About the Awards

The annual IAP2 Canada Core Values Awards recognize and encourage organizations and individuals in the practice of public participation and engagement - promoting excellence, quality and innovation in the way they execute their projects and programs and exemplify the IAP2 Core Values. 

As well as giving engagement professionals a “time in the spotlight”, these awards: 

• Highlight innovative approaches; 
• Inspire other engagement professionals; 
• Demonstrate the value of public engagement; and 
• Show governments and other decision makers how the concept of “inspiring better decisions together” is not just a catch-phrase. 

View the Information Package

The winners in each Award category will be recognized at the 2025 North American Conference in San Antonio, Texas, September 28-30, 2025. Finalists will be notified in July.

The deadline to apply for the Core Values Awards is May 9, 2025. Note that these awards are not exclusive to IAP2 members: anyone may apply.

Questions? Contact us at info@iap2canada.ca.

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À propos des prix

Les prix annuels des valeurs fondamentales de l'AIP2 Canada récompensent et encouragent les organisations et les individus dans la pratique de la participation et de la mobilisation du public - en promouvant l'excellence, la qualité et l'innovation dans la façon dont ils exécutent leurs projets et programmes et illustrent les valeurs fondamentales de l'AIP2. En plus de donner aux professionnels de la P2 un « moment sous les projecteurs », ces prix : 

• Mettent en évidence les approches novatrices ; 
• Inspirent d'autres professionnels de la mobilisation ; 
• Démontrent la valeur de la participation publique ; et 
• Montrent aux gouvernements et aux autres décideurs que le concept « d’inspirer ensemble de meilleures décisions » n'est pas qu'un slogan. 

Voir le dossier d'information

Les lauréats de chaque catégorie de prix seront reconnus à la conférence nord-américaine 2025 de l'AIP2 à San Antonio, Texas du 28-30 septembre. Les finalistes seront informés en juillet.

La date limite de candidature pour les prix des valeurs fondamentales est fixée au 9 mai 2025. Notez que ces prix ne sont pas réservés aux membres de l'AIP2 : tout le monde peut poser sa candidature.

Vous avez des questions ? Contactez-nous à l'adresse suivante : info@iap2canada.ca.

IAP2 established the Certified Public Participation Professional (CP3) program in response to a growing demand from its members and practitioners worldwide who sought a standardized approach to professionalizing public participation practices. To meet this need, a dedicated task force, comprising IAP2 members from the USA, Canada, and South Africa, collaborated with our global membership to develop a rigorous assessment process. The outcome of this collective effort is the CP3 designation, which is conferred upon individuals who successfully navigate a comprehensive, multi-step assessment. This assessment evaluates candidates based on their proficiency in five Core Competencies, which encompass essential skills and knowledge within the field of public participation. The designation, Certified Public Participation Professional (CP3), is the assurance that an individual meets a set of internationally recognized criteria. Credentials are awarded upon completion of a three-step assessment based on five core competencies that were developed through an extensive consultation process. View the Information Package What's Involved? To apply to be a CP3 you must: be an IAP2 member have successfully completed either the 5-day IAP2 Certificate in Public Participation or the Foundations in Effective Public Participation training, where a certificate of completion has been issued from IAP2. Certification is achieved through a three-step process where Assessors evaluate candidates’ performance based on the Core Competencies. A candidate must pass each step before they can proceed to the next step: Step 1: Application Requires a detailed resume with job history, professional references, up to three project descriptions, and responses to questions that correspond to specific criteria. Download and fill out the application form. Step 2: Case Study A hypothetical Case Study will be provided. A detailed Public Participation (P2) plan will be prepared for the Case Study. Step 3: Assessment Centre A panel of Assessors work together to review applications and case studies, and conduct each Assessment Centre. Assessment Centres are virtual and include: Interviews Presentation Group Work Upon the successful completion of the Assessment Centre, the designation of CP3 is awarded to the candidate. What Does it Cost? $250 – Application review. You can make the payment Through this Event. $450 – Case Study review $1,800 – CP3 Assessment Centre The total cost of certification is $2,500. All fees are in Canadian dollars.

Either "Fundamentals of Public Participation and Engagement (Level 1 practitioners)" or "IAP2 Way in Challenging Contexts (Level 2 practitioners)" is a prerequisite for this course. Learn more

Applying Methods is a Level 2 course that focuses on exploring a variety of methods used in implementing public participation and engagement and considers how to design and integrate those methods into the public participation and engagement practice process. Participants will learn to select, assess and create effective elements of methods to work meaningfully with participants.

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Course Objectives: 

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify a range of methods that can be used for various engagement purposes and processes, and strategies to select the most appropriate method/s for an engagement project/process
• Research, design and test a face to face and/or online method using a range of tools and resources
• Apply the four steps of designing a method to incorporate the eight key components of method design
• Develop rational and experiential aims
• Design an appropriate format
• Design questions and process
• Develop appropriate communications
• Combine methods to achieve engagement goals and objectives and test for appropriate sequencing
• Incorporate inclusivity and diversity principles
• Identify data management needs, evaluation points and measures
• Identify resources required
• Explore a variety of both face to face and online methods/techniques that include a nested structure of different methods (e.g. deliberative processes, Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space Technology)
• Analyze the specific engagement requirements for online and digital methods, identify and select appropriate platforms and tools to meet needs, and strategies to sequence these methods for delivery
• Identify principles for monitoring online activity
• Test the design by running elements of the method and submitting for peer review using a checklist
• Apply methods to achieve engagement goals and objectives including using effective communication skills, and test for appropriate sequencing
• Design key messages and know how to use communication tools that build trust and integrity, and meet the needs of diverse audiences

Target Audience: 

• Practitioners with some public participation and engagement practice experience who are looking to cement their knowledge and skills

Course Delivery:

This course is delivered in-person in Edmonton, AB. This is an IAP2 Canada core training course delivered externally by a IAP2 licensed trainer.

Prerequisite:

Fundamental of P2 and Engagement is the level 1 prerequisite for this course. 

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Cost:

$875.00 + applicable tax

Our Licensed Trainers:

Kim Hyshka, CP3 is a believer that just about anything is possible with a little dialogue. She’s on a mission, to chart a different course for public conversations, better conversations that open possibility, cultivate collaboration and spark change through dialogue. With over 10 years working in the field of engagement, she has developed a passion for designing and facilitating conversations that matter and creating engagement experiences where participants feel valued, relationships are built and initiatives and projects move forward. You’ll find her in the midst of both large and small-scale projects, bringing experience facilitating community forums in large urban centers or walking pipelines with Elders in the remote wilderness.

Tannis Topolnisky, CP3 has eighteen years of public engagement experience and has been a licensed trainer of the IAP2 Foundations and IAP2 for Decision Makers courses since 2011. She has worked in a variety of areas such as legislation, policy and program development, health, contaminated sites, heritage conservation, municipal budgeting, land use planning, affordable housing, education and more. Tannis has diverse experience engaging communities, interest groups, non-government organizations, professional and industry associations, academics, patient groups and Indigenous peoples. She often finds herself planning and facilitating projects where there are potential impacts to health, livelihood, relationships, community and quality of life.

