This is a reminder that the next CES-NS Journal Club will be held on July 25th, 12:05-12:55 pm (ADT). In this session, we will discuss Evaluation in the Provinces and Territories: A Cross-Canada Snapshot and Call to Action. At this session, we will be joined by CES Fellow, Kaireen Chaytor, co-author of the article! Please see the below poster for more info. To register, visit https://tinyurl.com/33nyhzjy. Please read the article in advance, and join us to discuss the ideas and how they connect to our context as evaluators!
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REMINDER: June 28 (today!) – CESNS Annual General Meeting with a presentation from CES President, Andrealisa Belzer
Hi everyone, just a reminder that today (June 28) is the CESNS Annual General Meeting (AGM), featuring a session led by CES President, Andrealisa Belzer, about CES Chapters as volunteer networks that are rewarding, impactful, inclusive, and sustainable. The schedule is as follows: To register for these events, please visit: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItceGprjkuHNOqkIfn-jB1K5d_0eEx1Fe6 Hope to see you there!
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Asking for a Friend: Sneak Peek at the C2022 Fellow’s Plenary (Working Nation to Nation: Using Evaluation as a Path to Truth and Reconciliation)
This final edition of #evalAFF offers a sneak peek at the C2022 Fellow’s Plenary. Also, today (June 3) is the last day to apply for Chapter assistance for virtual registration (details below)! This month, Andrealisa completes her term as acting Professional Development Chair with CESNS, and this season of the #evalAFF series, in anticipation of welcoming new volunteers into available Board positions at the June 22 CESNS AGM. To kick off Indigenous History Month, Andrealisa dedicates the Asking for a Friend YouTube video to answering questions that she will be discussing with collaborators on the C2022 Fellows Plenary Panel in Winnipeg this month on Working Nation to Nation (abstract below),…
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Looking for a lower-carbon way to enjoy travelling? Consider the train!
Did you know that in Canadian Evaluation Society members, and our travel companions, are eligible for a 5% corporate discount on the lowest available VIA Rail fair? Using this discount for business or leisure travel can be a great lower-carbon travel choice, and will help CES register a volume of sale so we can upgrade to a higher discount category in future years! The VIA Rail comparison tool compares carbon emissions and “productive time” of flight, train, and driving between destinations. On a recent holiday to Quebec City, I chose to travel both ways in a sleeper car on The Ocean route, which has resumed three runs per week. I…
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Asking for a Friend: Thinking Evaluatively About the “Conceptual Use” of Evidence for Awareness (Earth Day and Autism Month)
In April’s #evalAFF, I reference the below diagram from a blog post entitled “Unhappy Earth Day” to invite reflection on a) examples when action to increase “awareness” may be a necessary but insufficient evaluation-use proposition, and b) how to mitigate the risk that increased “awareness” of a phenomenon will stimulate counter-productive responses such as “greenwashing” marketing and merchandise. I also refer to pushback from #actuallyautistic on social media, for Autistic people to reclaim the narrative of “Autism Awareness” month, citing examples of how popular entertainment about Autism can perpetuate a neurotypical framing of Autistic communication as deficient, rather than different. In follow up to our April 19 Workshop on Evaluative Thinking…