Module 6: Principles of Collaboration and Partnership
Learning Objectives
The learning objectives for this module are:
- Recognize key conditions for meaningful, equitable and effective interdisciplinary collaborations;
- Build familiarity with a range of approaches available for building cross-sectoral partnerships;
- Build capacity to balance process and product in partnership brokering; and
- Develop a personalized and self-reflective approach to interdisciplinary and collaborative work.
Readings and Media
Required
WEBINAR | Bridging Difference: Building Authentic Collaborative Partnerships includes 5 core principles for impactful partnering and partnering cycle
https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/webinar-bridging-difference-collaborative-partnerships-david-lee 14:23 – 27:15
For a deeper dive in The Partnering Cycle , Brokering Better Partnerships Handbook
https://partnershipbrokers.org/w/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Brokering-Better-Partnerships-Handbook.pdf
The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture
https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/white-supremacy-culture-characteristics.html
STAR Diagram
https://www.hsdinstitute.org/assets/documents/5.1.1.15-star-diagram.pdf
Case Studies/ Examples:
- Indigenizing and Decolonizing: An Alliance Story
https://www.cip-icu.ca/Issues/Indigenous-Planning/PlanCanada_Vol-53No-2_2013Summer.aspx - Revitalizing Traditional Burning Project
https://www.fness.bc.ca/core-programs/forest-fuel-management/first-nations-adapt-program - ICLEI Webinar – Working Together – Advancing Climate Adaptation Through Strategic Partnerships Examples: City of Burlington Lighthouse Project; City of Prince George Example
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1U7MhD_3fe_UPWwVCy09HC9GmtyHuPYwZ - The Adaptation Changemakers Project, (Many case studies are listed here)
https://icleicanada.org/project/adaptation-changemakers-project/ - Talking it Through, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
https://data.fcm.ca/documents/resources/MCIP/talking-it-through-discussion-guide.pdf - Climate Action Through Equity: The integration of equity in the Portland/Multonah County 2015 Climate Action Plan
https://www.portland.gov/sites/default/files/2019-07/cap-equity-case-study-web29jul.pdf - Nesta Competency Framework Creative Building Bridges, Brokering p. 20 – 25
https://media.nesta.org.uk/documents/Nesta_CompetencyFramework_Guide_July2019.pdf - Convene a Multi-Stakeholder Team
https://www.systemsfieldbook.org/multi-stakeholder-team - Bridge Between Nations
https://www.fraserbasin.bc.ca/_Library/Ab_NonAb_Relations/bridge_between_nations.pdf
Optional
We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This: Developing the Capacity for Cross-Sector Collaboration
https://thesystemsthinker.com/we-cant-keep-meeting-like-this-developing-the-capacity-for-cross-sector-collaboration/
