Speak. Share. Thrive. A Retrospective Study of the Public Engagement Process for Alberta's Social Policy Framework
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2014-03
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This Capstone Project provides insight into public engagement practices and analysis of
the Alberta Government’s Speak. Share. Thrive. engagement process. In an effort to address
social policy issues facing Albertans, Alberta Human Services was mandated to create Canada’s
first provincial Social Policy Framework. The Framework, released in 2013, was a direct
outcome of input collected through the Speak. Share. Thrive. engagement process. This process
collected input from over 31,000 Albertans over six months using a variety of different
engagement techniques. Public contributions from employees, businesses, social services,
community members, and families provided the content for this Framework, and will guide
Alberta’s social policy initiatives over the next decade and beyond.
This Capstone Project identifies public participation’s history and theory, the merits and
difficulties of public engagement practices, as well as direct insight into the experiences of
Speak. Share. Thrive.’s creators and participators. The analysis is centred on identifying best
practices and gaps in the engagement process. It provides insight into advantages and challenges
of Speak. Share. Thrive. and offers policy options to advance accomplishments and address
barriers.
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Mills, McKensi. (2014). Speak. Share. Thrive. A Retrospective Study of the Public Engagement Process for Alberta's Social Policy Framework ( Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.