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Collective Wisdom in Search of Democracy

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In a second in our series on wise democracy – Natalija Voijno published a post about the Wise Democracy session on Medium, sharing her thoughts on better democratic decisions. Deliberation, election and political practices have attempted many forms of democratic participation. Yet do we experience these as democratic? What contributes to a felt understanding of […]

May 5, 2020By Peter Jones Dialogue, Think Civic engagement, Democracy, Governance

Designing Participation for a Wise Democracy

We are exploring a conversation on the possibilities of what we call “wise democracy” using the tools from the Wise Democracy project. With participatory exercises to guide dialogue, we explored questions of: How might we design for co-creative democratic participation?  How might we invoke wisdom to facilitate power sharing?  What practices might we be missing […]

March 6, 2020By Peter Jones Dialogue, Learn Civic engagement, Democracy, Social Change

Leading Between the Lines

How might we as citizens inspire responsive governance in the next term of Toronto’s city leadership and beyond? As citizens of Toronto we are responsible for the governments we elect to represent us. How can we inspire leadership for a shared, sustainable future? The rapid changes and growth that Toronto is undergoing has both local […]

September 1, 2014By Peter Jones Act Civic engagement, Community building

Where is Home? Leadership & the Soul of Placemaking

June’s Unify Toronto dialogue hosted leadership educator, facilitator and Juno-nominated pianist Michael Jones, inspired by his forthcoming book: The Soul of Place: Reimagining Leadership through Arts, Nature, and Community. The book is expected shortly, and will be available for August’s Design with Dialogue (8/13) as Michael returns to OCADU with a second session for the book […]

July 1, 2014By Peter Jones Dream, Play Civic engagement, leadership, Placemaking

Framing Four Perspectives on Mental Wellness

DwD 11.13.13 Adapting a method we call an Innovation Town Hall, November’s Design with Dialogue explored the landscape of campus and community mental wellness, the innovation of responsive care, and the experience of health services. The session was organized as a collaboration with OCAD University’s Health and Wellness Centre as part of their service design […]

November 2, 2013By Peter Jones Learn, Understand Civic engagement, Community Dialogue, Healthcare, Personal Transformation

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