Community Engagement - lots of resources for you!

Posted December 8, 2016

The HC (Healthy Communities) Link newsletter recently featured resources on community engagement. Here are three resources that stood out to me. I definitely encourage everyone to have a look at the forty-seven community engagement methods in #1 - so many good ideas here for connecting with stakeholders and communities.

1. Community Engagement Toolkit  Social Planning and Research Council of BC, 2013

The Community Engagement Toolkit offers an adaptable approach to designing a community engagement process tailored to specific issues and/or developments in your community. Five steps of effective community engagement planning are outlined along with forty-seven community engagement methods. 

2. How to Engage Francophones...When You Don't Speak French!  HC Link, 2016

This resource explores, in three simple steps, practical ways to meaningfully engage Francophones even when you do not speak French. Common pitfalls as well as keys for success are also outlined.

3. Webinar: Engaging Rural Communities  HC Link, 2012

This webinar provides an overview of theory, best practices, tools and resources for effectively engaging rural communities. It focuses mainly on challenges particular to rural communities, and strategies for overcoming these challenges.