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Citizen Engagement: Three New Resources to Help Engage More Meaningfully with the Public

November 02, 2021

Citizen engagement is an opportunity to co-create solutions to many of today’s pressing issues. From taking action on climate change to building a more equitable society to strengthening democratic processes, citizen engagement is essential.

So, how do we–as organizations, governments and social movements–create meaningful citizen engagement? 

At SFU’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, we’re all about advancing innovations in dialogue, and we’ve got a library of resources to help you out. We’ve recently launched three new resources that we’d like to share.

Citizen engagement resource for climate action

Our International Climate Engagement Network team has created a resource to support governments and practitioners in citizen engagement related to climate action. The report outlines:

  • Examples of innovations in climate engagement
  • Key challenges to citizen engagement on climate change
  • Existing knowledge centres and learning communities that are supporting climate engagement practitioners
  • Next steps for the creation of the International Climate Engagement Network

These findings are informed by over two-dozen interviews with leading thinkers and innovators who work at the intersection between citizen engagement and climate change. The report draws upon perspectives and examples from, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Fiji, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, the Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and beyond.

Read the Climate Engagement Report

Citizen engagement resource for equity and inclusion

Ethical and effective citizen engagement must include hearing from people with diverse lived experiences. Our Knowledge and Practice team created a resource to help governments, organizations and practitioners with meaningful and inclusive citizen engagement. We call it Beyond Inclusion: Equity in Public Engagement, and it’s available in English and French. We also created an international version.

Read the Reports

Citizen engagement resource for evaluating democratic engagement

There are many ways to use citizen engagement to strengthen democracy. What works for one group may not work for another. So, how do we know which tool for citizen engagement works best? One way is through evaluation, and our Strengthening Canadian Democracy team has created three workbooks to help evaluate democratic engagement initiatives. The workbooks lead users through the process of selecting methods and creating questions.

Download the Workbooks Register to Attend our Roundtable Discussion

Want to learn more? Check out our other resources.

If you are interested in working with us to convene transformative conversations or increase your organizational capacity to engage, our consulting services team would be happy to explore your needs today – we can design an engagement process that is right for you.

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