Community Dialogue
Gender-based Analysis Engagement on alcohol use in Edmonton parks
Better policy needs better listening. this work strengthened decision-making by ensuring the voices most often left out helped shape what happens next, in service of the common good.
Supporting better policy by centring voices often left out of the conversation.
When Edmonton piloted alcohol at designated picnic sites, the usual data streams could not capture who benefits, who is burdened, and what equity-seeking communities actually experience. The City needed an engagement approach designed to reach people who are often missed, and to surface the nuances that typical public processes do not hear.
Profile
Client: City of Edmonton (AB)
Practice Area: Community Dialogue
Impact Domains: Equity and Inclusion; Public Space Experience and Safety; Community wellbeing
Frameworks: GBA+ (Gender-Based Analysis Plus); Intersectional equity lens; Trauma-informed, inclusive engagement practices
Work
Designed an engagement stream using a GBA+ lens to complement more traditional engagement
Focused on people who were unaware of the pilot, or not reached in earlier rounds
Prioritized quality of conversation over quantity to learn what standard surveys miss
Brought racialized and equity-seeking perspectives into clearer view for policy decisions