Join Us for an Important Workshop on the Revised Spectrum 

IAP2 Canada invites its Members and Community to a collaborative workshop focused on the revised Spectrum of Public Participation. Together, we'll explore the process behind its development, review key findings and changes, and gather vital input to determine whether IAP2 Canada should vote to ratify the model.

Your voice matters—help shape this important decision for IAP2 Canada's future.

Join Us for an Important Workshop on the Revised Spectrum 

IAP2 Canada invites its Members and Community to a collaborative workshop focused on the revised Spectrum of Public Participation. Together, we'll explore the process behind its development, review key findings and changes, and gather vital input to determine whether IAP2 Canada should vote to ratify the model.

Your voice matters—help shape this important decision for IAP2 Canada's future.

The aim of Understanding Conflict and Engagement is to help you understand, and more effectively manage, conflict dynamics.

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Course Objectives:

• Explore a range of approaches for responding to difficult situations and challenging behaviours
• Practice ways to respond to difficult situations
• Explore the five dimensions of engagement conflict and ways and tools to anticipate and/or mitigate factors that might give rise to conflict
• Understand the sources, types and factors that contribute to conflict in P2/engagement and the impact they may have on the process
• Understand the role of power and influence in engagement practice
• Understand and identify the cycle of escalation and the behaviours, attitudes and actions that are evident as conflict increases
• Contribute to and/or apply strategies to de-escalate challenging situations
• Identify how to build effective relationships and partnerships through empathy, active listening, respect and trust
• Learn approaches to work in challenging situations applying behaviours that build trust and credibility
• Consider the role of integrity and ethics in the conduct of the P2/engagement practitioner and how that is upheld in the process

Target Audience:

People facing conflict in their engagement practice.

Course Delivery:

This is an IAP2 Canada training course delivered externally by IAP2 licensed trainers.

Prerequisite:

Fundamental in P2 and Engagement, IAP2 Way in Challenging Contexts, or any course from the previous foundations program.

Cost:

$450.00 + applicable tax 

Our Licensed Trainer:

Kim Hyshka, CP3

 is a believer that just about anything is possible with a little dialogue. She’s on a mission, to chart a different course for public conversations, better conversations that open possibility, cultivate collaboration and spark change through dialogue. With over 10 years working in the field of engagement, she has developed a passion for designing and facilitating conversations that matter and creating engagement experiences where participants feel valued, relationships are built and initiatives and projects move forward. You’ll find her in the midst of both large and small-scale projects, bringing experience facilitating community forums in large urban centers or walking pipelines with Elders in the remote wilderness.

Tannis Topolnisky, CP3 has eighteen years of public engagement experience and has been a licensed trainer of the IAP2 Foundations and IAP2 for Decision Makers courses since 2011. She has worked in a variety of areas such as legislation, policy and program development, health, contaminated sites, heritage conservation, municipal budgeting, land use planning, affordable housing, education and more. Tannis has diverse experience engaging communities, interest groups, non-government organizations, professional and industry associations, academics, patient groups and Indigenous peoples. She often finds herself planning and facilitating projects where there are potential impacts to health, livelihood, relationships, community and quality of life.

Join Us for an Important Workshop on the Revised Spectrum

IAP2 Canada invites its Members and Community to a collaborative workshop focused on the revised Spectrum of Public Participation. Together, we'll explore the process behind its development, review key findings and changes, and gather vital input to determine whether IAP2 Canada should vote to ratify the model.

Your voice matters—help shape this important decision for IAP2 Canada's future.

Either "Fundamentals of Public Participation and Engagement (Level 1 practitioners)" or "IAP2 Way in Challenging Contexts (Level 2 practitioners)" is a prerequisite for this course. 

Learn more

Designing & Leading Engagement is a Level 2 course that introduces practitioners to the design and plan phases of the practice framework, providing them with the opportunity to develop public participation and engagement practice plans. This includes scoping, community mapping, determining purpose and objectives and levels of influence, choosing appropriate methods and managing resources, while considering the needs of diverse audiences.

Cancellation and Refund Policy

Course Objectives: 

By the end of this course, participants will be able to design an engagement process and plan for a real-world scenario, including:

• Plan a clear scope of the work, problem or opportunity with identified negotiables and non-negotiables
• Conduct detailed stakeholder analysis, community mapping and equity analysis
• Identify appropriate roles and levels of influence for key players
• Establish clear engagement purpose and objectives and success criteria/measures to suit the scenario
• Identify relevant profiles of engagement
• Conduct a detailed risk/opportunities analysis
• Choose and sequence appropriate methods (in-person and digital) and identify communication tactics to suit the scenario
• Identify key roles for senior leaders and decision makers
• Explore principles and approaches for equity, diversity and inclusion and apply them to stakeholder analysis
• Embed digital strategies, platforms, and methods as part of the plan and process
• Develop an evaluation framework to suit the scenario
• Identify key roles and resources needed to implement the P2/engagement plan
• Develop and apply a suitable pitch to senior leaders that will secure commitment and resources for the P2/engagement plan
• Identify the many different contexts of engagement including the elements present in more complex engagement scenarios

Target Audience: 

• Practitioners who are leading the planning and implementation of public participation and engagement practice processes
• Participants who will be involved in the design and planning of public participation and engagement practice processes

Course Delivery:

Online and hosted by IAP2 Canada.

Prerequisite:

Either "Fundamentals of Public Participation and Engagement (Level 1 practitioners)" or "IAP2 Way in Challenging Contexts (Level 2 practitioners)" is a prerequisite for this course. 

Learn more

Our Licensed Trainer:

Kim Hyshka, CP3 is a believer that just about anything is possible with a little dialogue. She’s on a mission, to chart a different course for public conversations, better conversations that open possibility, cultivate collaboration and spark change through dialogue. With over 10 years working in the field of engagement, she has developed a passion for designing and facilitating conversations that matter and creating engagement experiences where participants feel valued, relationships are built and initiatives and projects move forward. You’ll find her in the midst of both large and small-scale projects, bringing experience facilitating community forums in large urban centers or walking pipelines with Elders in the remote wilderness.

Either "Fundamentals of Public Participation and Engagement (Level 1 practitioners)" or "IAP2 Way in Challenging Contexts (Level 2 practitioners)" is a prerequisite for this course. Learn more

Designing & Leading Engagement is a Level 2 course that introduces practitioners to the design and plan phases of the practice framework, providing them with the opportunity to develop public participation and engagement practice plans. This includes scoping, community mapping, determining purpose and objectives and levels of influence, choosing appropriate methods and managing resources, while considering the needs of diverse audiences.

Bundle Discount Available!

Register Now!

