Module 7: Community Engagement
Learning Objectives
The learning objectives for this module are:
- Outline key principles of meaningful community engagement
- Build literacy around impacts of power and privilege on engagement and participation
- Develop capacity to build a strategic engagement plan
- Explore individual values and ethical responsibilities as they relate to community engagement
Readings and Media
Required
IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.iap2.org/resource/resmgr/pillars/Spectrum_8.5x11_Print.pdf
IAP2 Core Values
https://www.iap2.org/page/corevalues
The Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership
https://movementstrategy.org/b/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Spectrum-2-1-1.pdf
Indigenous Climate Change Adaptation Planning Using a Values-Focused Approach: A Case Study with the Gitga’at Nation
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281129652_Indigenous_Climate_Change_Adaptation_Planning_Using_a_Values-Focused_Approach_A_Case_Study_with_the_Gitga%27at_Nation
Urban Sustainability Directors Network Guide to Equitable Community-Driven Climate Preparedness
https://www.usdn.org/uploads/cms/documents/usdn_guide_to_equitable_community-driven_climate_preparedness-_high_res.pdf (Focus on p. 23 – 40)
Optional
Case Study: Preparing our Home
http://preparingourhome.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Preparing-our-Home-brochure-3.pdf
Making it personal: Diversity and deliberation in climate adaptation planning
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096315000236
Visualizing Climate Change
http://www.visualizingclimatechange.ca/blog/
Role-play simulations for climate change adaptation education and engagement
https://www-nature-com.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/articles/nclimate3084.pdf
The Citizens Coolkit
http://www.icoolkit.net/
Urban Sustainability Directors Network collaborative board games
https://www.usdn.org/projects/climate-trainings.html
Session Lab Toolbox
https://www.sessionlab.com/library/issue-resolution
A Synthesis of PICS-Funded Social Mobilization Research
https://calp2016.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2016/05/soc_mob_report.pdf (P. 42 – 46)
Gather: The Art and Science of Effective Convening
https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/report/gather-the-art-and-science-of-effective-convening/
Engagement Streams Framework: National Coalition on Dialogue and Deliberation
http://www.ncdd.org/files/rc/2014_Engagement_Streams_Guide_Print.pdf
Supporting Dialogue and Analysis on Trade-Offs in Climate Adaptation Research With the Maladaptation Game|
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1046878120904393
