Public+Involvement+in+Canada-+Institutionalization+and+Assessment+Roundtable



Summary Report P|10 Public Involvement Network October 2006 Committed to its leadership role to advance the theory and practice of civic engagement CPRN hosted a roundtable with a diverse group who share an interest in furthering collective knowledge in this field. These included academics, policy makers and practitioners (for complete list of participants see Appendix 1). The purpose of the September 18 th half day Roundtable was to contribute a shared understanding of the lacunae and need for stronger citizen engagement in Canada. The discussion on the research and policy implications stemmed from two recent CPRN publications: //Fostering Canadians’ Role in Public Policy: A Strategy for Institutionalizing// //Public Involvement in Policy// by Peter Aucoin, and Lori Turnbull; and //Assessing the// //Impacts of Public Participation: Concepts, Evidence and Policy Implications// by Julia Abelson and François-Pierre Gauvin. These papers were inspired by a considerable and growing interest within policy, academic, practitioner and community circles concerning the potential for, and barriers to, more robust and consistent approaches to public involvement practice and evaluation within Canadian democracy. The papers were designed to stimulate discussion and debate and to provide recommendations for policy makers, practitioners and academics on avenues to be pursued to strengthen both the theory and the practice of public involvement.
 * Public Involvement in** **Canada: Institutionalization** **and Assessment Roundtable**
 * Summary Report**
 * Mary Pat MacKinnon**
 * Sonia Pitre**
 * Judy Watling**
 * Judy Watling**
 * Introduction**
 * Table of Content**
 * **INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................3**
 * **ROUNDTABLE OBJECTIVES......................................................................................3**
 * **PARTICIPANTS...............................................................................................................3**
 * **DISCUSSION FORMAT.................................................................................................3**
 * **SUMMARY OF AUTHORS’ AND DISCUSSANTS’ REMARKS..............................4**
 * I NSTITUTIONALIZING P UBLIC I NVOLVEMENT IN C ANADA ................................................4
 * //Authors’ Highlights.....................................................................................................4//
 * //Discussants’ Comments..............................................................................................5//
 * A SSESSING THE I MPACT OF P UBLIC I NVOLVEMENT ..........................................................6
 * //Authors’ Highlights.....................................................................................................6//
 * //Discussants’ Comments..............................................................................................7//
 * **SYNTHESIS OF ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION.........................................................9**
 * **CONCLUDING NOTE..................................................................................................14**
 * **SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS...........................15**
 * **APPENDIX 1:** **PARTICIPANT LIST.........................................................................16**
 * **APPENDIX 2:** **AGENDA.............................................................................................17**
 * **SYNTHESIS OF ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION.........................................................9**
 * **CONCLUDING NOTE..................................................................................................14**
 * **SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS...........................15**
 * **APPENDIX 1:** **PARTICIPANT LIST.........................................................................16**
 * **APPENDIX 2:** **AGENDA.............................................................................................17**
 * **APPENDIX 1:** **PARTICIPANT LIST.........................................................................16**
 * **APPENDIX 2:** **AGENDA.............................................................................................17**
 * **APPENDIX 2:** **AGENDA.............................................................................................17**
 * **APPENDIX 2:** **AGENDA.............................................................................................17**