2026 P2 Palooza Moments

Thank you to all of the speakers, volunteers, and participants who made the 2026 P2 Palooza such a memorable event! A special thank you as well to our Gold Sponsor, Dialogue Partners; our Silver Sponsor, WSP; our Bronze Sponsor, Forum Community Relations; and our Table Sponsors, CE Canvas and Jambo—your support helped make this event possible.

We kicked off the Wild Rose Chapter’s largest networking and learning event with an evening of connection and plenty of laughs at improv comedy at the Grindstone Theatre on Thursday.

On Friday, we were fortunate to hear from Margaux Bruno, Candace Denison, and Kym Hyshka, who challenged us to think more deeply about how we engage and collaborate with Indigenous communities, navigate misinformation, and approach complex conversations. Lindsay Humber, Deanna Cambridge, Tannis Topolinsky, and Erin Pote also shared their experience and advice with both emerging and seasoned engagement professionals, offering valuable insights into building meaningful careers in public participation. To close out P2 Palooza, Rebecca Smith and Cara Lenoir from IAP2 Canada, along with Gay Robinson from IAP2 International, provided updates on their organizations’ strategies and successes.

With nearly fifty P2 practitioners in the room and plenty of opportunities to connect, the conversations were thoughtful, engaging, and full of energy. We hope everyone left with new connections, fresh ideas, and renewed inspiration to bring back to their work.

The IAP2 Wild Rose team is truly grateful to everyone who contributed, and we look forward to creating more opportunities for our members to connect, learn, and grow together.

2026 P2 Palooza Sponsors

Gold Sponsor

Dialogue Partners is a nationally-recognized public engagement consultancy. Their expertise helps you to engage with the public, facilitate conversations, and understand the perspectives of those who are interested and impacted. The public engagement experts at Dialogue Partners have become thought leaders in engagement, facilitation, and conflict transformation.

When people start talking with each other, not at one another
When we escape yes or no, black and white dichotomies
When we realize that many of the tools we use to communicate are pushing us away from having real conversations

... we’re on the path to something sustainable.

Silver Sponsor

WSP is the home of ambitious, passionate, and innovative world shapers. One of the world's largest professional services consulting firms, providing engineering, advisory, and design expertise to public and private sector clients globally,

WSP has 83,000 employees in over fifty countries, specializing in transportation, infrastructure, environment, energy, and building projects. WSP employs engagement professionals across Canada to support relationship development, community participation, and permitting.

Bronze Sponsor

Forum Community Relations is your trusted partner in Indigenous Relations, training and reconciliation.

This year, Forum moved beyond the booth with an on-site Cultural Agility Activation at the P2 Palooza. Attendees could book a 15-minute 1:1 coaching session with Forum founder Anne Harding to get a "micro-dose" of Forum's new Niso'kawaiksi (All My Relations) Cultural Agility program.

Anne has over 20 years of experience in Indigenous engagement, is a certified coach, Core Values Award winner and holds the CP3 designation from IAP2.

Networking Booth/Table Sponsor

CE Canvas is a purpose-built project management platform for community engagement, replacing fragmented tools with a structured, AI-powered workspace that helps teams plan, deliver, and report with clarity and consistency.

Networking Booth/Table Sponsor

Jambo is stakeholder relationship management (SRM) software that centralizes stakeholder and Indigenous community engagement in a single, secure platform. Jambo makes it easy to manage relationships, track communications and commitments, and generate regulatory-compliant reports.