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    • 09 Dec 2024
    • 12:30 PM
    • 10 Dec 2024
    • 3:30 PM

    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:

    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 http://www.rmdelaney.com/

    • 10 Dec 2024
    • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    • Zoom
    Register

    Join us for a celebration of a remarkable year filled with innovative public engagement and dynamic conversations! The IAP2 Canada’s Young Professionals Community of Practice (YP CoP) and IAP2 United States’ Young Professional Group are teaming up to co-host an exciting session where we’ll reflect on our successes as engagement professionals. Grab your favorite warm winter drink and connect with fellow young professionals in a relaxed atmosphere. We can't wait to connect, engage, and celebrate 2024!

    IAP2’s Young Professionals Community of Practice (CoP) is a community of P2 practitioners who are committed to sharing and advancing their P2 knowledge with other young 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 YPN Member

    As a CoP YPN 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. Please consult the CoP YPN Description (2021).

    • 12 Dec 2024
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    • en ligne
    • 2
    Register


    L’Association québécoise pour la participation publique (AQP2 - la section québécoise et francophone de l’Association internationale pour la participation publique) vous invite à son premier midi-discussion qui portera sur le thème de l’intelligence artificielle.

    Cette discussion virtuelle sera l’occasion de découvrir les réflexions de vos pairs dans un cadre convivial. L'objectif sera d'échanger entre professionnel.les sur les différents outils d'intelligence artificielle, leur utilisation dans le cadre de notre travail et les enjeux qui y sont associés.

    Nous vous invitons également à consulter l'article de recherche sur le sujet publié par l'AIP2 Canada plus tôt cette année (anglais seulement) : Artificial Intelligence: Its potential and ethics in the practice of public participation

    Cette activité est gratuite et réservée aux membres de l'IAP2. Bienvenue aux membres francophones des autres chapitres canadiens de l'IAP2!

    Le lien TEAMS sera envoyé aux personnes inscrites avant l'événement.

    Pour plus d'informations : coordination@aqp2.ca 

    • 17 Dec 2024
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    • Zoom
    Register

    IAP2 Canada’s Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Community of Practice (CoP) is building a community of P2 practitioners and members who are committed to advancing meaningful engagement with all peoples in Canada.

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

    • 13 Jan 2025
    • 14 Jan 2025
    • 2 sessions
    • 0
    Join waitlist

    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.

    Cancellation and Refund Policy

    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 Trainers:

    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.

    Jennifer Beyer (she/her) has spent over two decades working on and thinking about community development and public and stakeholder engagement practices, approaches, and mental models. She believes we can tackle the challenges communities are facing through transformed policy development and community service delivery informed by real dialogue with citizens, especially equity-owed people, and true allyship with Indigenous Peoples.

    Jen has designed and facilitated dialogues and decision-making at local, provincial, and national levels with nonprofit, public, and private groups. Topics she has worked on range from enhancing equity and inclusion in policing forces in Alberta and fire fighting forces across Canada, to addressing climate change and species at risk in Alberta, to changing nonprofit funding systems, to improving Justice systems for Indigenous people.

    • 13 Jan 2025
    • 06 Feb 2025
    • 10 sessions
    • Online
    • 0
    Join waitlist

    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:

    Note: Members must be logged in to access member pricing

    Fundamentals of Public Participation and Engagement (2 sessions)

    • 13 January 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
    • 14 January 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
       

      Designing Public Participation & Engagement (4 sessions)

      • 20 January 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
      • 21 January 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
      • 22 January 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
      • 23 January 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)

            
      Applying Methods (4 sessions)

      • 03 February 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
      • 04 February 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
      • 05 February 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
      • 06 February 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)

      Upon successful completion of the Certificate in Public Participation, participants receive a "Certificate of Completion" to acknowledge their accomplishment and verify their training hours.

      Cancellation and Refund Policy

      Learn more about the IAP2 Canada's Certificate in Public Participation

      • 15 Jan 2025
      • 12:30 PM
      • 16 Jan 2025
      • 3:30 PM

      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 http://www.rmdelaney.com/

      • 15 Jan 2025
      • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
      • Online
      Register

      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.

      • 16 Jan 2025
      • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
      • Virtual
      • 13
      Register

      This 6-month Indigenous Awareness Learning Program through IAP2 Canada was co-created with an Indigenous Elder to help advance reconciliation and support Indigenous inclusion in public participation (P2) and engagement activities across Canada.

