About Daitch & Associates
Daitch & Associates provide tailored tools to support collaborative processes, build consensus, solve problems, and navigate conflicts in sustainable and community development.
We focus on social, environmental, health and land issues, natural and cultural resource challenges, energy, extractives and the sport sector – resulting in wiser, better decisions for the future on pressing public issues. We offer professional third-party neutral services for multi-party decision making, including mediation, facilitation, process design, citizen engagement, strategic planning, organizational development, and building collaborative capacity. Partnering with experts from across Canada and globally, we work with organizations and communities to tailor the design of each process to meet the unique needs of our clients. The result is empowering people to walk a common path together, finding innovative tools to navigate their toughest challenges.
Our clients are international, national, and local organizations, including the United Nations Development Programme, the Gwich’in Tribal Council, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, the Government of the Northwest Territories Departments of Health, and Education, the Natural Resource Governance Institute, RESOLVE, the European Peace Institute and the Consensus Building Institute, and the Sports Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada, amongst others.
We look forward to working with you. Please contact us for more information.
Sarah Daitch
Associates & Collaborators
Claudio Pareja
Claudio conducts rigorous academic research with experience in projects translating research into actionable insights at the interface of government, industries and communities. With a PhD in Social Sciences and advanced training in applied mathematics and planning, Claudio tackles complex problems, where his interdisciplinary background enables him to draw on qualitative methods, like interviews and content-analysis, and quantitative tools, as multiple-variable statistics, to generate evidence-based conclusions.
Across multiple research appointments, Claudio has developed and refined methodologies that guide both analysis and implementation. Whether building a comprehensive diagnostic framework, authoring methodological guides for international agencies, or creating interactive digital portals, Claudio considers usability a cornerstone of his projects, ensuring they —be it a workshop design, a policy report, or a user-facing platform— build on sound empirical work and stakeholder engagement. Claudio works in partnerships across sectors, creating solutions with local communities, NGOs, and international bodies. Through mentoring students and organizing national seminars, he cultivates capacity and ensures knowledge transfer, always with the goal of bridging the gap between theory and practice, allowing organizations to use research-driven insights for strategic planning and sustainable growth. Claudio focuses on public participation and water management, especially in rural contexts, and he is based in Chile.
Kyra Hudson
Kyra Hudson – is a lawyer, mediator and investigator focused on supporting the development of respectful, high functioning organizations through providing third party neutral services, including assessments, investigations, mediation and training. Daitch & Associates have collaborated with Kyra since 2021 on a range of projects assessing issues and providing a path forward to public sector organizations, including for Canadian Sports Organizations through the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner, in the Sport Environment Assessment Unit.
Atelier Anonymous Global Landscape Foundation
Atelier Anonymous Global Landscape Foundation have a mission to champion landscape knowledge, justice, and biodiversity through direct actions of research, design, and stewardship. Daitch & Associates has collaborated with Atelier Anonymous, and Founding Director Alyssa Schwann, since 2014 on a variety of projects, including infrastructure planning for the Gwich’in Tribal Council and the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology landscape Statement of Significance.
Katalyst Resolutions
Katalyst Resolutions offers a wide range of dispute resolution services and customized training; Daitch & Associates collaborated with Katalyst founder Paul Godin to design and facilitate a virtual workshop bringing together 70 scientists and policy makers from across the circumpolar North from Alaska to Finland to discuss Arctic Mining: Environmental issues, mitigation and pollution control for marine and coastal mining.
MASS LBP
MASS LBP is a new kind of advisory firm which works with visionary governments and corporations to make better decisions while deepening and improving their efforts to engage and consult with citizens. Daitch & Associates have worked on a variety of projects with MASS since 2020, including the development and implementation of the Ontario Nurses Associations’ 2021-2026 Strategic Plan.