The Deliberative Democracy Consortium has released a new report: Bridging the Gap between Public Officials and the Public. It looks at how legislators view public engagement and public deliberation: In these new materials, we ask whether public deliberation ...
Updated for 2014. One of the biggest and most important ways residents can ‘claim their place’ and ‘speak their mind’ is by voting in local elections. Unfortunately municipal elections seem to be the forgotten step-child ...
Earlier this month, The Guardian’s Local Government Network Blog held a live discussion about community engagement. Last week, they published the top tips. Here are 5 of our favourite great tips for enhancing civic engagement.
PlaceSpeak’s selection of interesting news and views from the past week: Through the Looking Glass: An Alternative View of the BC Real Estate Market: A look at who and what is really driving up the ...