• Journal Club,  Professional Development,  Study/Discussion Group

    CES-NS 2024 Spring Journal Club: Tuesday April 23 12:05-1:55pm AT (session time extended to accommodate student learning)

    Join us for a special April Session in Partnership with Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Management Dalhousie’s Master of Public Administration (Management) Program students who are in the final days of completing their course in Program Evaluation will join this session. Students will contribute to the discussion, ask questions, and importantly deepen their learning by engaging with members of our CES-NS community of learning and practice! Session Description: In this session, we will discuss Lahey’s (2023) article “John Mayne and the Origins of Evaluation in the Public Sector in Canada: A Shaping of both Evaluation and the Evaluator” You can find the article from the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation at https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/full/10.3138/cjpe.75451…

  • Journal Club,  Professional Development,  Study and Discussion

    CES-NS 2023 Journal Club: Fall Sessions

    Upcoming: Tuesday, October 24, 12:05-12:55pm AT Moderator: Wendy Kraglund-Gauthier Session Description: Join us for the first Fall Journal Club meeting. In this session, we will discuss Bobby Thomas Cameron’s 2023 article, Building Capacity with Evaluation Standards and Guidelines in Prince Edward Island: Responding to Academics’ “Call to Action” (Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation). Please read the article in advance, and join us to discuss the ideas and how they connect to our context as evaluators! Once registered, you will receive the details to log into Zoom. Save the 4th Tuesday each month in your calendars for more Journal Club meetings! Interested in evaluation? Want to engage with peers in Nova…