Engagement Supports

A range of supports may be provided to lower participation barriers for community members. Supports should be considered along with facilitation and engagement formats (eg. in-depth dialogue-based engagements, virtual meetings, and online surveys). Some examples of engagement supports include:

• Provision of food and refreshments at the event, either through catering arranged by partner organization, through an arrangement with a catering service, or if engaging online, through a meal delivery service (eg. Skip The Dishes, Uber Eats, Doordash).
• Offer of two-way transit tickets for any participants who travelled to the engagement by public transit. Single-trip tickets may be purchased in bulk from TransLink, which can be distributed at events.
• Provision of services needed at the event to support participation, including outreach, facilitation, language interpretation and translation, ASL (sign language) interpreters, and/or childminding.
• Coverage of room rental costs that may be incurred, small administrative fees required to deliver engagement (eg. processing honoraria), or any costs incurred by an organization related to waiving program fees for participants (eg. youth day-camp.)
• Supply costs related to facilitation and activities.
• Reimbursement to participants for child- or elder-care services that allow participants to attend an event.
• Reimbursement to participants for costs including but not limited to special transportation (eg. Gas for trip of Elder and/or Knowledge Keeper to and from event, taxi expenses as needed).
• Provision of honoraria for their participation. More guidance provided in the honoraria section.