The Student Case Competition has a long history of helping to cultivate emerging evaluators in Canada but this year we’re trying something different – we’re going online! Two teams will be competing in this year’s second round (Simon Fraser University and the University of Waterloo) to see who will be crowned this year’s champion. We expect the competition to be tight, so turn out to support these students and see how they are going to respond to a challenging, novel case! See our Twitter page for more information on the teams (https://twitter.com/CES_casecomp). The competition is being held Monday, June 15th at 3:30 EST. Everyone is welcome to join us, but…

CES recognizes that evaluators have a role to play in addressing systemic issues that affect people’s lives.  Evaluators are in a position to influence the decisions of governments, non-governmental organizations and other key service providers whose actions affect our daily realities.  CES considers it part of our mandate to support evaluators in dismantling systemic and structural oppression, and is actively working towards modelling inclusion, encouraging diverse perspectives and learning new ways to acknowledge and address the struggles of historically oppressed communities.

The Canadian Evaluation Society Nova Scotia Chapter Annual General Meeting will be held on: Monday, September 16th Noon – 1:30 pm All CES NS members in good standing are invited to attend. This meeting will be held virtually using the Zoom platform Please register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/1de2ef4e9119eb34d746f627e8486654 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. This meeting will be held virtually to increase access for those living across the province, as well as reduce the environmental foot print of the meeting. Thank you again to those of you who participated in the vote that allowed us to postpone the AGM until…

Jenn Dixon, the successful applicant for CES Nova Scotia Chapter funding to help attend the conference, was asked to reflect on her conference experience. Here is what she shared with us.   With the support of the CES-NS Branch I was provided a wonderful opportunity to attend the 2017 CES Annual Conference in Vancouver, BC from May 1-4th. Ongoing professional development, and feeling connected to the field of evaluation are so important, and I am grateful to CES-NS to help continue my growth and journey. The theme of this year’s conference was “Facing Forward: Innovation, Action and Reflection”. For myself, the theme was perfect timing as I am in the…

From one of our board members: It’s no secret that the Canadian Evaluation Society’s annual conference is a smorgasbord of professional development on salient themes, fabulous networking, and memorable social events (http://c2017.evaluationcanada.ca/program/). But have you heard about the fantastic silent auction donations and prizes? This year, I am thrilled to have won any two days of training at The Evaluators’ Institute of Claremont Evaluation Center in Washing, DC this July, worth over $1200! Check out the program here, and you will understand why I HAD to bid on this prize, and why I will definitely sign up for additional days at TEI! https://tei.cgu.edu/events/july-2017-program/ Andrealisa Belzer, CE