Course Objectives: 

By the end of this course, participants will be able to design an engagement process and plan for a real-world scenario, including:

• Plan a clear scope of the work, problem or opportunity with identified negotiables and non-negotiables
• Conduct detailed stakeholder analysis, community mapping and equity analysis
• Identify appropriate roles and levels of influence for key players
• Establish clear engagement purpose and objectives and success criteria/measures to suit the scenario
• Identify relevant profiles of engagement
• Conduct a detailed risk/opportunities analysis
• Choose and sequence appropriate methods (in-person and digital) and identify communication tactics to suit the scenario
• Identify key roles for senior leaders and decision makers
• Explore principles and approaches for equity, diversity and inclusion and apply them to stakeholder analysis
• Embed digital strategies, platforms, and methods as part of the plan and process
• Develop an evaluation framework to suit the scenario
• Identify key roles and resources needed to implement the P2/engagement plan
• Develop and apply a suitable pitch to senior leaders that will secure commitment and resources for the P2/engagement plan
• Identify the many different contexts of engagement including the elements present in more complex engagement scenarios

Target Audience: 

• Practitioners who are leading the planning and implementation of public participation and engagement practice processes
• Participants who will be involved in the design and planning of public participation and engagement practice processes

Course Delivery:

This is an IAP2 Canada core training course delivered externally by a IAP2 licensed trainer.

This is a 12-hour, trainer-led Delaney Virtual Academy. Zoom and Google Suites (digital workbook provided at course end) are used, in addition to other applications, to make this a highly interactive and skills-based session. There are four, three-hour sessions over four consecutive days. Each daily session runs 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time; 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

Prerequisite:

Fundamentals of P2 and Engagement is a prerequisite for this course. 

Learn more

Cost:

$795.00 + applicable tax - Engage Delaney is offering a $100 bundle discount when you book the three IAP2 Certificate courses (Fundamentals of P2, Designing P2, and Applying Methods) with us. You can select the courses in a given 12-month period but must pay for all three courses at the same time.

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Our Licensed Trainers:

Courses will be delivered by either of our licensed trainers Jessica Delaney or Kristi Merilees, ensuring expert guidance and continuity in every session. The assigned trainer will depend on availability and scheduling needs.

Jessica Delaney is a seasoned engagement and communications professional with 15 years of experience working with government, private and not-for-profit sectors.

She provides clients with engagement, facilitation and strategic communications services in her strength sectors that include municipal government, sustainable housing, and healthcare. Jessica has planned, implemented and reported on over 100 comprehensive and inclusive engagements using a variety of in-person and online engagement techniques. Her approach to community, public, stakeholder and Indigenous engagement is to make it safe, inclusive, fun and practical.

Kristi Merilees is an experienced public engagement and communications professional with over 20 years' of experience working in municipal government and public sector environments.

Kristi is a senior engagement, and communications director with Engage Delaney and has vast experience in detailed engagement planning, client relations and project leadership and facilitation. She has planned, implemented, and reported on over 45 comprehensive engagements using both in-person and virtual engagement techniques for various sectors including government, industry, healthcare, and transportation. Kristi is skilled at collaborating and engaging seldom heard voices to create shared understanding and brings experience in professional communications and a collaborative facilitation style. Key experience includes detailed engagement planning, virtual and in-person facilitation of focus groups, workshops and other engagements, training, client relations, logistics, research, report writing, and the development of communications plans and products.

Learn more at https://www.engagedelaney.com/

 

IAP2’s Healthcare Services Community of Practice (CoP) is a community of P2 practitioners who are committed to sharing and advancing their P2 knowledge with other healthcare professionals. 

The CoP brings together like-minded P2 practitioners every few months to share stories, challenges, opportunities, and wisdom with each other and invited guests. 

Become a Community of Practice Member

As a Healthcare CoP member you will have an interest in P2. You will be a part of a group who share experiences, challenges and opportunities related to meaningful engagement in Canada and the USA. 

IAP2 Canada’s Indigenous Engagement Community of Practice (CoP) is building a community of P2 practitioners and members of Indigenous communities who are committed to advancing meaningful engagement with Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

The CoP brings together 20 to 30 like-minded P2 practitioners and community members every few months to share stories, challenges, opportunities, and wisdom with each other and invited guests from Indigenous communities and organizations. CoP members are also contributors to IAP2 Canada’s Indigenous Inclusion Action Plan, which outlines how we will advance Indigenous inclusion within IAP2 Canada as an organization and within the practice of P2 in Canada.

Become a Community of Practice Indigenous Engagement Member

As a Community of Practice (CoP) member, you are part of a group who share experiences, challenges and opportunities related to meaningful Indigenous engagement in Canada. In addition to this, you may take a leadership role on specific deliverables from the IAP2 Canada Board to advance meaningful engagement with Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

"Principes fondamentaux de la participation publique (Niveau 1)" ou "Bonnes pratiques de l'AIP2 en contextes difficiles (Niveau 2)" est requis en tant que préalable à ce cours. En Savoir plus.

Planifier la participation et la mobilisation publique est un cours de Niveau 2 qui familiarise les praticiens avec les phases de conception et de planification du cadre de pratique. Il leur offre l'opportunité de développer des plans de pratique de participation et de mobilisation du public, incluant la définition des contours, la cartographie communautaire, la détermination du but et des objectifs, des niveaux d'influence, le choix de méthodes appropriées, et la gestion des ressources, tout en tenant compte des besoins de divers publics.

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Objectifs du cours: 

À la fin de ce cours, les participants seront capables de concevoir un processus de participation et de planifier pour un scénario du monde réel, notamment :

• Planifier clairement la portée du travail, du problème ou de l'opportunité avec des éléments négociables et non négociables identifiés.
• Effectuer une analyse détaillée des parties prenantes, une cartographie communautaire et une analyse d'équité.
• Identifier les rôles appropriés et les niveaux d'influence des acteurs clés.
• Établir un objectif de mobilisation clair et des objectifs, ainsi que des critères/mesures de succès adaptés au scénario.
• Identifier des profils de mobilisation pertinents.
• Effectuer une analyse détaillée des risques/opportunités.
• Choisir et séquencer des méthodes appropriées (en personne et numériques) et identifier des tactiques de communication adaptées au scénario.
• Identifier les rôles clés des leaders seniors et des décideurs.
• Explorer les principes et les approches en matière d'équité, de diversité et d'inclusion et les appliquer à l'analyse des parties prenantes.
• Intégrer des stratégies, plates-formes et méthodes numériques dans le plan et le processus.
• Développer un cadre d'évaluation adapté au scénario.
• Identifier les rôles clés et les ressources nécessaires pour mettre en œuvre le plan de participation et d'engagement du public.
• Développer et appliquer une approche appropriée aux leaders seniors qui garantira leur engagement et leurs ressources pour le plan de participation et d'engagement du public.
• Identifier les nombreux contextes de participation du public, y compris les éléments présents dans des scénarios de mobilisation de publique plus complexes.

