Elodie Jacquet
Elodie is a 2nd year PhD student in the Department of Political Science at SFU, where she focuses on the experiences of marginalized groups in multilateral climate negotiations. Elodie has over 17 years of experience as an engagement, dialogue, and facilitation practitioner. She was involved in co-designing and facilitating large-scale citizen and community engagements, including Canada’s World, the Citizen’s Dialogues on Canada’s Energy Future, the National Reconciliation Gatherings, and the guided dialogues for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. She was the lead researcher on inclusion in Open Government for the Canadian Government, and a peer-reviewer for its 4th Open Government Plan. As manager of knowledge and practice at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University, she co-led the development of the award-winning guide Beyond Inclusion: Equity in Public Engagement. She has observed the UNFCCC COP processes since 2015, where she engages with governments and civil society on environmental democracy. As the principal of Banyan Consulting, she supports institutions and governments to develop deliberative citizen engagement processes. She holds a Master's in ethology and psychophysiology from Université Paris XIII, and an MSc in Global Climate and Energy Policy from SOAS, University of London.
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