This guide from Scotland covers important considerations in small town community engagement and offers 15 pages of engagement tools from arts based to focus groups, open space, future search and street stalls. – Community Places
The International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) is the preeminent international organization advancing the practice of public participation. It advocates on behalf of members and is building an international reputation for the public participation...
The Public Engagement Principles (PEP) Project of the National Coalition on Dialogue and Deliberation was launched in February 2009 to create clarity about what we consider to be the fundamental components of high-quality public engagement. The principles were...
The Arts and Health: Healthy Aging through the Arts project focused on a community-engaged approach in a Canadian context. The two key institutional partners were Vancouver Coastal Health (through the SMART Fund) and the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation. They...
This paper reports on a meta-case study analysis of a ten-year research program on citizenship, participation, and accountability that analyzed 100 research studies in 20 countries. A typology of four democratic and developmental outcomes was created, including: the...
Are you finding all the information available on public participation a little bit disorienting? This journal article is an analytical tool that can be used when sorting through various public engagement methods. It develops a typology of public engagement mechanisms....
This toolkit is intended to help City of New Westminster staff when they engage seniors in municipal planning and development processes. Increased and more effective engagement will ensure seniors’ viewpoints are addressed and community solutions are responsive to...
This toolkit is a user-friendly resource that was designed to support staff and community partners in building youth engagement practices and finding ways to make young people genuine partners in their work. It was developed by the Ministry of Children and Family...
Created by the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), this guide is designed to help planning practitioners work toward healthier communities and to increase the understanding of the supporting role that health practitioners can play in reaching our common goals. It...
This toolkit consists of a series of self-guided steps designed to ensure that Port Moody staff and council are able to determine the potential impact of a community development or issue and are able to identify the level and type of engagement that is most...
