Facilitation and Public Engagement
Effective public engagement and meeting facilitation maximizes the flow of knowledge and learning between all parties. One of the greatest benefits and joys of effective engagement, is its unpredictability. Without fail, fresh perspectives, challenging questions, and lateral insights, can stimulate innovative thinking and enable new collaboration.
ElknWillow Environmental Consulting is registered with IAP2 Canada, an Association that seeks to promote and improve the practice of public participation and improve dialogue between individuals, governments, institutions, and other stakeholders that affect the public interest. Alexandra has successfully completed training courses in Foundations in Effective Public Participation through IAP2, Planning for Effective Public Participation and Techniques for Effective Public Participation. Alexandra appreciates the nuances of diverse perspectives and often competing agendas, and brings a breadth of experience to each meeting to ensure all parties have the opportunity to engage thoroughly and meet their objectives.
ElknWillow Environmental Consulting is registered with IAP2 Canada, an Association that seeks to promote and improve the practice of public participation and improve dialogue between individuals, governments, institutions, and other stakeholders that affect the public interest. Alexandra has successfully completed training courses in Foundations in Effective Public Participation through IAP2, Planning for Effective Public Participation and Techniques for Effective Public Participation. Alexandra appreciates the nuances of diverse perspectives and often competing agendas, and brings a breadth of experience to each meeting to ensure all parties have the opportunity to engage thoroughly and meet their objectives.
With effective and respectful engagement, ElknWillow serves to synthesize the human agenda, the ecological agenda, as a voice for community, a voice for ecology, and a voice for reconciliation.
Past facilitation has included:
- Strategic planning and visioning workshops for environmental non-government organizations,
- Contaminated sites workshops delivered to industry and government bodies,
- Community liaison and facilitator for stakeholder workshops ahead of community infrastructure projects,
- Meeting facilitator on behalf of Yukon First Nations ahead of resource development projects proposed within Traditional Territories, and,
- Community and regulator liaison for land development projects.