What is deliberative community engagement?

Community engagement invites people who will be interested in or impacted by a decision to take part in the decision-making process. This usually happens through surveys, interviewing, voting, making comments and using interactive online tools.

Deliberative engagement is a deeper level of engagement. It provides participants with more information and more time to consider, problem solve and form a response. Deliberative engagement often happens in a group setting, such as the deliberative housing workshop.