Public cible : 

• Ce cours s'adresse aux praticiens qui dirigent la planification et la mise en œuvre des processus de participation et de pratique de l'engagement du public, ainsi qu'aux participants impliqués dans la conception et la planification de ces processus.

Modalité de cours :

En ligne et hébergé par l'AIP2 Canada.

Prérequis :

Principes fondamentaux de la participation publique (Niveau 1)" ou "Bonnes pratiques de l'AIP2 en contextes difficiles (Niveau 2). En Savoir plus.

Notre formateur:

Hugo Mimee, CP3, Professionnel de la participation publique, a une solide expérience de près de 25 ans comme professionnel en participation citoyenne et consultation publique, mais aussi en relations avec les communautés et en animation et facilitation de rencontres. Il a obtenu en 2020 la certification professionnelle en participation publique (CP3). Hugo est formateur en participation publique, notamment dans des contextes difficiles et s’intéresse particulièrement à l’intégration sociale des projets dans leurs communautés d’accueil.

Hugo amène les gens à collaborer dans différents types de projets (urbanisme, environnement, transport, aménagement du territoire, développement régional, énergie, sports et loisirs, culture) et a animé des centaines de rencontres publiques, ateliers, groupes de travail et comités autant pour Hydro-Québec qu’avec son entreprise individuelle Table ronde Participation publique.

Hugo est également chargé de cours à l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) à la maîtrise en gestion de projets, administrateur sur le conseil d’administration de Connexion nature et membre de l’Ordre des urbanistes du Québec.

Hugo aide les gens à mieux communiquer, à bien se comprendre et à trouver ensemble des solutions!

Based on IAP2's internationally recognized Global Learning Pathway, this professional development certificate program builds on the foundations of public participation training and best practices from around the globe to provide participants with approximately 30 hours of effective training in public participation and engagement.

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IAP2 Canada's Certificate in Public Participation (P2) for introductory (Level 1) participants consists of 3 core courses:

1. Fundamentals of Public Participation & Engagement (6 hours; Level 1) 

This course focuses on understanding and applying the practices of meaningful and effective public participation. The training explores principles, concepts and best practices, and how to design and apply this knowledge to your public participation and engagement work.

2. Designing Public Participation & Engagement (12 hours; Level 2) 

In this module, practitioners have the opportunity to develop public participation and engagement practice plans. This includes scoping, community mapping, determining purpose and objectives and levels of influence, choosing appropriate methods and managing resources, while considering the needs of diverse audiences.

3. Applying Methods (12 hours; Level 2) 

The focus of this course is on exploring a variety of methods used in implementing public participation and engagement. Participants will learn to select, assess and create effective elements of methods to work meaningfully with participants.

Target Audience: 

• New practitioners beginning their journey in engagement 
• Anyone working in the field or a related field who wants to understand and apply the fundamentals of meaningful and effective public participation and engagement practice

Course Delivery:

This is an IAP2 Canada core training program delivered externally by a IAP2 licensed trainer. It is delivered in person in Vancouver, BC by an IAP2 licensed trainer.

Prerequisite:

There is no prerequisite.

Cost:

$2150.00 + tax

Register Now!

Our Licensed Trainers:

Jessica Delaney is a seasoned engagement and communications professional with 15 years of experience working with government, private and not-for-profit sectors.

She provides clients with engagement, facilitation and strategic communications services in her strength sectors that include municipal government, sustainable housing, and healthcare. Jessica has planned, implemented and reported on over 100 comprehensive and inclusive engagements using a variety of in-person and online engagement techniques. Her approach to community, public, stakeholder and Indigenous engagement is to make it safe, inclusive, fun and practical.

Kristi Merilees is an experienced public engagement and communications professional with over 20 years' of experience working in municipal government and public sector environments.

Kristi is a senior engagement, and communications director with Engage Delaney and has vast experience in detailed engagement planning, client relations and project leadership and facilitation. She has planned, implemented, and reported on over 45 comprehensive engagements using both in-person and virtual engagement techniques for various sectors including government, industry, healthcare, and transportation. Kristi is skilled at collaborating and engaging seldom heard voices to create shared understanding and brings experience in professional communications and a collaborative facilitation style. Key experience includes detailed engagement planning, virtual and in-person facilitation of focus groups, workshops and other engagements, training, client relations, logistics, research, report writing, and the development of communications plans and products.

Learn more at https://www.engagedelaney.com/

Either "Fundamentals of Public Participation and Engagement (Level 1 practitioners)" or "IAP2 Way in Challenging Contexts (Level 2 practitioners)" is a prerequisite for this course. Learn more

Applying Methods is a Level 2 course that focuses on exploring a variety of methods used in implementing public participation and engagement and considers how to design and integrate those methods into the public participation and engagement practice process. Participants will learn to select, assess and create effective elements of methods to work meaningfully with participants.

Cancellation and Refund Policy

Course Objectives: 

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify a range of methods that can be used for various engagement purposes and processes, and strategies to select the most appropriate method/s for an engagement project/process
• Research, design and test a face to face and/or online method using a range of tools and resources
• Apply the four steps of designing a method to incorporate the eight key components of method design
• Develop rational and experiential aims
• Design an appropriate format
• Design questions and process
• Develop appropriate communications
• Combine methods to achieve engagement goals and objectives and test for appropriate sequencing
• Incorporate inclusivity and diversity principles
• Identify data management needs, evaluation points and measures
• Identify resources required
• Explore a variety of both face to face and online methods/techniques that include a nested structure of different methods (e.g. deliberative processes, Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space Technology)
• Analyze the specific engagement requirements for online and digital methods, identify and select appropriate platforms and tools to meet needs, and strategies to sequence these methods for delivery
• Identify principles for monitoring online activity
• Test the design by running elements of the method and submitting for peer review using a checklist
• Apply methods to achieve engagement goals and objectives including using effective communication skills, and test for appropriate sequencing
• Design key messages and know how to use communication tools that build trust and integrity, and meet the needs of diverse audiences

Target Audience: 

• Practitioners with some public participation and engagement practice experience who are looking to cement their knowledge and skills

Course Delivery:

Online and hosted by IAP2 Canada.

Prerequisite:

Fundamental of P2 and Engagement is the level 1 prerequisite for this course. 

Learn more

Our Licensed Trainers:

Tannis Topolnisky, CP3 over 20 years of public engagement experience and has been a licensed trainer of the IAP2 Foundations and IAP2 for Decision Makers courses since 2011. She has worked in a variety of areas such as legislation, policy and program development, health, contaminated sites, heritage conservation, municipal budgeting, land use planning, affordable housing, education and more. Tannis has diverse experience engaging communities, interest groups, non-government organizations, professional and industry associations, academics, patient groups and Indigenous peoples. She often finds herself planning and facilitating projects where there are potential impacts to health, livelihood, relationships, community and quality of life.

