The Health Canada Policy Toolkit for Public Involvement in Decision Making

Level 5 Technique:
References

Citizens' Juries:

• Coote, A. and Lenaghan, J. Citizens' Juries: theory into practice. London, Institute for Public Policy Research, 1997.
• Coote, A. and Mattinson, D. Twelve Good Neighbours: the citizen as juror. The Fabian Society: Discussion Paper 31. 1997.
• Global Ideas Bank - http://www.worldtrans.org/GIB/
• Institute for Public Policy Research - http://www.pip.org.uk

Citizens' Panels

• National Forum on Climate Change -
  http://www.nrtee-trnee.ca/climatechange/
• Citizens' Panel on Local Governance in Ottawa-Carleton -
  http://www.citizenspanel.ottawa.on.ca
• Analysis of Ottawa-Carleton Citizens' Panel -
  http://www.city.nepean.on.ca/reform/citpt1.htm
• Citizens' Conference on Food Biotechnology: A Public Discussion on the Future of Food - http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~pubconf/
• The Loka Institute - http://www.loka.org
• Town Meetings on Technology, Richard E. Sclove -
  http://www.loka.org/pubs/techrev.htm
• Report on Danish Citizens' Panel on Gene-Modified Food -
  http://www.loka.org/pages/DanishGeneFood.html
• Evaluating the Impact of the First U.S. Citizens' Panel on Telecommunication and the Future of Democracy -
  http://policy.rutgers.edu/papers/5.pdf (98 KB Adobe Acrobat file)
• Danish Board of Technology - http://www.tekno.dk/eng/
• International links -
  http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~pubconf/Citizen/intercit.html

Consensus Conference

• Consensus Conference on Biotech, 5-7 March 1999. For more information, contact: Professor Edna Einsiedel, University of Calgary (403)220-6357 - einsiedel@ucalgary.ca
• Loka - http://www.loka.org/pages/panel.htm
• UK Ceed - http://www.ukceed.org

Deliberative Polling

• Center for Deliberative Polling -
  http://www.la.utexas.edu/research/delpol/cdpindex.html
• TAN+N News About Projects -
  http://www.auburn.edu.tann/tann2/project2.htm@CITIZEN
• Institute for Public Policy Research - http://www.pip.org.uk

Search Conference

• Public Policy Forum. Search Conferences - A Participative Policy Tool. March 1999.
• Public Meetings (PEI Literacy Alliance) -
  http://www.nald.ca/PROVINCE/PEI/LITALL/holdmeet/meeting1.htm
• Future Search Network - http://www.searchnet.org

Study Circles

• Canadian Centre for Management Development -
  http://ccmd-ccg.gc.ca/mainpage.html
• Canadian Centre for Management Development. Public Consultation Guide, Changing the Relationship Between Government and Canadians. May 1997.
• Study Circles - http://www.nald.ca/clr/study/study.htm
• Study Circles resource page -
  http://meena.cc.uregina.ca/~icsgd2/index.html

Study Groups

• Research on Internet Use and Study Groups (Bob Stephens). December 1997 - http://www.aom.pace.edu/lists/bps/0065.html
• University of Victoria Counselling Services Learning Skills Program: Study Groups, 1996 - http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/studygp.html
• Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Interest and Study Groups - http://www.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/cfuw/studygroups.html
• Harvard University, Institute of Politics, Study Groups, November 1998
  http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~iop/studygroups.html

Think Tanks

• Kassirer, Jay and Mckenzie-Mohr, Doug. Tools of Change: Proven Methods for Promoting Environmental Citizenship, National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy.