Company Overview

The Praxis Group involves people and organizations in the decisions that affect them. By custom designing decision-making processes; drawing together experienced project teams; and, using innovative tools and techniques for obtaining, recording and analyzing data, Praxis has succeeded in improving the quality of decision making among our clients. Our clients include public, private and non-profit sectors. Projects range from one-day workshops to multi-year, regional national and international assignments - each one individually designed to meet unique goals.

Major areas of work include:

public involvement, public education, and outreach processes market and survey research capacity building and training communications planning and graphic presentations

Praxis Headquarters. the focus is on large-scale public involvement programs, policy related processes and strategic level advisory projects.

Praxis Research - provides clients with relevant and actionable information based on research methods including focus groups, scan readable surveys, web-surveys.

Praxis Pacific - specializes in public involvement programs related to environmental assessment, planning and decision-making.

Praxis Canada and Praxis Affiliates Praxis has established working relationships with like-minded individuals, organizations and consulting firms across Canada.

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Additional Details

Legal Name: Praxis, A Social Planning Company (1984)

Number of Employees: 15

Contacts

Services

• Environmental Consultant - Consulting
• Environmental Consultant - Environmental Impact Assessments

  Socioeconomic Assessment and Management Praxis conducts socioeconomic (SIA) impact assessments, fiscal impact and cost/benefit analyses of development projects. Projects include renewable and non-renewable resource extraction and development; tourism; manufacturing and processing; and irrigation and hydroelectric projects. Projects assess parameters such as demography, economic and employment impacts, community services, infrastructure and quality of life of communities. The purpose is to forecast the nature and extent of direct, indirect and induced workforce impacts resulting from a proposed development and its ongoing operations.

• Environmental Consultant - Environmental Services-other

  Public Participation and Consultation Processes Praxis manages the design, development, implementation and evaluation of public involvement programs. Projects involve:

  • developing strategy and action plans for implementing public

  processes;

  • identifying relevant publics, interest groups and government

  contacts;

  • organizing and developing meeting formats and follow-up

  planning;

  • conducting public meetings and hearings, workshops, interviews,

  surveys and needs assessments;

  • providing total support and logistics to public hearings and

  review panels;

  • managing and analysing large volumes of both quantitative and

  qualitative information collected from surveys, written submissions and presentations made at pubic hearings; and

  • preparing manuals on public involvement, project reports and

  issue or background papers in "plain language".

• Environmental Consultant - Integrated Resource Management
• Environmental Consultant - Natural Area Parks, Recreation And Tourism

  Public Participation and Consultation Processes Praxis manages the design, development, implementation and evaluation of public involvement programs. Projects involve:

  • developing strategy and action plans for implementing public

  processes;

  • identifying relevant publics, interest groups and government

  contacts;

  • organizing and developing meeting formats and follow-up

  planning;

  • conducting public meetings and hearings, workshops, interviews,

  surveys and needs assessments;

  • providing total support and logistics to public hearings and

  review panels;

  • managing and analysing large volumes of both quantitative and

  qualitative information collected from surveys, written submissions and presentations made at pubic hearings; and

  • preparing manuals on public involvement, project reports and

  issue or background papers in "plain language".

• Environmental Consultant - Public Relations/Institution Building

  Capacity Building and Training Workshops Paxis conducts training courses and workshops and capacity building programs on social and economic impact assessment and public consultation. These programs are delivered both domestically and internationally.

• Environmental Consultant - Research

  Specialized Community and Survey Research Praxis plans, administers and analysers survey processes and questionnaires for a variety of needs, using a range of methodologies. We have the expertise to conduct conventional surveys as well as use more specialized methods such as the Delphi process based on the client's needs. Using sophisticated search and statistical software, and Praxis' Qualitative Data Management System (QDMS) we have the capability to analyse both quantitative and qualitative data. Praxis has specialized experience in using surveys to identify issues or public perceptions and attitudes as part of community needs assessments or larger public processes. Many statistically valid surveys have been undertaken for Parks Canada under the auspices of often related to the significant impacts of growth in the area.

• Environmental Consultant - Rural Land Management
• Environmental Consultant - Socioeconomic Studies

  Socioeconomic Assessment and Management Praxis conducts socioeconomic (SIA) impact assessments, fiscal impact and cost/benefit analyses of development projects. Projects include renewable and non-renewable resource extraction and development; tourism; manufacturing and processing; and irrigation and hydroelectric projects. Projects assess parameters such as demography, economic and employment impacts, community services, infrastructure and quality of life of communities. The purpose is to forecast the nature and extent of direct, indirect and induced workforce impacts resulting from a proposed development and its ongoing operations.

• Environmental Consultant - Training And Education

  Capacity Building and Training Workshops Paxis conducts training courses and workshops and capacity building programs on social and economic impact assessment and public consultation. These programs are delivered both domestically and internationally.

• Environmental Consultant - Urban Planning

  Growth Management and Monitoring Praxis develops and reviews community plans and economic development strategies, and devises strategies for managing growth of communities affected by resource development and tourism activities.

• Richard Roberts

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