Facilitation & Engagement

We support health and education projects through high-calibre facilitation, leading focus groups, interviews, workshops, community forums, advisory groups, and panel discussions to generate meaningful engagement, actionable insights, and community-informed decisions. 

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Selected Projects: 

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BC After-School Sport and Arts Initiative

• Orchestrated the evaluation of the pilot phase and analyzed stakeholder feedback, spearheaded the development, design, and execution of annual community forums.

• Created custom workshop content and led training sessions for communities across British Columbia.

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Alzheimer's Drug Therapy Initiative - Seniors Medication Study

• Led focus groups with doctors, interviewed specialists to guide study design, and developed stakeholder communications materials.

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BC Healthy Families - Healthy Living Guide for Teens

• Spearheaded user-experience focus groups, synthesizing feedback to revamp and finalize the Healthy Living Guide for Teens for improved usability.​

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Self-Care Issues from the Perspectives of Individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Study

• Conducted a province-wide focus groups with oxygen/non-oxygen users, including tool development, transcript analysis, and co-authoring a 2004 study in Patient Education and Counseling.

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​About Katy

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Katy has a background in social work and education. She has her Master of Education degree specializing in adult education and community engagement, a certificate in Foundations in Effective Public Participation (Planning & Techniques) from the International Association for Public Participation Canada (IAP2). She serves as a facilitator with the Association of Early Childhood Educators Newfoundland and the BC Recreation and Parks Association through her series of Strategies for Behaviours We Find Challenging courses. Katy is also a member of the International Association of Facilitators.​​​​​