SFU Certificate in Dialogue and Civic Engagement
My undergraduate alma mater in Vancouver, Simon Fraser University, is launching a Certificate in Dialogue and Civic Engagement program. Much of the course is held at the Morris J Wosk Centre For Dialogue in Vancouver.
An engaged and activated citizenry is good for democracy and for the communities in which we live. Citizens who are connected with each other and their local governments account for an increased sense of belonging, trust, well-being and resilience. Learning ways to strengthen these connections is essential to our ability as a society to thrive and be resilient in the face of multiple challenges – social, economic and ecological.
There is much to learn about how leaders in communities, public institutions, government and quasi-government agencies approach the work of engaging diverse publics in the plans and decisions that impact the quality of their private and public lives. This learning is central to SFU’s Certificate in Dialogue and Civic Engagement.
In this program, participants will become aware of and learn how to design and implement a range of engagement models that create and structure good practice in a variety of settings, e.g., local neighbourhood organizing, multi-stakeholder dialogue and decision-making, planning for land use or service provision and many other important matters of public interest.
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