Either "Fundamentals of Public Participation and Engagement (Level 1 practitioners)" or "IAP2 Way in Challenging Contexts (Level 2 practitioners)" is a prerequisite for this course. Learn more

Applying Methods is a Level 2 course that focuses on exploring a variety of methods used in implementing public participation and engagement and considers how to design and integrate those methods into the public participation and engagement practice process. Participants will learn to select, assess and create effective elements of methods to work meaningfully with participants.

Bundle Discount Available!

Register Now!

Course Objectives: 

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify a range of methods that can be used for various engagement purposes and processes, and strategies to select the most appropriate method/s for an engagement project/process
• Research, design and test a face to face and/or online method using a range of tools and resources
• Apply the four steps of designing a method to incorporate the eight key components of method design
• Develop rational and experiential aims
• Design an appropriate format
• Design questions and process
• Develop appropriate communications
• Combine methods to achieve engagement goals and objectives and test for appropriate sequencing
• Incorporate inclusivity and diversity principles
• Identify data management needs, evaluation points and measures
• Identify resources required
• Explore a variety of both face to face and online methods/techniques that include a nested structure of different methods (e.g. deliberative processes, Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space Technology)
• Analyze the specific engagement requirements for online and digital methods, identify and select appropriate platforms and tools to meet needs, and strategies to sequence these methods for delivery
• Identify principles for monitoring online activity
• Test the design by running elements of the method and submitting for peer review using a checklist
• Apply methods to achieve engagement goals and objectives including using effective communication skills, and test for appropriate sequencing
• Design key messages and know how to use communication tools that build trust and integrity, and meet the needs of diverse audiences

Target Audience: 

• Practitioners with some public participation and engagement practice experience who are looking to cement their knowledge and skills

Course Delivery:

This is an IAP2 Canada core training course delivered externally by a IAP2 licensed trainer.

This is a 12-hour, trainer-led Delaney Virtual Academy. Zoom and Google Suites (digital workbook provided at course conclusion) are used, in addition to other applications, to make this a highly interactive and skills-based session. There are four, three-hour sessions over four consecutive days. Each daily session runs 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time; 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time

Prerequisite:

Fundamental of P2 and Engagement is the level 1 prerequisite for this course. 

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Cost:

$795.00 + applicable tax - - Engage Delaney is offering a $100 bundle discount when you book the three IAP2 Certificate courses (Fundamentals of P2, Designing P2, and Applying Methods) with us. You can select the courses in a given 12-month period but must pay for all three courses at the same time.

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Our Licensed Trainers:

Courses will be delivered by either of our licensed trainers Jessica Delaney or Kristi Merilees, ensuring expert guidance and continuity in every session. The assigned trainer will depend on availability and scheduling needs.

Jessica Delaney is a seasoned engagement and communications professional with 15 years of experience working with government, private and not-for-profit sectors.

She provides clients with engagement, facilitation and strategic communications services in her strength sectors that include municipal government, sustainable housing, and healthcare. Jessica has planned, implemented and reported on over 100 comprehensive and inclusive engagements using a variety of in-person and online engagement techniques. Her approach to community, public, stakeholder and Indigenous engagement is to make it safe, inclusive, fun and practical.

Kristi Merilees is an experienced public engagement and communications professional with over 20 years' of experience working in municipal government and public sector environments.

Kristi is a senior engagement, and communications director with Engage Delaney and has vast experience in detailed engagement planning, client relations and project leadership and facilitation. She has planned, implemented, and reported on over 45 comprehensive engagements using both in-person and virtual engagement techniques for various sectors including government, industry, healthcare, and transportation. Kristi is skilled at collaborating and engaging seldom heard voices to create shared understanding and brings experience in professional communications and a collaborative facilitation style. Key experience includes detailed engagement planning, virtual and in-person facilitation of focus groups, workshops and other engagements, training, client relations, logistics, research, report writing, and the development of communications plans and products.

Learn more at https://www.engagedelaney.com/ 

Based on IAP2's internationally recognized Global Learning Pathway, this professional development certificate program builds on the foundations of public participation training and best practices from around the globe to provide participants with approximately 30 hours of effective training in public participation and engagement. 

IAP2 Canada's Certificate in Public Participation (P2) for introductory (Level 1) participants consists of 3 core courses:

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1. Fundamentals of Public Participation & Engagement (Level 1) with Patricia Quinn-Nichols and Kirsty Neill

This course focuses on understanding and applying the practices of meaningful and effective public participation. The training explores principles, concepts and best practices, and how to design and apply this knowledge to your public participation and engagement work.

2. Designing Public Participation & Engagement (Level 2) with Kirsty Neill and Amelia Shaw

In this module, practitioners have the opportunity to develop public participation and engagement practice plans. This includes scoping, community mapping, determining purpose and objectives and levels of influence, choosing appropriate methods and managing resources, while considering the needs of diverse audiences.

3. Applying Methods (Level 2) with Amelia Shaw and Patricia Quinn-Nichols

The focus of this course is on exploring a variety of methods used in implementing public participation and engagement. Participants will learn to select, assess and create effective elements of methods to work meaningfully with participants.

Course Delivery:

This course is delivered in person in Nanaimo, BC. This is an IAP2 Canada core training course delivered externally by IAP2 licensed trainers.

Cost:

$1,850.00 + applicable tax,

Our Licensed Trainers:

Amelia Shaw is an award-winning consultation strategist, practitioner, professional facilitator and capacity builder. Over the past twenty-plus years Amelia has been successfully involved in the development of major policies, projects and plans from strategic design, to initiating and facilitating inclusive processes, and implementation. She has worked with governments, public organizations, nonprofits and private companies in multiple sectors including community development, education, governance, labour, land-use planning, transit and transportation. Her ultimate goal, with any P2 project/process, is to find an innovative approach that supports both community and organizational values and objectives and leads to helpful deliverables and a positive outcome. Her solutions have earned international recognition, including an IAP2 Core Values Award for Innovation

Patricia Quinn-Nichols is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience (16 yrs in municipal government) leading or supporting diverse community-focused initiatives. Known for her ability to navigate complexity and align diverse stakeholder interests, Patricia consistently delivers results on high-profile projects with defined timelines. Her values-driven leadership is rooted in integrity, inclusiveness, and collaboration. Patricia’s deep understanding of the significance of meaningful engagement and the critical role people play in shaping decisions, actions, and outcomes has been central to her success in achieving positive, lasting results.

Patricia has collaborated with organizations on projects that have garnered both national and international acclaim, including receiving the IAP2 Canada 2014 Organization of the Year Award and the IAF Platinum Facilitation Impact Award. Working in both municipal government and consulting, she has spearheaded significant initiatives in engagement, facilitation, project management, change management, organizational transformation, and strategy and policy review and development.

Kirsty Neill has served the public sector for 16 years, both as staff for a municipal government and as a consultant providing public engagement services to a range of rural, large urban and small urban communities. She is experienced in strategic communications, stakeholder relations, issues management, and project management.