      Program Duration

      Estimated time commitment (depending on selected learning resources) is 3 to 6 hours per month over 6 months.

      The program, which was co-created with an Indigenous Elder is a semi-structured, cohort-based learning program to help build awareness and understanding about the history and experiences of Indigenous Peoples in our country so they can better support Indigenous inclusion in their P2 and engagement practice.

      Watch the program overview


      Program Delivery

      The program kickoff meeting will take place on January 16, 2025 from 1:30PM - 3:00PM Eastern and the program will wrap-up in June.

      Participants are matched with a learning partner who has experience working with Indigenous communities and placed into a cohort of no more than four people. Over the six-month duration of the program, you’ll engage in interactive and applied learning as you work through four assignments, based on the traditional Medicine Wheel. There are five 90 minute large group meetings, starting with the kickoff meeting.

      There are three types of work during the course:

      • Independent study, which happens on your own schedule;
      • Small group cohort meetings with your learning team of up to four people (your team will book these based on your schedules, typically for 60-90 minutes at a time);
      • Large group meetings to debrief and share your learning with the other program participants.

      Cancellation and Refund Policy

      Our Trainers:

      Steve FrancisSteve Francis is the President of 3S Consulting Services, a Calgary based Indigenous consulting company. A member of Nekaneet First Nation in southwest Saskatchewan and a law school graduate, Steve provides strategic guidance and workshops focused on Aboriginal consultation and Indigenous participation in energy development. He is passionate about educating organizations and their personnel about Indigenous interests and proposing policy solutions that benefit Indigenous people and the federal or provincial Crown respectively.

      Anne HardingAnne Harding, CP3 is the Owner of Forum Community Relations Inc., a Calgary based consulting company dedicated to catalyzing better communities through Indigenous relations and community engagement. In her 17+ years of experience as a community and Indigenous engagement professional, she has engaged with over 80 Indigenous communities and organizations across Canada on economic development, community engagement, reconciliation, education, training, and resource consultation initiatives. Anne holds an MA in Corporate-Aboriginal Relations and a CP3 (Certified Public Participation Professional) designation through IAP2 Canada.

      • 20 Jan 2025
      • 23 Jan 2025
      • 4 sessions
      • 0
      Join waitlist
      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 Trainers:

      Tracey Ehl brings groups together to explore ideas, opportunities and issues.  She approaches public participation as a learning process, for everyone.  This is based on a belief that individual and collective learning hold great potential for positive, transformative change. 

      Tracey has over two decades of professional experience in facilitation, public and stakeholder engagement, environmental communications and environmental and strategic planning.  Tracey’s energetic and attentive style has assisted communities locally and internationally to develop supported, realistic solutions and achieve shared goals. Her project involvement has focused on complex projects in the areas of energy, sustainability, public water system management, municipal planning, transportation and public transit, waste management, wastewater infrastructure, and community development.  Within these projects, Tracey has designed, led and documented hundreds of events and processes to meet the unique needs of each client and the affected stakeholder groups, while managing controversy, outrage and budget limitations, multiple agendas and influences beyond the project.


      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.


      • 27 Jan 2025
      • 12:30 PM
      • 30 Jan 2025
      • 3:30 PM

      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:

      Fundamentals of P2 and Engagement is the level 1 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.

      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' 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 http://www.rmdelaney.com/ 

      • 03 Feb 2025
      • 06 Feb 2025
      • 4 sessions
      • 6
      Register

      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:

      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
      • 03 Feb 2025
      • 12:30 PM
      • 04 Feb 2025
      • 3:30 PM

      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 http://www.rmdelaney.com/

      • 06 Feb 2025
      • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
      • Online
      Register

      Combatting Misinformation: Strategies for Authentic Engagement in a Post-Truth Era

      In the contemporary digital landscape, engagement experts face a formidable challenge: the swift spread of misinformation and disinformation. Such false narratives jeopardize the integrity of engagement initiatives, diminish public trust, and hinder effective governance. Tailored for the engagement community, this session delves into cutting-edge research on these phenomena. It goes beyond diagnostics, offering actionable strategies to neutralize misinformation's impact. Attendees will acquire tools to bolster the authenticity of their communications and engagement. Join us to fortify your planning approach in a post-truth world.

