Engagement Summary Citizens were invited to participate in a card-sorting exercise to help understand the ways citizens group information on a government website. Card sorting is a simple way for many people show how they would organize content, thus helping inform how to organize government content to best suit citizens’ needs. Participants were asked to individually sort …
Engagement Summary In Improving Care for B.C. Seniors: An Action Plan (February 2012), the Province committed to establishing an Office of the Seniors Advocate to support a more accessible, transparent and accountable approach to addressing the issues and interests of seniors in British Columbia. The Office of the Seniors Advocate routinely engages with B.C.’s seniors through …
Engagement Summary Between October 22 and December 3, 2015, citizens were asked how government could save time, provide easier access to services, and reduce red tape. From March 1, 2016 to April 10, 2017, British Columbians continued to send their ideas to help cut red tape and the B.C. government provided responses. Timeframe: October 22, …
Engagement Summary Citizens were invited to provide feedback on the Protected Areas Framework for British Columbia’s South Okanagan as part of an effort to protect the unique and diverse region known as the “pocket desert”. This area is important to First Nations and contains sacred cultural and traditional use sites such as Spotted Lake and …
Engagement Summary In remembrance of the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s death in April 1865, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum asked Premier Christy Clark to prepare a letter reflecting on the meaning of Abraham Lincoln and his legacy to British Columbians. To ensure the letter was truly reflective of British Columbia’s unique perspective, Vancouver-False …
Engagement Summary The purpose of the engagement was to host a discussion with citizens and stakeholders about improving public consultation in the BC environmental assessment process. Public consultation is an important and necessary aspect of environmental assessments in British Columbia, based on the principle that those affected by proposed projects should have an opportunity …
Engagement Summary Since the project of modernizing provincial water law began in 2009, government has heard from First Nations, industry and environmental groups, professional organizations, local governments, and individual citizens with an interest in our water resource. The Water Sustainability Act and a first phase of new regulations came into force on February 29, 2016. …
Engagement Summary Emergency Management BC (EMBC) invited the public to complete an online survey to help understand British Columbians preparedness for an emergency. All B.C. residents were invited to participate. People’s responses to the survey, will give PreparedBC better information in order to continually refine their materials, information and outreach to target the areas of …
Engagement Summary: BC Parks is part of the Ministry of Environment and is responsible for the designation, management and conservation of a system of provincial parks, ecological reserves, conservancies, protected areas and recreation areas located throughout the province. In 2014, they invited citizens to provide input on a new policy that would improve major ski …
Engagement Summary The Ancient Forest/Chun T’oh Wudujut, about 113 kilometres east of Prince George is home to unique ecosystems, and some of the oldest trees in the country. The Province announced on July 17, 2015 that it was taking action to preserve the Ancient Forest and called for public input into the planning process. Public …