Kirsty believes that the experience participants have of your process and events, is the experience they have of your project. Understanding this and applying it to developing engagement opportunities is critical to meaningful engagement. She designs and implements engagement strategies to support key project outcomes and to build strong, trusting relationships between organizations, project teams and communities. Kirsty has facilitated productive dialogue between project teams and communities across a wide variety of public service areas, including community planning, transportation and water infrastructure, waste management, recreation, open-space, and municipal policy and financing.

Prerequisite for Designing P2 and Engagement and Applying Methods (for Level 1 practitioners) - IAP2 Canada Certificate in Public Participation. 
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The focus of this course is on understanding and applying the practices of meaningful and effective public participation (P2). The training explores principles, concepts and best practices, and how to design and apply this knowledge to your public participation and engagement work.

Register Now!

Course Objectives: 

By the end of this course, participants will be able to: 

• Define public participation and engagement and related terms and what makes it unique
• Identify what makes public participation and engagement meaningful 
• Reflect on the benefits, risks and myths related to public participation and engagement
• Identify and discuss IAP2 five core foundations in their application to public participation and engagement work 
• Identify the role that values (seven core values) play in public participation and engagement work and the leadership attributes that will serve them as they practice 
• Understand the IAP2 Spectrum of public Participation and rationale for the increasing intensity as decision impacts  
• Reflect on and apply ethical leadership actions and abilities to public participation and engagement situations 
• Apply the Profiles of public participation and engagement model to public participation and engagement and explore organization-led and community-led engagement and how that impacts the engagement process 
• Reflect on and apply the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion and explore the role of power and influence and its impacts on the approach to public participation and engagement
• Apply the IAP2 spectrum to public participation and engagement situations and practice 
• Explore the Practice Framework (design, plan, implement, learn) as a tool for effective planning and process, and assess the quality of the process  

Target Audience: 

• New practitioners beginning their journey in engagement 
• Anyone working in the field or a related field who wants to understand and apply the fundamentals of meaningful and effective public participation and engagement practice

Course Delivery:

Online and hosted by IAP2 Canada.

Prerequisite:

There is no prerequisite.

Course Delivery:

This course is delivered in person in Nanaimo, BC. This is an IAP2 Canada core training course delivered externally by IAP2 licensed trainers.

Cost:

$375.00 + applicable tax

Our Licensed Trainers:

Patricia Quinn-Nichols is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience (16 yrs in municipal government) leading or supporting diverse community-focused initiatives. Known for her ability to navigate complexity and align diverse stakeholder interests, Patricia consistently delivers results on high-profile projects with defined timelines. Her values-driven leadership is rooted in integrity, inclusiveness, and collaboration. Patricia’s deep understanding of the significance of meaningful engagement and the critical role people play in shaping decisions, actions, and outcomes has been central to her success in achieving positive, lasting results.

Patricia has collaborated with organizations on projects that have garnered both national and international acclaim, including receiving the IAP2 Canada 2014 Organization of the Year Award and the IAF Platinum Facilitation Impact Award. Working in both municipal government and consulting, she has spearheaded significant initiatives in engagement, facilitation, project management, change management, organizational transformation, and strategy and policy review and development.

Kirsty Neill has served the public sector for 16 years, both as staff for a municipal government and as a consultant providing public engagement services to a range of rural, large urban and small urban communities. She is experienced in strategic communications, stakeholder relations, issues management, and project management.

Kirsty believes that the experience participants have of your process and events, is the experience they have of your project. Understanding this and applying it to developing engagement opportunities is critical to meaningful engagement. She designs and implements engagement strategies to support key project outcomes and to build strong, trusting relationships between organizations, project teams and communities. Kirsty has facilitated productive dialogue between project teams and communities across a wide variety of public service areas, including community planning, transportation and water infrastructure, waste management, recreation, open-space, and municipal policy and financing.

The Aim of this course is to develop the skill and confidence to facilitate live events

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Course Objectives:

• Examine the framework and purpose of facilitation in an engagement context
• Build a repertoire of tools and processes
• Practise some core skills
• Troubleshoot specific challenges
• Explore the changes needed for facilitation of digital engagement processes

By the end of this module you will have enhanced your ability to respond appropriately, generating confidence in, and support for, your facilitation approach.

Target Audience:

People beginning to facilitate in their P2/engagement practise

Course Delivery:

This is an IAP2 Canada training course delivered externally by an IAP2 licensed trainer.

Prerequisite:

Fundamentals of P2 and Engagement, the IAP2 Way in Challenging Contexts or any course from the previous foundations' program.

Cost:

$499.00 or $429.00 for students or not profit organizations + applicable tax 

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Licensed Trainer:

Steph Roy McCallum 

is a facilitator, coach, trainer and leader of the most difficult conversations of our lives, and the Chief Storm Rider at the Courageous Leadership Project. She is author of the recently released book Leading Together: How Brave, Honest Conversations Can Transform Our Lives, Organizations and Communities (available November 17, 2022). With her heart on her sleeve and a deep breath for courage, she wades into the messy, important, beautiful conversations that can bring us together - or tear us apart. Her work in conflict transformation has taken her to 5 continents, leading brave, honest conversations to solve the challenges in our lives, organizations and communities – together. Steph is a trained Co-Active Leadership coach, a Certified Professional Facilitator and a Certified NeuroTransformational Coach. She is an IAP2 Trainer, course developer and co-lead of curriculum development for the new IAP2 Global Learning Pathway being launched in 2023. Steph believes that brave, honest conversations are how we solve the challenges in our world, together.

Kim Hyshka, CP3 is a believer that just about anything is possible with a little dialogue. She’s on a mission, to chart a different course for public conversations, better conversations that open possibility, cultivate collaboration and spark change through dialogue. With over 10 years working in the field of engagement, she has developed a passion for designing and facilitating conversations that matter and creating engagement experiences where participants feel valued, relationships are built and initiatives and projects move forward. You’ll find her in the midst of both large and small-scale projects, bringing experience facilitating community forums in large urban centers or walking pipelines with Elders in the remote wilderness.

Designing & Leading Engagement is a Level 2 course that introduces practitioners to the design and plan phases of the practice framework, providing them with the opportunity to develop public participation and engagement practice plans. This includes scoping, community mapping, determining purpose and objectives and levels of influence, choosing appropriate methods and managing resources, while considering the needs of diverse audiences.

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Course Objectives: 

By the end of this course, participants will be able to design an engagement process and plan for a real-world scenario, including:

• Plan a clear scope of the work, problem or opportunity with identified negotiables and non-negotiables
• Conduct detailed stakeholder analysis, community mapping and equity analysis
• Identify appropriate roles and levels of influence for key players
• Establish clear engagement purpose and objectives and success criteria/measures to suit the scenario
• Identify relevant profiles of engagement
• Conduct a detailed risk/opportunities analysis
• Choose and sequence appropriate methods (in-person and digital) and identify communication tactics to suit the scenario
• Identify key roles for senior leaders and decision makers
• Explore principles and approaches for equity, diversity and inclusion and apply them to stakeholder analysis
• Embed digital strategies, platforms, and methods as part of the plan and process
• Develop an evaluation framework to suit the scenario
• Identify key roles and resources needed to implement the P2/engagement plan
• Develop and apply a suitable pitch to senior leaders that will secure commitment and resources for the P2/engagement plan
• Identify the many different contexts of engagement including the elements present in more complex engagement scenarios

Target Audience: 

• Practitioners who are leading the planning and implementation of public participation and engagement practice processes
• Participants who will be involved in the design and planning of public participation and engagement practice processes

Course Delivery:

This course is delivered in person in Nanaimo, BC. This is an IAP2 Canada core training course delivered externally by an IAP2 licensed trainer.

