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.pdfLinks to an external site.

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

 

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