Julian R. Griggs, Principal

Julian completed his International Baccalaureate at the United World College of the Atlantic (1982), and graduated from Bristol University (UK, 1986) with a First in geology. He then spent three years working on various international development projects in Southern Africa and in Northern India, and also completed a number of high altitude mountaineering ascents of peaks in Zanskar, Ladakh, Nepal and Bhutan. Julian came to Canada in 1988 on a commonwealth scholarship and completed his M.Sc. in Interdisciplinary Studies/Resource Management at UBC (1990) through. After a year as a Research Associate at the Westwater Research Institute, he formed Dovetail Consulting with Julia Gardner in 1991. Julian also recently held a position as Adjunct Professor at UBC's Institute for Resources and Environment.

Over the last 18 years Julian has worked on a wide variety of consulting projects for all levels of government, First Nations, non-profit organizations, and the private sector. He specializes in collaborative approaches to land use planning and environmental management and has developed a reputation for his consistently high standard of work as a strategic facilitator, trainer, planner, and research/writer. He is particularly interested in bridging across cultures and designing robust and effective vehicles for co-management.

Among Julian's recent projects are the following:

• Providing strategic facilitation services for the Muskwa-Kechika Advisory Board as well as several of its Committees, and for the Board-Government Governance Task Group charged with renewing the governance model for the MKMA.
• Facilitating strategic planning processes for the Taku River Tlingit First Nation’s (TRTFN) Land and Resources Department, the Northern Nations Alliance, Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission, Save the Rhino Trust (Namibia), West Coast Environmental Law, and for a range of non-profit organizations.
• Providing strategic facilitation and technical planning support to assist the Taku River Tlingit First Nation in the development and implementation of their strategic land plan, and for the Northern Nations Alliance in relation to their ‘Land Planning’ and ‘Rights & Title’ program areas. These initiatives also involve government-to-government negotiations over collaborative management arrangements in the region.
• Providing technical and strategic support to the Sechelt Indian Band (shíshálh Nation) to support the preparation of their land use plan.
• Providing strategic coordination services for four First Nations—the Sechelt, Sliammon, Homalco and Klahoose—as they engage with British Columbia in government-to-government negotiations over a proposed strategic land and resource planning process for the Sunshine Coast.
• Facilitating a multi-stakeholder process to develop the Oil and Gas Pre Tenure Plan for the Besa Prophet area of the Northern Rockies.
• Providing impartial facilitation and technical support for the government-to-government SRMP in the Peace Moberly Tract in NE BC, with British Columbia and the West Moberly/Saulteau First Nations.
• Participating in the technical team to develop and implement a regional-scale Conservation Area Design (CAD) for the Mukwa-Kechika Management Area (with Round River Conservation Studies).
• Designing and delivering various training programs for the Hollyhock Leadership Institute including Art and Craft of Effective Group Facilitation, Alchemy of Effective Group Facilitation, Building Blocks of Facilitation, Coalitions: Solving the Riddle and Culture, Conflict and Creativity: Facilitating in a Multi-Cultural World (with Michelle LeBaron, UBC).
• Designing and delivering targeted training in leadership, public involvement, facilitation and conflict resolution for a range of clients.  

Julian currently lives in Vancouver with his wife and three daughters, and enjoys spending time outdoors in kayaks, on skis and in the mountains, and inside with a folk guitar.