P2 Research & Reports

The IAP2 Canada Research Committee works to help members better understand current public participation activities in Canada. Various engagement efforts with members found a need to increase access to research journals, training (including workshops) and training manuals; and to develop mechanisms for knowledge transfer among cross-disciplinary organizations.

Our research is focused on identifying trends, best practices and areas of innovation, as well as evaluating current research and publications for the purpose of identifying opportunities for partnership and collaboration. The Committee has commissioned and published the following reports:

• Digital Public Participation: Practice, Challenges and Opportunities - (Version française)
• The State of the Practice survey - 2019 (helped guide the development of the IAP2 Canada Strategic Plan)
• Barriers to inclusion in P2
• P2 Research and Practice Has Gone Digital!
  
• P2 Research and Practice Emerge Pandemic-Proof
  
• Covid-19 and its Impact on the Field and Practice of Public Participation
• Inclusion and Equity in Public Participation 
• Beyond Inclusion: Equity in Public Engagement - A Guide for Practitioners
• Challenges and Advancements in Evaluating Public Participation
• Conflict Management in P2
• Getting Support for Public Engagement from Decision-Makers

• Digital Engagement, Social Media & Public Participation