Our current campaign aims to create awareness on decolonial, anti-racist, and feminist approaches in public engagement among policymakers, organizations, and the general public. Find information about our research, webinars, blog series, and more at the campaign page below!

Our past research, done collaboratively with Canada-based and global feminist activists, community organizers, public engagement practitioners and civil society actors, looked at the application of decolonial, anti-racist and feminist approaches in public engagement. Insights from this project underscore the need for governmental and non-governmental actors to center communities, allocate adequate resources, foster open dialogues, build relations of trust and solidarity, and develop critical reflexivity mechanisms.

Our current research extends this work and looks at the ecosystem within which decolonial, anti-racist and feminist lenses are used in public engagement. Through our analysis, we aim to understand the core elements of a supportive environment, the strategies through which sector actors can navigate complexities and arising challenges and pathways that can foster an enabling environment for the effective and meaningful implementation of these approaches. Through this project, and in our overall work, we aim to contribute valuable insights that can inform better practices and policy in public engagement.