Public Health Ontario
This webpage provides a primer and recommended step-by-step process for health promotion and public health professionals to engage in municipal by-law development. Though it is specific to municipalities, many of these principles and approaches are applicable to situations involving broader policies and other types of organizations or groups. There are additional resources listed to aide those interested in policy development process, one specific resources is a PDF that describes the 8 steps of the process as they have been applied to the development of a municipal alcohol policy.
https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/documents/map-scan-primer.pdf?la=en