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Reed, J. (2007), Appreciative inquiry: Research for change, SAGE Publications, Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA.

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Engagement strategy Ideas generated from May 9 Hangout

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Engagement strategy Ideas generated from May 9 Hangout

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face to face meetings, social media, conference calls, webinars, etc.

sharing values, objectives, methods, understanding

clear understanding similar / different mandates and goals of each org

education, cooperation, coordination bit in the draft,  combined with valuing local and traditional knowledge, acknowledging the power privilege dynamic, and acknowledging all of this as a community resilience strategy

meetings in the field, sharing tactics among organizations

interagency collaboration seeing first nations as an equal workforce as a working entity for their own jurisdiction but also cooperative within the larger picture

respecting TNG as a government

space for ceremony, traditional practices, learning protocols, TEK etc.

acknowledging the living relationships, needs to keep going every season and in-between

recognizing that the first few years will be rocky learning curves, and after that it may smooth out into something more natural

Stakeholders may also be asked to make a personal commitment to things like cultural safety training (through their org or on their own), and maybe workshops can be offered as part of the engagement strategy like the blanket exercise or the Village.

EC JH CM SC

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- Strengthen relationships and a sense of partnership between Chilcotin National Government and Federal/Provincial authorities
- Greater coordination of resources during wildfire response
- Enable situational awareness of the wildfire threat through local knowledge
- Increase preparedness through established evacuation procedures with local input
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1) Chilcotin First Nations
- Indigenous knowledge of wildfire hazard
- Identification of vulnerable groups and best support mechanisms
- Recognized persons of authority in the community (i.e. elders etc.)
- Local capacity to respond to wildfires (community firefighting crews)

2) Fire services
- Technical firefighting expertise
- Community FireSmart/  preparedness knowledge
- Advanced equipment (i.e. comms suites, personnel trackers etc.)

3) Provincial EMO and Federal Govt
- Forecasting wildfire risk and weather trends
- Provide evacuation support (i.e. transport, temporary housing etc.)
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FEMA's Guidance for Stakeholder Engagement - EC

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FEMA's Guidance for Stakeholder Engagement - EC

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Two types of local emergency management - municipal government responsibilities and community-level initiatives 

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Two types of local emergency management - municipal government responsibilities and community-level initiatives 

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Tools for assessing   positive and negatives of social capital as an applied resource for community emergency management (Murphy, 2007)

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Framework identifying how indigenous and scientific knowledge may be integrated to reduce community vulnerability to environmental hazards.

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Framework identifying how indigenous and scientific knowledge may be integrated to reduce community vulnerability to environmental hazards.

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This framework provides an established format and process for the integration of local knowledge in the creation of preparedness and evacuation strategy that is collaboratively developed by the BC Wildfire Service and First Nations communities
(Mercer, Kelman, Taranis, and Suchet-Pearson, 2010) https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7717.2009.01126.x
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How is conclusion reached?
1. Executive Authority or Majority Vote or Unanimous Agreement?
2. Gradients of Agreement Scale. As these are all highstakes decisions, a high level of agreement must be achieved.
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If we chose the Kaner Multistakeholder Engagement Strategy

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If we chose the Kaner Multistakeholder Engagement Strategy

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My attempt at fleshing this out...CM

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Diagonal Groups  to Town Hall
- The draft policy is presented to the community (includes all of the main and secondary stakeholders) in Town hall format.
-  questions and feedback are documented and brought back to the Diagonal Group for evaluation and input
-  these results are shared with EA for feedback which is evaluated and input  CM

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Who would do this? Perhaps a professional facilitator selected by the EA? Or three options for facilitator  are presented/selected/approved through consensus of all the identified stakeholders (vote, online survey, etc)   -CM

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Diagonal Groups and Thinking Teams define the problem by
- reviewing  relevant recommendations, reports, feedback (includes Tatla, Aus RC,  Wildfire Eng review)
- identifying gaps. opportunities, lessons learned,
- learning from emergent strategies, norms, groups, etc\
- findings report to EA for feedback which is evaluated and input
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The Trap of deferring to those in charge 

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The Trap of deferring to those in charge 

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Kaner discusses group tendencies to defer to the (perceived) persons in charge. Recommendation could be  a facilitator who can navigate these traps.  (Kaner, 2014, p. 208)  CM

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Diagonal groups of SME represented by Main /Core stakeholders identified in the template (except TNG, BC and Feds)
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Based on the recent tripartite agreement has a mandate to form a Steering Committee comprining of senior officials from TNG, Prov of BC, Federal Government
-  goal is collaborative work that is facilitated, high stakes and focused on  a shared outcome to define the problem, create a policy and build support (Kaner video, [37:18])
- the desired outcome is to build overall DEM capacity, and create a regional Emergency Center, training facility and evacuation center. (Collaborative Emergency Management Agreement, p 3-4) CM

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Chart for designing public engagement process 

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Chart for designing public engagement process 

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Handout from class
(Abelson et al., 2003, Table 1)  CM

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Ask the group to come up with their priorities (life, property, community, industry) and place them in order. View the (likely high) gradients of agreement to show shared values and goals. SC

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The strategy should identify who the core group is and lay out the progression of different activities that will be undertaken, following a method similar to the one presented in the Kaner video. Your discussion of this strategy should build from and incorporate your review from the literature, as well as other relevant literature sources.

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"demonstrate an understanding of the principles of facilitating participatory decision making and is able to design and conduct a facilitated working session leading to a group decision or other tangible outcome"

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https://bcfloodfirereview.ca/engagement/
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Use of talking circle / sacred circle as a means of building relationship and trust.

Shared with permission of Chief Wedlidi Speck. Gixam Clan, Kwagu'ł tribe.
Speck, W. (2018, Spring). Cultural Agility [Workshop handout]. Oyster River, BC.

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Supporting diverse communication styles 

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Supporting diverse communication styles 

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(Kaner, 2014, p200)
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If your strategy includes decision making, show methods of decision making, along with rationale for your methods should be provided.

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2. Methods to discuss, challenge, consider alternative perspectives

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2. Methods to discuss, challenge, consider alternative perspectives

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Learning about each other's perspectives. Understanding the varyious approaches to wildfire.
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1. Australian Royal Commision

2. Tatla Communities

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"Treating the group like an audience can be a trap."  [03:40] CM

"Participatory design making is not the point of decision.......design it and be ready to change it" [26:20]

"if you can't show it and say it, you can't see it." [47:30]  relates to transparency and accountability of the process, Kaner suggests publishing the logic model and names of stakeholders, describe their spheres of responsibility and stages and outcomes in context - all in plain language. CM

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problem: lack of relationship between Chilcotin First Nations and other stakeholders during wildfires

stakeholder analysis: current list in draft

ethical issues: lack of trust between govts etc.

engagement strategy: how to get all parties into the table long term

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Diagonal Groups and Thinking Teams
- draft a policy based on knowledge gathered and processed in Stage 1;
- policy process is shared with EA for feedback which is evaluated and input CM