CES-NS will be hosting its next Fireside Chat tomorrow – May 9, 2023, 3-4pm AST! Join us for a discussion on the following webinar about Utilization-Focused Evaluation Principle 3 – Customize: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1_yVGnTTy0. We ask that you watch the video in advance and join us and spark some conversation about customizing evaluation! Please see the below poster for more info. To register, visit https://tinyurl.com/4mddb5e9. For any questions, please contact [email protected].

Our friends at CES Newfoundland and Labrador (CES-NL) are hosting “Participatory Sensemaking for Evaluation” on Thursday, June 15, 2023 from 12:30 – 3 pm AST! Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/participatory-sensemaking-for-evaluation-tickets-628689004737 Description: The goal of this workshop is to introduce and engage with some theory and practices for Participatory Sensemaking in Evaluation, through the lens of Developmental Evaluation. Sensemaking is a set of practices that engage collaborators impacted by the work being evaluated to understand evaluation findings and create more opportunity for evaluation findings to effect positive change. The method will be a virtual participatory style workshop where participants can engage in Jamboard on Zoom. There are no specific prerequisites to attend this session, but it…

CES-NS will be hosting its next Fireside Chat on April 11, 2023, 3-4pm AST! Join us for a discussion on the following webinar about Utilization-Focused Evaluation Principle 3 – Customize: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1_yVGnTTy0. We ask that you watch the video in advance and join us and spark some conversation about customizing evaluation! Please see the below poster for more info. To register, visit https://tinyurl.com/4mddb5e9. For any questions, please contact [email protected].

There is just one week left to submit nominations for an award to support attendance at the CES 2023 national conference taking place from June 19 to 21, 2023 in Quebec City, QC. More information on the conference is available at https://c2023en.evaluationcanada.ca/. Conference registration, travel and accommodations support is available in a limited amount to support up to two CES members who reside in Nova Scotia. We welcome nominations of any current resident of Nova Scotia who has made or has the potential to make an important contribution to the evaluation community in our province. Individuals can be emerging practitioners or those more experienced with evaluation. We are particularly interested in…

Join us for the next CES-NS Journal Club on April 25th, 12:05-12:55 pm (AST). In this session, we will discuss: Fostering an Evaluative Culture by Addressing a Breakdown in the Policy Development Cycle. Please see the below poster for more info. To register, visit https://tinyurl.com/6a83p8zu. Please read the article in advance, and join us to discuss the ideas and how they connect to our context as evaluators! Apologies for not hosting a journal club meeting in March! We had some technical issues with our blog, but they have been resolved.