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Democracy Skills Workshops
Workshop Courses
This unique series of democracy skills workshops aims to bring together Canadians who want to become more active and effective citizens with experienced citizen advocates. The focus of the workshops is developing skills of participating effectively in community, government and corporate decision-making processes that affect citizens and their communities.
DEN guarantees that in each workshop course you will learn the most important skills for being an effective citizen organizer and advocate in Canada. Set out further below is a list of the lesson materials that make up the two courses.
The Democracy Education Network has developed two workshop courses (follow the links for more information):
These workshops have been offered in Toronto, Merrickville (Ontario) and London (Ontario).Significant financial support for developing the Level 1 and Level 2 courses and establishing locations at which the courses are offered has been provided since 2000 in grants by the Atkinson Charitable Foundation, and low-level support has also been provided by the Laidlaw Foundation.
As resources allow, DEN hopes to
establish a network of locations at which the workshops
are
offered across Canada.
To see
a list of links to many of the lesson materials set out below,
downloadable in PDF format, click here.
Customized Workshops for Citizen Groups
DEN also offers customized democracy
skills
workshops for citizens groups. The customized workshops can be
scheduled
for one hour up to several days, and can cover one topic or several
topics.
DEN guarantees that in each workshop you will learn the most important skills for being an effective citizen organizer and advocate in Canada.
Set out below
is the list of "how-to"
lessons
available in the customized skills workshops. If your
organization
is interested in booking a custom skills workshop, contact DEN for cost
information at tel: 613-241-5178 or email: advocacyskills@democracyeducation.net
. If you know the lessons you want taught at the workshop, please
list them in any email you send.
To see
a list of links to many of the lesson materials set out below,
downloadable in PDF format, click here.
ON POWER AND INFLUENCE, BOTH
PERSONAL AND
SOCIETY-WIDE
- The Elements of Power and Influence
- Taking the Self Profile
- Personal Power: Getting What You Want
- The Ladder of Citizen Participation
- Structure of Canadian Society
- Governance for sustainable human development: Glossary of Key Terms
ON CITIZEN ACTION, BOTH PAST AND
PRESENT,
IN CANADA
- Case Studies of Successful Active Citizens
- Highlights of the History of Citizen Action in Canada
- Some Key Citizen Organizations in Canada
- Resources on Being an Active Citizen in Canada
- Resources on the History of Citizen Action in Canada
ON GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND
OPERATION IN CANADA
- Government and Democratic Process in Canada
- The Canadian Constitution
- The Federal Parliament (and Canada's Prime Ministers)
- Provincial Government
- Municipal Government (including School Boards)
- The Roles of Government Departments and Central Agencies in Federal and Provincial Governments
- Usual Structure of a Federal or Provincial Government Department
- Federal and Provincial Government Policy Development Process
- Creating the Laws
- Federal and Provincial Government Legislative Process
- Federal and Provincial Government Regulation-Making Process
- How City Governments Make Decisions
- Some Key Government Contact Information
ON CORPORATE STRUCTURE AND OPERATION
IN CANADA
- General Information About Corporations
- How Corporations Make Decisions
- Key Corporate Organizations in Canada
HOW MAINSTREAM MEDIA WORKS, AND HOW
TO WORK
THE MEDIA
- Media Structure and Operations in Canada
- How the Mainstream Media Gathers the News
- How to Work Well with the Media
- How to do a Media Alert
- How to do a Media Release
- How to do a News Conference
- How to Speak Effectively With the Media
- How to Write a Letter to the Editor
ON ORGANIZING YOURSELF, OTHERS AND
YOUR CITIZEN
GROUP
- The Citizen Group Universe
- Learning Cycles
- Owning Your Communication
- Brief Summary of Logic and Logical Faults
- List of Consensus Attitudes
- How to Get Yourself Organized and Keep Yourself Organized
- Keeping a Record of Your Activities & Tasks
- 10 Steps to Holding an Effective
Meeting
- Things That Can Go Wrong at Meetings
- How to Make Good Decisions/Plans as a Group
- Stages of Group Development
- Giving Support to Group Members
- Conflict Strategies: What Are You Like?
ON ADVOCATING EFFECTIVELY
- Key Factors in Canada's Political Landscape to Consider for Effective Citizen Action
- How to Know Your Political Landscape / Knowing Your Place
- Steps to Organizing
- How to Set Goals and Develop Effective Strategies and Tactics
- Elements of Strategy
- Collaborative Problem-Solving Sequence
- The 4 Main Citizen Action Strategies
- Examples of Effective, and Ineffective, Campaigns
- Ways of Holding Corporations Accountable
- How to do Effective Research
- How To Make An Effective Speech - A Checklist
- How to Set Up Effective Information Tables
- Checklist for Planning A Public Education Event
- How to Write a Letter to a Politician
- How to Lobby a Decision-Maker
- Key Questions to Ask to Hold Government Accountable
- How to Organize a Network or Coalition
- How to Do a Credible Policy Platform Paper
- How to Use Access to Information Laws
- How to Fundraise
- How to Find and Work With a Lawyer
- How to Do a Credible Survey/Poll
- How to Do a Successful Boycott
- How To Organize An Effective Peaceful Legal Action or Peaceful Illegal Action
Street Address: 1 Nicholas St., Suite 1210
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 1084, Station B
Ottawa, Canada
K1P 5R1
Tel: (613) 241-5178
Fax: (613) 241-4758
E-mail: den@web.ca