      Learning Objectives:

      1. Grasp the Landscape: Understand the current scale, spread, and nuances of misinformation and disinformation and their impacts on engagement initiatives.

      2. Definitions & Distinctions: Understand the differences between misinformation (false/untrue information shared without intent to deceive), disinformation (false information shared with intent to deceive), and malinformation (truthful information shared to cause harm).

      3. Scientific Research Overview: Delve into the latest scientific studies that outline optimal approaches for countering misinformation in the public sector. Social norming and prebunking are discussed as actional strategies to counter the factors driving false beliefs.

      4. Communication Tactics: Learn trusted and effective communications strategies to counteract misinformation, thereby fostering credibility and trust.

      5. Understand the Roots of False Belief: Unravel the scientific techniques of denial and the underlying drivers of false belief. Navigate through malicious tactics such as the employment of fake experts, logical fallacies, setting impossible expectations, cherry-picking data, and propagating conspiracy theories.

      6. Rapid Identification Tools: Gain familiarity with tools and strategies that aid in swiftly pinpointing sources of misinformation.

      7. Case Study Insights: Hear real-life examples and insights drawn from Candace's experience in managing communications during critical incidents, and how the lessons learned can be applied in addressing the challenges of misinformation.

      Time Zones
      • 01:00 pm - 02:15 pm Eastern
      • 12:00 pm - 01:15 pm Central
      • 11:00 pm - 12:15 pm Mountain
      • 10:00 am - 11:15 am Pacific
      About the presenters:

      Candace Denison's journey in the communications and engagement realm embodies innovation, resilience, and leadership spanning two decades. Presently immersed in her Masters of Arts in Leadership graduate studies, Candace is authoring a pivotal thesis on "Strategies for Leaders to Counteract Misinformation: A Toolkit for the Modern Manager in a Post-Truth World." This rigorous academic undertaking, coupled with her unwavering commitment to the PR industry's progression, positions Candace as an unparalleled beacon in the intricate maze of misinformation. With a distinct emphasis on adaptability and resonance, she bridges gaps of understanding, forging connections underpinned by authenticity and trust.

      • 10 Feb 2025
      • 11 Feb 2025
      • 2 sessions
      • 14
      Register

      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.

      Cancellation and Refund Policy

      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 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.


      Tanushree Pillai is a passionate anti-racism educator with a background in journalism, communications, and public engagement. A dedicated social justice advocate, she consistently challenges the status quo and advocates for a fairer world for all children of color. As a parent, she is deeply committed to creating a just and equitable environment for future generations.

      Tanushree has over 20 years of experience in journalism, communications, and public engagement. She has planned and implemented engagements using both in-person and virtual engagement techniques for sectors like government, transportation, non-profit, and education. She focuses her work on amplifying the voices of equity-denied groups and pursuing racial equity and justice across all sectors of society. Tanushree's experience includes planning both virtual and in-person engagement, workshops and focus groups, media relations, vendor management, report writing, and developing communications and engagement plans.

      She is also the co-chair of IAP2 Canada's DEI Community of Practice where she brings in case studies and speakers to highlight meaningful engagement.

      • 10 Feb 2025
      • 06 Mar 2025
      • 10 sessions
      • Online
      • 6
      Register

      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:

      Note: Members must be logged in to access member pricing

      Fundamentals of Public Participation and Engagement (2 sessions)

      • 10 February 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
      • 11 February 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
         

        Designing Public Participation & Engagement (4 sessions)

        • 18 February 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
        • 19 February 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
        • 20 February 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
        • 21 February 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)

              
        Applying Methods (4 sessions)

        • 03 March 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
        • 04 March 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
        • 05 March 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
        • 06 March 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)

        Upon successful completion of the Certificate in Public Participation, participants receive a "Certificate of Completion" to acknowledge their accomplishment and verify their training hours.

        Cancellation and Refund Policy

        Learn more about the IAP2 Canada's Certificate in Public Participation

        • 10 Feb 2025
        • 12:30 PM
        • 13 Feb 2025
        • 3:30 PM

        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.

        Register Now!


        Our Licensed Trainer:

        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 http://www.rmdelaney.com/

         
        • 11 Feb 2025
        • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
        • Online
        Register

        IAP2’s Young Professionals Community of Practice (CoP) is a community of P2 practitioners who are committed to sharing and advancing their P2 knowledge with other young 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 YPN Member

        As a CoP YPN 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. Please consult the CoP YPN Description (2021).

        • 12 Feb 2025
        • 13 Feb 2025
        • 2 sessions
        • 10
        Register

        Prerequisite for Designing P2 and Engagement and Applying Methods (for Level 2 Practitioners) - IAP2 Canada Certificate in Public Participation

        Learn more

        The IAP2 Way in Challenging Contexts is Level 2 course that sets out the underpinning models and frameworks of public participation and engagement practice as defined by the IAP2 community. Specifically in terms of what it is, who is involved, standards of practice, and why it is important to be practiced ethically and effectively. Participants will explore these concepts and models in contexts that are challenging and will gain skills and knowledge to apply to their work. This course is suitable for practitioners who already have substantial experience in public participation and engagement practice work and are ready to be leading this work with others (2-5 years).

        Cancellation and Refund Policy

        Course Objectives: 

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

        • Define public participation and engagement and related terms and describe its relationship with communication
        • Identify what makes public participation and engagement meaningful and reflect on the benefits, risks and myths related to P2/engagement
        • Identify the role that values play in challenging public participation and engagement work and the leadership attributes that will serve them as they practice.
        • Reflect on and apply ethical leadership actions and abilities to challenging engagement situations
        • Apply the Profiles of Engagement model to public participation and engagement and explore organization led and community led engagement and how that impacts the engagement process
        • Apply the IAP2 spectrum to challenging public participation and engagement situations and practice
        • Explore the Practice Framework as a tool for effective planning and process
        • Reflect on and apply the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion and explore the concept of inter-cultural engagement
        • Explore the role of power and influence in challenging engagement contexts and its impacts to our work.

        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:
        None

        Our Licensed Trainers:

        Tracey Ehl brings groups together to explore ideas, opportunities and issues.  She approaches public participation as a learning process, for everyone.  This is based on a belief that individual and collective learning hold great potential for positive, transformative change. 

        Tracey has over two decades of professional experience in facilitation, public and stakeholder engagement, environmental communications and environmental and strategic planning.  Tracey’s energetic and attentive style has assisted communities locally and internationally to develop supported, realistic solutions and achieve shared goals. Her project involvement has focused on complex projects in the areas of energy, sustainability, public water system management, municipal planning, transportation and public transit, waste management, wastewater infrastructure, and community development.  Within these projects, Tracey has designed, led and documented hundreds of events and processes to meet the unique needs of each client and the affected stakeholder groups, while managing controversy, outrage and budget limitations, multiple agendas and influences beyond the project.


        Andrea Winkler is an accomplished public engagement professional with 15 years of experience working with government, private, and not-for-profit sectors across Canada. She has great appreciation for organizations that involve the public in decisions that will impact them and finds it incredibly meaningful to support their work.

        She has worked with communities and stakeholder groups on a broad range of projects, including designing a new wastewater treatment plant, developing liquid waste regulations, and pedestrianizing a busy street in downtown Vancouver.

        She has built the capacity of local governments to conduct meaningful public engagement through training, establishing corporate policies, creating engagement process guides, and coaching engagement teams.

        • 12 Feb 2025
        • 06 Mar 2025
        • 10 sessions
        • Online
        • 7
        Register

        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 intermediate (Level 2) participants consists of 3 core courses, hosted by IAP2 Canada:

        Note: Members must be logged in to access member pricing

        IAP2 Way in Challenging Contexts (2 sessions)

        • 12 February 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
        • 13 February 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT) 

        Designing Public Participation & Engagement (4 sessions)

        • 18 February 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
        • 19 February 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
        • 20 February 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
        • 21 February 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)

              
        Applying Methods (4 sessions)

        • 03 March 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
        • 04 March 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
        • 05 March 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
        • 06 March 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)

        Upon successful completion of the Certificate in Public Participation, participants receive a "Certificate of Completion" to acknowledge their accomplishment and verify their training hours.

        Cancellation and Refund Policy

        Learn more about the IAP2 Canada's Certificate in Public Participation

        • 12 Feb 2025
        • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
        • Online
        Register

        IAP2 Canada’s Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Community of Practice (CoP) is building a community of P2 practitioners and members who are committed to advancing meaningful engagement with all peoples in Canada.

