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Apr 20 2022
DON’T LOSE SIGHT now available in the Toronto Public Library
In October 2021 I made application to have Don’t Lose Sight available in the Toronto Public Library system. The library’s website indicates that the library receives “a large number of submissions” and purchases “very selectively.” What a thrill to find…
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Apr 15 2022
Happy 1st Birthday DON'T LOSE SIGHT !

Apr 15 2022
Genevieve’s poem selected by the LEAGUE OF CANADIAN POETS for “Poetry Pause”
Poetry Pause is the daily poetry dispatch program of The League of Canadian Poets. Genevieve's poem "After Wordsmithing" that was influenced by Robert Frost's "After Apple Picking" was featured on March 28, 2022. Read it below or on the league's…
Read moreMar 21 2022
DON'T LOSE SIGHT reviewed by Heather Swartz, C.Med., MSW, of the ADR Institute of Canada
The following review written by Heather Swartz will appear in the Spring 2022 issue of the Canadian Arbitration and Mediation Journal
In Don’t Lose Sight: Vanity, incompetence and my ill-fated left eye, esteemed arbitrator and mediator Genevieve Chornenki invites…
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Mar 7 2022
DON'T LOSE SIGHT and "Hermeneutical Injustice"
Hermeneutical Injustice—A Fancy Term for Just Plain Wrong (This article appeared in the ADR Perspectives e-newsletter, an official publication of the ADR Institute of Canada.)
By Genevieve A. Chornenki, C.Arb, C.Med
Dispute resolution practitioners use goal-oriented terms like substantive…
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Mar 3 2022
"Chorus of Entitlement" at the Canadian Authors Association-Toronto open mic
Earlier this year I read "Chorus of Entitlement" at an open mic, and I confess that it's a somewhat intemperate rant about human nature. That being the case, it's not likely to find a home in a literary journal any…
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DON'T LOSE SIGHT in the "Why I Wrote..." series
The following short essay was published at http://www.moorehype.com/2022 as part of a series called "Why I Wrote..."
I was a nursing mother, precariously self employed as a mediator, when a detached retina forced me home, immobile for two weeks. No…
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Dec 20 2021
"Toronto Life"-- a haiku
You doubt me? See Flower shortages.

Dec 17 2021
Genevieve reviews 3 books dispute resolution practitioners should read
Recently, I reviewed the following books for the ADR Institute of Ontario. The field of dispute resolution exists of and for the real world, so people who offer those services for a fee should keep abreast of world events and…
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Dec 15 2021
A handwritten note from a reader of DON'T LOSE SIGHT. Nice!
It's always a pleasure to hear from readers, most of whom use email. Receiving this handwritten note was an added delight.