THE GOALS OF OUR PROCESS

Canada's World was first and foremost about engaging citizens in a dialogue that moved beyond rhetoric and examined key international policy themes from a basis of common information. Canada's World aimed to inspire Canadians to formulate and advance their own future-oriented vision for Canadian international policy.

Our specific goals were to:

? Create a broad and inclusive collaborative initiative that involves citizens, organizations, individuals, businesses and institutions active internationally.

? Engage Canadians who have not traditionally participated in foreign policy initiatives and increase their knowledge of Canadian international policy.

? Design and deliver a national dialogue process that empowers citizens to deliberate, formulate and advance options for Canadian international policy and is seen as a model for citizen engagement and deliberation on public policy issues.

? Develop a new story of Canada in the world that reflects the historical experiences, values, assets and interests of Canadians.

? Build the capacity of participants to communicate the new story to government, the media and other international policy actors.

Find out more about why we believe this is important by reading our rationale, or see how we acomplished this by reading about our process.