Brenda shared that the Jump In Site will host the survey and all communications will send people to the Jump In Site and the survey. The Engagement Site has gained popularity recently and it will be used for engaging in the CSWBP, discussion forums, for comments and posting ideas. Committee asked to share out communications through their connections and teams.
Community Conversations will have to be virtual, via open public meetings. Tool kits are being developed where people can have their own conversations in their own group(s) and send in their results, offering more flexibility.
Focused sessions will be for agencies/organizations focused on the four priority areas. Possibly leveraging meetings/tables/groups/task forces that are already taking place, getting on those agendas.
Thank you to Jennifer J., Jennifer M, Lynda N. and Mandy H. with their help to engage Youth. Ideas of submitting stories, poems, art work to describe how they are feeling about safety and well being. Ideas of incentives were discussed, eg. gift cards.
Questions have been developed for the four focused areas for the targeted agencies/organizations sessions, and for the community conversations which are broader, youth engagement.
Feedback from the committee: look at specific or broader questions related to challenges, barriers, actions taken, marginalized groups, equality and inclusion. Jennifer J. to send question to Brenda from their experience preparing for a census with the Trillium Lakelands School Board around, how do you experience feelings of marginalization in the community because of your identity under the following categories (age, indigenous, racial identity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation). For the focused session with agencies/organizations, a question around equality/diversity/inclusion and their experience with the people they are surveying the key highlights of concerns, major impacts or gaps.
Lynda asked how to provide participation if not through Jump In. Paper copies of the survey will be available for distribution through agencies/organizations, especially school boards and BGC. Using the City Social Media platforms and possibly leveraging Community Partners Social Media platforms will be a focus to communicate. Amy shared BGC are leaders in the Social Media community and recommends connecting and engaging their help to reach out to youth and families.
Brenda suggested a sub-working group to concentrate on youth engagement. Mark commented this to be a good direction based on the discussions so far. Brenda, Amanda, Lynda, Jennifer J. and Jennifer M. to participate in sub-working group to work on youth engagement strategy.
Lynda sits on the Youth Engagement Sub-Committee and is going to ask to be added to the next agenda on June 24th to promote the strategy of the CSWBPC.
Pam shared that through different youth engagement strategies if there is a way to engage the youth themselves to either develop the message and/or be ambassadors to get the message out, this creates a lot of buy in with peers.
A focused session will be planned for groups that are part of all four priority areas and sessions planned for groups part for each priority area.
Was discussed and decided organizations already represented on the CSWBPC will be invited to the sessions.
Questions will go out in advance of the sessions.
Additional contacts/email addresses of organizations to the existing list being used, to be emailed to Brenda to be added.
Survey to be launched first, review feedback to determine setup of next sessions.
Community Conversations to be hosted virtually, an A.M. and P.M. session, end of summer/October, to answer broader questions, depending on interest will determine an additional session. Would need note taker volunteers for break out groups.
Brenda will draft survey for Jump In and send out to Executive for review before launch.