One example for us, which we are launching next year, is the Canada civic action week. We are trying to make democracy and civic engagement more accessible and more understandable for the public by organizing music and cultural events, book launches, conferences and volunteering events in which communities themselves drive civic activities in their communities in a one-week period throughout the country.
It creates a narrative for how important civic engagement and democracy are. It also creates a sense of belonging throughout the whole of the country during one week through what they do, not through what we ask them to do. It's how they integrate civic engagement and democracy conversation: art, music, volunteering, community engagement and university lectures. All of this can contribute to creating a common, shared sense of engagement among Canadians.
