2009 C2D2 Conference Podcasts: Connie Harrison, Voices from the Street, Toronto

Arjun Singh, C2D2 director, interviewed many different people at the 2009 C2D2 conference in Toronto. He thanks all those who shared their thoughts and experiences. His hope is that these short podcasts will not only provide a flavour of what happened at the conference, but will also serve to outline some of the broad contributions of the dialogue and deliberation community in Canada.

I really enjoyed speaking with Connie Harrison. Topics covered

• the problem of access to power
• people who are typically marginalized need to be treated as equals
• organic versus contrived dialogue
• possibility of someone from the street coming to the Mayor's office
• what rebuilding community means