Book Club: A Mediator's Eye View: Essays on War, Peace and Shared Humanity
In December 2026, World BEYOND War will be holding a weekly discussion each of four weeks of the book A Mediator's Eye View: Essays on War, Peace and Shared Humanity with the author Sally Campbell.
This is a wonderful collection of essays on nearly every topic World BEYOND War works on — what an amazing chance for a rich and transformative discussion with new friends from around the globe!
When you register for the club, we will mail you a signed paperback copy of the book.
We'll let you know which parts of the books will be discussed each week along with the Zoom details to access the discussions.
When:
For one hour on Tuesday, December 1, 8, 15, and 22, 2026, beginning at UTC 18:00, which is 7 am in Auckland, 8 am in Honolulu, 10 am in Los Angeles, 12 pm in Mexico City, 1 pm in New York, 7 pm in Yaoundé, 7 pm in Amsterdam, and 9:30 pm in Tehran.
Where: Zoom (details to be shared upon registration).
This is a small group series with limited space of up to approximately 18 people.
Sign up to reserve your spot. We look forward to reading and discussing this important book with you!
About the Book:
With this book of essays, Sally Campbell positions her writing in a comprehensive historical context. In doing so, she provides a broad and accessible framework for understanding the political complexities of our time.
Her wide-ranging writing examines the meaning of security in the context of Israel-Palestine, explores the evolution and importance of international law, and questions the value of NATO’s expansion to a worldwide arms-trading co-operative.
Sally also shares learnings from her many teachers, and dives into the nuance of anger, apology, and forgiveness. With practical suggestions for moving forward, her writing is grounded in lived experience and the realities of our global interdependence. She makes an urgent, always ethical case for decolonization, demilitarization, and recognition of our shared humanity.
This absorbing and lively collection of essays challenges readers to evaluate their individual contributions to a world of equality, justice and freedom from violence. Most importantly, Sally offers concrete, practical ways to participate in realizing that elusive goal.
About the Author:
For more than thirty-five years, Sally Campbell worked across Canada as a lawyer-mediator and conflict resolution educator. In British Columbia, she designed and delivered mediation training for Continuing Legal Education BC and the Justice Institute of BC. Her extensive experience with Indigenous communities greatly expanded her world view and led directly, in 2012, to her initiating and co-creating, with Justice Ardith (Wapetko We’dalks) Walkem and Louise Mandell, KC, an international award-winning Continuing Legal Education Conference on Indigenous Legal Orders.
Immersed in Restorative Practices and ways of Circle Peacemaking, Sally practised and taught these approaches for many years.
In addition, Sally worked for decades with Provincial Court judges across Canada, delivering Settlement Conference training, and with British Columbia’s Supreme Court judges, teaching mediative approaches. She mediated and taught groups from many branches of government and co-delivered training in negotiation to RCMP nationwide.
Working with leadership at the University of British Columbia for over ten years as a conflict specialist, Sally mediated, designed and delivered training in various aspects of conflict engagement to a wide range of faculties and departments, as well as coaching and teaching faculty heads and new managers.
Public recognition of her contributions includes Family Mediation Canada’s Award of Excellence for Education and Training, and Mediate BC’s Susanna Jani Award for Excellence in Mediation. Sally lives with her husband on Hornby Island, BC. In her spare time, she practises T’ai Chi, walks the beach, and plays in community theatre.
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