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

        • 18 Feb 2025
        • 21 Feb 2025
        • 4 sessions
        • 1
        Register
        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:

        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

        • 19 Feb 2025
        • 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

        Prerequisite for Designing P2 and Engagement and Applying Methods (for Level 2 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.


         Register Now!

        Course Objectives: 

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

        • Define public participation and engagement and related terms and describe its relationship with communication
        • Identify what makes public participation and engagement meaningful and reflect on the benefits, risks and myths related to P2/engagement
        • Identify the role that values play in challenging public participation and engagement work and the leadership attributes that will serve them as they practice.
        • Reflect on and apply ethical leadership actions and abilities to challenging engagement situations
        • Apply the Profiles of Engagement model to public participation and engagement and explore organization led and community led engagement and how that impacts the engagement process
        • Apply the IAP2 spectrum to challenging public participation and engagement situations and practice
        • Explore the Practice Framework as a tool for effective planning and process
        • Reflect on and apply the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion and explore the concept of inter-cultural engagement
        • Explore the role of power and influence in challenging engagement contexts and its impacts to our work.

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

        Prerequisite:

        None

        Cost:

        $400.00 + applicable tax

        Our 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.

        • 19 Feb 2025
        • 12:30 PM
        • 20 Feb 2025
        • 3:30 PM

        The aim of Conflict in Engagement is to help you understand, and more effectively manage, conflict dynamics. This course explores conflict dimensions, tools for anticipation and mitigation, understanding conflict sources and impacts, the role of power, and much more.


        Register Now!


        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 an IAP2 licensed trainer.

        Prerequisite:

        Fundamental in P2 and Engagement or any course from the previous foundations' program.

        Cost:

        $395.00 + applicable 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.

        Learn more at http://www.rmdelaney.com/

        • 20 Feb 2025
        • 9:00 AM
        • 21 Feb 2025
        • 4:30 PM

        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.

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

        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

        Cost:

        $875.00 + applicable tax

        Our 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.

        • 24 Feb 2025
        • 9:00 AM
        • 25 Feb 2025
        • 4:30 PM

        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.

         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 course is delivered in-person in Halifax, NSThis 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. 

        Learn more

        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.

        • 24 Feb 2025
        • 12:30 PM
        • 27 Feb 2025
        • 3:30 PM

        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. 

        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.

        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' 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 http://www.rmdelaney.com/ 

        • 03 Mar 2025
        • 06 Mar 2025
        • 4 sessions
        • 4
        Register

        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:


        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.


        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.

        • 10 Mar 2025
        • 11 Mar 2025
        • 2 sessions
        • 10
        Register

        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.

        Cancellation and Refund Policy

        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:

        Tracey Ehl (CP3) brings groups together to explore ideas, opportunities and issues.  She approaches public participation as a learning process, for everyone.  This is based on a belief that individual and collective learning hold great potential for positive, transformative change. 

        Tracey has over two decades of professional experience in facilitation, public and stakeholder engagement, environmental communications and environmental and strategic planning.  Tracey’s energetic and attentive style has assisted communities locally and internationally to develop supported, realistic solutions and achieve shared goals. Her project involvement has focused on complex projects in the areas of energy, sustainability, public water system management, municipal planning, transportation and public transit, waste management, wastewater infrastructure, and community development.  Within these projects, Tracey has designed, led and documented hundreds of events and processes to meet the unique needs of each client and the affected stakeholder groups, while managing controversy, outrage and budget limitations, multiple agendas and influences beyond the project.


        Shawn Bravender (CP3) has over 20 years of experience, Shawn has led the design and implementation of meaningful engagement outcomes for effective decision-making for many multi-disciplinary projects such as active modes, municipal and regional planning, transportation, parks and recreation, and community building.

        With experience in leading teams and planning engagement projects from the high-level to the fine grained, Shawn understands a project needs a strong technical foundation as well as community support to succeed. Much of his work has included dealing with emotional dysregulation and outrage.

