subject: Hate Crime In Canada
CJOH TV
Subject: Formal Justice Vs Alternative Dispute Resolution
CBC Radio Subject: Community Development
The Ottawa-Citizen
Subject: Mediation in Community Disputes
CPAC, Canada's Parliamentary Channel
Subject: Restorative Justice
CPAC,

Canada's Refugee Crisis


News and Environment Newspaper Subject: Crime Prevention (November 1998 Issue)

UPCOMING TV PROGRAM
THOSE OF YOU WHO LIVE IN CANADA, YOU MAY TUNE TO VISION TV, CHANNEL 63. I WILL BE FEATURED ON THEIR POPULAR TV PROGRAM SKYLIGHT. IT WILL BE 1/2 HOUR TV PROGRAM DETAILING MY WORK IN CANADA.

I WAS TOLD THE PROGRAM WILL BE AIRED ON SECOND WEEK OF MARCH. IF YOU NEED TO KNOW THE DATE AND TIME, THEY CAN BE REACHED AT (416)369-1763

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