House of Blue Skies Consulting

A grassroots approach to community engagement

Our Expertise

We help you listen so people will talk, and talk so people will listen.
Resolve conflicts, engage communities, empower your team.

We provide creative, genuine mediation and engagement services and innovative training for our clients.

Our mandate is to help our clients resolve conflicts, and develop and implement practical training programs, inspired consultation plans, straightforward communication materials, and fit-for-purpose policies, to ensure success with every aspect of community and Indigenous engagement.

MEDIATION

We mediate for family, industry, workplace, and not-for-profit clients. We’ve been offering interest-based conflict resolution services since 1999.

TRAINING

We train your team to become proficient in our fit-for-purpose engagement, conflict resolution, and communication tactics.

ENGAGEMENT

We provide strategic advice and engagement, consultation, and negotiation services for non-Indigenous and Indigenous communities.

COMMUNICATION

Effective storytelling. We provide clients with a full range of strategic communications materials written in accessible language.

Together our team has more than 60 years of innovative know-how

Our Experience

We worked together on a variety of challenging and often controversial projects over the years, and we discovered we had a shared value system that informed our unique approach to engagement and conflict resolution.

Conflict Resolution

Dymphny Dronyk, Q.Med, is a Qualified Mediator on the Alberta Justice Civil Court Resolution Services roster and has been a member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Alberta (ADRIA) since 1999. …

Training

We have provided tailored coaching and mentoring services and workshops to individuals – from CEOs to work-at-home moms, from poets to petroleum engineers. Learn more about the training services we …

Community Engagement

Our team has developed our innovative engagement philosophy and grassroots approach over the course of many years of work in communities all over western Canada. We believe nothing is as …

Indigenous Engagement

Engage early. Engage often. Including Indigenous communities in your project engagement early is paramount to project success. As an integral part of our clients’ teams we have helped them navigate …

Not-For-Profit

Our team has the experience to help your organization create fit-for-purpose governance documents, including effective conflict resolution processes, that will help it thrive. We can also provide mediation services at …

Emergency Preparedness

Dymphny Dronyk spent two decades helping clients, from sour gas plant operators to rural schools, from families to small businesses develop, implement and practice their emergency response plans. Emergency response …

Because story has the power to change the world

Our Story

We are a collaborative cooperative of conflict resolution, engagement, and communication entrepreneurs.

We aspire to live in a kind, inclusive, productive world, and it is our goal to do our part to create that environment.

Social license to operate is not just a slogan for us.

We understand, and share, our stakeholders’ love of the land, and for community.

Our mutual values of transparency, honesty, and integrity when engaging with communities and stakeholders resulted in lasting relationships, project approvals, and an innovative toolkit of best practices.

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we bring you more than 60 years of combined expertise

Our Team

Dymphny Dronyk

Conflict Resolution & Engagement Expert

Natasha Kappell

Indigenous Consultation Expert

Allie Lam

Engagement & Strategic Planning Expert

Lauren Tonc

Community Investment Expert

Thoughts and Considerations

Insights

indigenous engagement

What’s in a Name?

Indigenous vs Aboriginal vs First Nations – what do they all mean? There are many nouns used to describe Indigenous Peoples of Canada. Indians. Natives. First Nations. Aboriginals. Inuit. Métis. …

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Find Us

Ford Tower
#1210, 633-6th Ave SW
Calgary, AB
Canada T2P 2Y5

1-587-899-8732

info@houseofblueskiesconsulting.ca

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Mediate | Train | Facilitate | Engage | Listen