Cost:

$825.00 + applicable tax

Our Licensed Trainers:

Kirsty Neill has served the public sector for 16 years, both as staff for a municipal government and as a consultant providing public engagement services to a range of rural, large urban and small urban communities. She is experienced in strategic communications, stakeholder relations, issues management, and project management.

Kirsty believes that the experience participants have of your process and events, is the experience they have of your project. Understanding this and applying it to developing engagement opportunities is critical to meaningful engagement. She designs and implements engagement strategies to support key project outcomes and to build strong, trusting relationships between organizations, project teams and communities. Kirsty has facilitated productive dialogue between project teams and communities across a wide variety of public service areas, including community planning, transportation and water infrastructure, waste management, recreation, open-space, and municipal policy and financing.

Amelia Shaw is an award-winning consultation strategist, practitioner, professional facilitator and capacity builder. Over the past twenty-plus years Amelia has been successfully involved in the development of major policies, projects and plans from strategic design, to initiating and facilitating inclusive processes, and implementation. She has worked with governments, public organizations, nonprofits and private companies in multiple sectors including community development, education, governance, labour, land-use planning, transit and transportation. Her ultimate goal, with any P2 project/process, is to find an innovative approach that supports both community and organizational values and objectives and leads to helpful deliverables and a positive outcome. Her solutions have earned international recognition, including an IAP2 Core Values Award for Innovation

Either "Fundamentals of Public Participation and Engagement (Level 1 practitioners)" or "IAP2 Way in Challenging Contexts (Level 2 practitioners)" is a prerequisite for this course. Learn more

Applying Methods is a Level 2 course that focuses on exploring a variety of methods used in implementing public participation and engagement and considers how to design and integrate those methods into the public participation and engagement practice process. Participants will learn to select, assess and create effective elements of methods to work meaningfully with participants.

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Course Objectives: 

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify a range of methods that can be used for various engagement purposes and processes, and strategies to select the most appropriate method/s for an engagement project/process
• Research, design and test a face to face and/or online method using a range of tools and resources
• Apply the four steps of designing a method to incorporate the eight key components of method design
• Develop rational and experiential aims
• Design an appropriate format
• Design questions and process
• Develop appropriate communications
• Combine methods to achieve engagement goals and objectives and test for appropriate sequencing
• Incorporate inclusivity and diversity principles
• Identify data management needs, evaluation points and measures
• Identify resources required
• Explore a variety of both face to face and online methods/techniques that include a nested structure of different methods (e.g. deliberative processes, Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space Technology)
• Analyze the specific engagement requirements for online and digital methods, identify and select appropriate platforms and tools to meet needs, and strategies to sequence these methods for delivery
• Identify principles for monitoring online activity
• Test the design by running elements of the method and submitting for peer review using a checklist
• Apply methods to achieve engagement goals and objectives including using effective communication skills, and test for appropriate sequencing
• Design key messages and know how to use communication tools that build trust and integrity, and meet the needs of diverse audiences

Target Audience: 

• Practitioners with some public participation and engagement practice experience who are looking to cement their knowledge and skills

Course Delivery:

This course is delivered in person in Nanaimo, BC. This is an IAP2 Canada core training course delivered externally by IAP2 licensed trainers.

Prerequisite:

Fundamentals of P2 and Engagement is the level 1 prerequisite for this course. 

Learn more

Cost:

$825.00 + applicable tax

Our Licensed Trainers:

Amelia Shaw is an award-winning consultation strategist, practitioner, professional facilitator and capacity builder. Over the past twenty-plus years Amelia has been successfully involved in the development of major policies, projects and plans from strategic design, to initiating and facilitating inclusive processes, and implementation. She has worked with governments, public organizations, nonprofits and private companies in multiple sectors including community development, education, governance, labour, land-use planning, transit and transportation. Her ultimate goal, with any P2 project/process, is to find an innovative approach that supports both community and organizational values and objectives and leads to helpful deliverables and a positive outcome. Her solutions have earned international recognition, including an IAP2 Core Values Award for Innovation

Patricia Quinn-Nichols is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience (16 yrs in municipal government) leading or supporting diverse community-focused initiatives. Known for her ability to navigate complexity and align diverse stakeholder interests, Patricia consistently delivers results on high-profile projects with defined timelines. Her values-driven leadership is rooted in integrity, inclusiveness, and collaboration. Patricia’s deep understanding of the significance of meaningful engagement and the critical role people play in shaping decisions, actions, and outcomes has been central to her success in achieving positive, lasting results.

Patricia has collaborated with organizations on projects that have garnered both national and international acclaim, including receiving the IAP2 Canada 2014 Organization of the Year Award and the IAF Platinum Facilitation Impact Award. Working in both municipal government and consulting, she has spearheaded significant initiatives in engagement, facilitation, project management, change management, organizational transformation, and strategy and policy review and development.

Bundle Discount & Early Bird Discount Available for this Package!

Based on IAP2's internationally recognized Global Learning Pathway, this professional development certificate program builds on the foundations of public participation training and best practices from around the globe to provide participants with approximately 30 hours of effective training in public participation and engagement. 

IAP2 Canada's Certificate in Public Participation (P2) for introductory (Level 1) participants consists of 3 core courses, hosted by IAP2 Canada:

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Prerequisite for Designing P2 and Engagement and Applying Methods (for Level 1 practitioners) - IAP2 Canada Certificate in Public Participation. 
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The focus of this course is on understanding and applying the practices of meaningful and effective public participation (P2). The training explores principles, concepts and best practices, and how to design and apply this knowledge to your public participation and engagement work.

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Course Objectives: 

By the end of this course, participants will be able to: 

• Define public participation and engagement and related terms and what makes it unique
• Identify what makes public participation and engagement meaningful 
• Reflect on the benefits, risks and myths related to public participation and engagement
• Identify and discuss IAP2 five core foundations in their application to public participation and engagement work 
• Identify the role that values (seven core values) play in public participation and engagement work and the leadership attributes that will serve them as they practice 
• Understand the IAP2 Spectrum of public Participation and rationale for the increasing intensity as decision impacts  
• Reflect on and apply ethical leadership actions and abilities to public participation and engagement situations 
• Apply the Profiles of public participation and engagement model to public participation and engagement and explore organization-led and community-led engagement and how that impacts the engagement process 
• Reflect on and apply the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion and explore the role of power and influence and its impacts on the approach to public participation and engagement
• Apply the IAP2 spectrum to public participation and engagement situations and practice 
• Explore the Practice Framework (design, plan, implement, learn) as a tool for effective planning and process, and assess the quality of the process  

Target Audience: 

• New practitioners beginning their journey in engagement 
• Anyone working in the field or a related field who wants to understand and apply the fundamentals of meaningful and effective public participation and engagement practice

Course Delivery:

Online and hosted by IAP2 Canada.

