First meeting > Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, 2:30-4:00 Atlantic time   CES-NS is pleased to offer a study/discussion group in 2023-24 to provide Atlantic Canadian evaluators with supported learning to understand and use evaluation as a tool for decolonization, equity, and sustainability. Who: CES members from Atlantic Canada. When: 2:30-4:00 pm Atlantic, third Thursday of every month, October 2023 to June 2024 (first session is Thursday, October 19). Where: Zoom (you will receive a meeting invite after you register). What: Each meeting will cover one of the modules from the CES self-study course Foundations for Creating Cultures of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Evaluation. Participants will review the module in…

Join us for the second Journal Club meeting of 2023. In this session, we will discuss: Evaluation Literacy: Perspectives of Internal Evaluators in Non-Government Organizations Please see the below poster for more info. To register, visit https://tinyurl.com/3yty9vkf Please read the article in advance, and join us to discuss the ideas and how they connect to our context as evaluators!

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…

Last November, we posted an invitation to share your ethical moments, dilemmas, and tensions in evaluation to inform how CES will refine its ethical guidelines for practice. AND Implementation is continuing to Phase 2 of this process by inviting folks to complete a survey. Please see below for more info (English and French). What is ethical evaluation practice? CES is revamping its stance on (and member support for) ethical practice in evaluation. To help make sure this work is member-centred, please consider being part of our external consultation (Phase 2) by taking an online survey. This survey will ask you about your evaluation practice as well as to share your…

What’s that evaluation story you still tell at dinner parties? You know the one – it’s about that time your values were challenged, but you persevered. It ended with that nugget of wisdom that now guides your ethical evaluation practice. Now is your chance to share that story and have your say about (1) what ethical evaluation means to you and (2) how CES can support you to live your ethics in practice. External consultants (AND implementation) are building upon previous work to inform how CES will refine its ethical guidelines for practice. To do this, they need your help!  Interested in sharing your story and/or insights about ethics? Learn more…