Webinar: Community Engagement
About the Webinar:
Community Engagement is a vital step in project planning in the heritage sector. This webinar is conducted in the style of a Q&A, where the invited panelists answer key questions related to community engagement. The questions addressed are the following:
- What does community engagement and public consultation mean to you? What are the vision, goals and outcomes you hope to achieve when working with the public?
- What techniques and approaches have you used for community engagement and public consultation?
- What methods have you developed to overcome lack of interest? How do you re-shape the process and project?
- What does engagement look like when working with diverse communities? (Diversity in community size, cultural identity, etc.)
- How do you tailor your engagement program?
About the Presenters:
Judith Cook works as Heritage Planner- Information & Promotions at the Provincial Heritage Branch. Within this role she works with public engagement through local governments.
Denise Cook is an Heritage Conservation Planner who has worked as an independent consultant with communities across the province on projects that include community engagement.
Tracy Calogheros is CEO at the Exploration Place Museum and Science Centre in Prince George. In this role, she has conducted intensive community engagement with the local Lheidli T’enneh First Nation in repatriation, exhibition development and more.
This webinar was recorded on May 25, 2018.
It has a run-time of 55 minutes.