Prerequisite:

There is no prerequisite.

Our Licensed Trainer:

Steph Roy McCallum is a facilitator, coach, trainer and leader of the most difficult conversations of our lives, and the Chief Storm Rider at the Courageous Leadership Project. She is author of the recently released book Leading Together: How Brave, Honest Conversations Can Transform Our Lives, Organizations and Communities (available November 17, 2022). With her heart on her sleeve and a deep breath for courage, she wades into the messy, important, beautiful conversations that can bring us together - or tear us apart. Her work in conflict transformation has taken her to 5 continents, leading brave, honest conversations to solve the challenges in our lives, organizations and communities – together. Steph is a trained Co-Active Leadership coach, a Certified Professional Facilitator and a Certified NeuroTransformational Coach. She is an IAP2 Trainer, course developer and co-lead of curriculum development for the new IAP2 Global Learning Pathway being launched in 2023. Steph believes that brave, honest conversations are how we solve the challenges in our world, together.

Prerequisite for Designing P2 and Engagement and Applying Methods (for Level 1 practitioners) - IAP2 Canada Certificate in Public Participation. 
Learn more

The focus of this course is on understanding and applying the practices of meaningful and effective public participation (P2). The training explores principles, concepts, and best practices, and how to design and apply this knowledge to your public participation and engagement work.

Bundle Discount Available!

Register Now!

Course Objectives: 

By the end of this course, participants will be able to: 

• Define public participation and engagement and related terms and what makes it unique
• Identify what makes public participation and engagement meaningful 
• Reflect on the benefits, risks and myths related to public participation and engagement
• Identify and discuss IAP2 five core foundations in their application to public participation and engagement work 
• Identify the role that values (seven core values) play in public participation and engagement work and the leadership attributes that will serve them as they practice 
• Understand the IAP2 Spectrum of public Participation and rationale for the increasing intensity as decision impacts  
• Reflect on and apply ethical leadership actions and abilities to public participation and engagement situations 
• Apply the Profiles of public participation and engagement model to public participation and engagement and explore organization-led and community-led engagement and how that impacts the engagement process 
• Reflect on and apply the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion and explore the role of power and influence and its impacts on the approach to public participation and engagement
• Apply the IAP2 spectrum to public participation and engagement situations and practice 
• Explore the Practice Framework (design, plan, implement, learn) as a tool for effective planning and process, and assess the quality of the process  

Target Audience: 

• New practitioners beginning their journey in engagement 
• Anyone working in the field or a related field who wants to understand and apply the fundamentals of meaningful and effective public participation and engagement practice

Course Delivery:

This is an IAP2 Canada core training course delivered externally by a IAP2 licensed trainer.

This is a six-hour, trainer-led Engage Delaney virtual course. Zoom and Google Suites (digital workbook used for exercises and provided at completion) are used, in addition to other applications, to make this a highly interactive and skills-based session. There are two, three-hour sessions over two consecutive days. Each daily session runs 9:30 – 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time; 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time

Prerequisite:

There is no prerequisite.

Cost:

$395.00 + applicable tax - Engage Delaney is offering a $100 bundle discount when you book the three IAP2 Certificate courses (Fundamentals of P2, Designing P2, and Applying Methods) with us. You can select the courses in a given 12-month period but must pay for all three courses at the same time.

Register Now!

Our Licensed Trainers:

Courses will be delivered by either of our licensed trainers Jessica Delaney or Kristi Merilees, ensuring expert guidance and continuity in every session. The assigned trainer will depend on availability and scheduling needs.

Jessica Delaney is a seasoned engagement and communications professional with 15 years of experience working with government, private and not-for-profit sectors.

She provides clients with engagement, facilitation and strategic communications services in her strength sectors that include municipal government, sustainable housing, and healthcare. Jessica has planned, implemented and reported on over 100 comprehensive and inclusive engagements using a variety of in-person and online engagement techniques. Her approach to community, public, stakeholder and Indigenous engagement is to make it safe, inclusive, fun and practical.

Kristi Merilees is an experienced public engagement and communications professional with over 20 years' experience working in municipal government and public sector environments.

Kristi is a senior engagement, and communications director with Engage Delaney and has vast experience in detailed engagement planning, client relations and project leadership and facilitation. She has planned, implemented, and reported on over 45 comprehensive engagements using both in-person and virtual engagement techniques for various sectors including government, industry, healthcare, and transportation. Kristi is skilled at collaborating and engaging seldom heard voices to create shared understanding and brings experience in professional communications and a collaborative facilitation style. Key experience includes detailed engagement planning, virtual and in-person facilitation of focus groups, workshops and other engagements, training, client relations, logistics, research, report writing, and the development of communications plans and products.

Learn more at https://www.engagedelaney.com/

L'Association québécoise de participation publique (AQP2) vous invite à son colloque en participation publique, qui se tiendra les 5 et 6 juin 2025 à la Maison du développement durable, à Montréal.

Pendant ces deux jours, conférences, ateliers et discussions permettront d'explorer divers enjeux liés à la participation publique dans une ambiance conviviale et propice aux échanges. La programmation complète sera dévoilée prochainement, mais les deux thématiques principales sont l'innovation et la participation publique en contexte municipal. 

En parallèle, une formation de l’AIP2 intitulée Comprendre le conflit en participation publique sera offerte le jeudi 5 juin, également à la Maison du développement durable. L’inscription à cette formation est distincte de celle du colloque. Les personnes qui participent à cette formation recevront une adhésion gratuite à l'AIP2 et un code leur permettant de s'inscrire uniquement à la deuxième journée du colloque.

Prix lève-tôt membre (jusqu'au 30 avril): 236$
Membre: 295$
Prix lève-tôt non-membre (jusqu'au 30 avril): 340$
Non-membre: 425$
OBNL/personne aux études (écrivez-nous pour recevoir votre code): 195$
Vendredi seulement (réservé aux personnes inscrite à la formation du jeudi): 150$

Tous les tarifs incluent les repas du midi. 

Écrivez-nous au coordination@aqp2.ca pour toute question

Politique d'annulation

Toutes les demandes d’annulation et de remboursement doivent être présentées par écrit à l’adresse coordination@aqp2.ca

Un remboursement complet sera effectué sur réception d’un avis écrit, au moins 10 jours avant l’événement, au plus tard à la fin de la journée du 26 mai 2024. Le cas échéant, l’AIP2 Canada émettra un remboursement et retiendra des frais administratifs de 30$.