Building Sustainable Communities
Subtitle: Information Gathering and Sharing
Edition: Module 2: Information Gathering and Sharing
Publisher: eCampusOntario Open Authoring Platform; Pressbooks
Published: 2022-02-28
Language: eng
Format: Ebook
Copyright date: 2022
Subjects: Sustainability; Social impact of environmental issues
Description: Information Gathering and Sharing is the second module in this course, Building Sustainable Communities: The Impact of Engagement, and highlights the importance of gathering and sharing information in order to engage with communities. The first lesson discusses why you may consider collecting community data and ethical considerations that need to be made when consultation occurs within a community. In the second lesson we will dive into methods to consider when collecting important information about community sustainability. In the third lesson we will describe Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) for you and the roles it plays in building sustainability communities. Lastly, lesson four provides case study examples of successful knowledge mobilization efforts within communities pertaining to both health and environmental research. Overall, this module will provide with you additional building blocks required to navigate along the path of this course through the remaining three modules.