Engagement that stands up to scrutiny.
Resolute & Gather designs and runs citizen and stakeholder engagement for governments, municipalities and public agencies — structured, impartial and sustainable, from the first session to the final report.
Good engagement isn’t measured by how many people showed up. It’s whether the process was fair, the analysis was honest, and the decision endures.
The full engagement, or the part you need.
Engagement & consultation strategy
An engagement plan built around the decision, the community and any statutory requirements — with the right method at the right level of influence.
Stakeholder & community mapping
Identifying who is affected, who must be heard, and who is easy to miss — so the process reaches beyond the usual voices.
Facilitation
Independent, impartial facilitation of public meetings, workshops, focus groups and online sessions — in person and remote.
Outreach & communications
Plain-language materials, notices and channels that bring people in and make participation genuinely accessible.
Analysis & reporting
Fair, transparent synthesis of what was heard — a “What We Heard” report that holds up to public and political scrutiny.
Options for decision-makers
Clear findings and recommendations that turn what the community said into something council or the board can act on.
A process built to endure.
Every engagement runs the same disciplined sequence, scaled to the size and sensitivity of the decision.
Scope
Understand the decision, the community and any legislated consultation requirements.
Plan
Design the engagement — who, how, at what level of influence, on what timeline.
Reach
Run accessible sessions that meet people where they are, online and in person.
Analyse
Synthesise what was heard fairly and transparently, without cherry-picking.
Close the loop
Report clearly, and go back to participants on what changed as a result.
We’re honest about how much say the process really allows.
Not every decision is open to change, and pretending otherwise erodes trust. We structure engagement to the internationally recognised IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation — and we’re clear from the outset about where a given project sits on it.
Increasing public influence over the decision, left to right.
Concrete deliverables.
Scoped to your project and set out clearly in the proposal — no surprises about what lands on your desk.
- Engagement & consultation planObjectives, audiences, methods, timeline and level of influence.
- Stakeholder & community mapWho is affected, who to reach, and how.
- Facilitated sessionsPublic meetings, workshops, focus groups and online engagement, fully run.
- Communications & outreach materialsPlain-language notices, prompts and participation channels.
- “What We Heard” reportTransparent analysis of input, methodology included.
- Findings & recommendationsOptions and advice ready for council or board.
New practice. Deep bench.
Resolute & Gather is new. Its founder isn’t.
For twenty-five years, our founder has designed and led convenings and stakeholder processes for some of the world’s most demanding institutions — work where the process had to be impartial, the analysis had to hold, and the outcome had to endure. That craft now works for Canadian municipalities, agencies and governments. References from comparable engagement work are available on request.
<A selection of the clients our founder has served
Straightforward to engage.
Canadian-based
Based in Ontario and available for projects across the province and beyond.
Independent & impartial
A neutral third party — engagement the community and municipality can both trust.
Clear pricing
Costed by project or day rate, scoped to your brief. References on request.
Send us the brief.
Working on a consultation, a plan, or an RFP? Tell us what it needs to achieve and we’ll tell you plainly whether we’re the right fit and how we’d approach it.