Imagine BC

• Overview
• Objectives
• Vision, Mission, Values
• Context
• Advisory Council
• Delegates
• Five-Year Plan

About > Overview

British Columbia is considered to be one of the best places in the world to live. Yet amid this prosperity exist troubling socio-economic disparities, environmental degradation, a resource-based economy in transition, a health care system facing increasing pressures, and a physical and cultural landscape quickly vanishing due to economic migration and global economic forces beyond the region. Such challenges, tensions and diverse experiences call out for dialogue.

Imagine BC is a five-year series of dialogues that seeks to create a forum for diverse perspectives about the future of the province.

Each year the series of dialogues may include:

• small dialogues where thirteen delegates produce a thematic consensus statement and set of future scenarios
• medium sized dialogues where delegates report on themes and interact with policy-makers and elected officials
• large sized dialogues which include 150 participants and a province-wide radio audience on themes and questions concerning BC's future
• local dialogues engaging participants in communities across the province

By asking citizens, influencers and experts to engage in meaningful dialogue and to collectively imagine the kind of future we want in the province, Dialogue Programs’ Imagine BC series generates provocative and constructive visions to bring about real social change, one conversation at a time.