        Shawn is a skilled facilitator, an engaging public speaker, and is passionate about training and coaching. His well-rounded approach and ability combine communications, planning, engineering, and community engagement that instills confidence in clients and results in successful projects. He believes the most effective facilitation of strong emotion and high passion starts long before the session commences, through the careful and comprehensive design of the process, approaches, and implementation

        • 10 Mar 2025
        • 03 Apr 2025
        • 10 sessions
        • Online
        • 15
        Register

        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:

        Note: Members must be logged in to access member pricing

        Fundamentals of Public Participation and Engagement (2 sessions)

        • 10 March 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
        • 11 March 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
           

          Designing Public Participation & Engagement (4 sessions)

          • 24 March 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
          • 25March 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
          • 26 March 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
          • 27 March 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)

                
          Applying Methods (4 sessions)

          • 31 March 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
          • 01 April 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
          • 02 April 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
          • 03 April 2024, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)

          Upon successful completion of the Certificate in Public Participation, participants receive a "Certificate of Completion" to acknowledge their accomplishment and verify their training hours.

          Cancellation and Refund Policy

          Learn more about the IAP2 Canada's Certificate in Public Participation

          • 12 Mar 2025
          • 12:30 PM
          • 13 Mar 2025
          • 3:30 PM

          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 http://www.rmdelaney.com/

          • 12 Mar 2025
          • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
          • Online
          Register

          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.

          • 17 Mar 2025
          • 20 Mar 2025
          • 4 sessions
          • Zoom
          • 23
          Register

          Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in P2/engagement is a Level 2 course which will enhance practitioners’ understanding of key DEI concepts and their relevance to P2/engagement.

          The course will help participants identify power imbalances and other barriers to inclusive and equitable engagement. Participants will have the opportunity to develop an Equity Lens for P2/engagement which they can apply to the planning, design and implementation of P2/engagement processes.

          Cancellation and Refund Policy

          Special Offer: Unlock your IAP2 Canada Individual Membership for free when you register for this course! Just email us at info@iap2canada.ca after signing up, and we’ll get your membership set up so you can start enjoying the benefits right away. Don’t miss out—join our community today!

          Course Objectives:

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

          • Identify the impacts of exclusion and inequity on P2/engagement processes and decision making
          • Enhance understanding of the terms diversity, equity and inclusion relative to P2/engagement
          • Explore how individual biases and stereotypes become embedded in systems and lead to systemic discrimination and marginalisation
          • Critically reflect on how practitioner identities and social location might impact P2/engagement
          • Reflect on concepts of power, privilege and intersectionality and their relevance to designing and implementing P2/engagement
          • Identify strategies for decolonising P2/engagement
          • Develop and apply an Equity Lens for P2/engagement

          Target Audience:

          Participants working in P2/engagement who already have some basic experience and/or understanding of DEI

          Level 2 practitioners, those:

          • leading the planning and implementation of P2/engagement processes.
          • managing teams and planning operations where there is some risk and complexity.
          • managing key relationships for the P2/engagement processes, be able to troubleshoot, fix problems and implement change in processes as they are needed.
          • Working as a consultant in the sector leading the P2/engagement processes

          Course Delivery:

          Online and hosted by IAP2 Canada.

          Prerequisite:

          Fundamental in P2 and Engagement or any course from the previous IAP2 Foundations program.

          Our Licensed Trainer:

          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.
          • 24 Mar 2025
          • 27 Mar 2025
          • 4 sessions
          • 10
          Register
          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:

          Tracey Ehl brings groups together to explore ideas, opportunities and issues.  She approaches public participation as a learning process, for everyone.  This is based on a belief that individual and collective learning hold great potential for positive, transformative change. 

          Tracey has over two decades of professional experience in facilitation, public and stakeholder engagement, environmental communications and environmental and strategic planning.  Tracey’s energetic and attentive style has assisted communities locally and internationally to develop supported, realistic solutions and achieve shared goals. Her project involvement has focused on complex projects in the areas of energy, sustainability, public water system management, municipal planning, transportation and public transit, waste management, wastewater infrastructure, and community development.  Within these projects, Tracey has designed, led and documented hundreds of events and processes to meet the unique needs of each client and the affected stakeholder groups, while managing controversy, outrage and budget limitations, multiple agendas and influences beyond the project.

          • 31 Mar 2025
          • 03 Apr 2025
          • 4 sessions
          • 8
          Register

          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. 

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          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.
          • 31 Mar 2025
          • 12:30 PM
          • 03 Apr 2025
          • 3:30 PM

          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.

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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/