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SUMMARY:Eval Cafe: Evaluation Capacity Building
DESCRIPTION:From the event description: \nAs noted at our last Eval Cafe event\, some members noted interest in evaluation capacity building. A few members stepped up and we’ll have a couple present at this event; covering both building capacity with internal and external stakeholders. \nWe’ll be on the Bedford Academy’s patio for this event. Try to show up at 6:30 pm. We’ll begin the discussions as soon as enough people show up\, but by 7pm at the latest. We’ll provide some apps courtesy of CES-ON’s sponsorship\, but attendees will cover their own drinks or food beyond the apps. \nBuilding Internal Evaluation Capacity:\nMargaret (Meg) Gassanov (Ph.D.\, CE) will draw on her experiences of building internal evaluation capacity within the City of Toronto. She will explore five areas requiring attention to be successful in these efforts. The presentation will include examples of activities that can be done to build internal evaluation capacity\, from the perspective of an internal evaluator. \nBuilding Audacity – Evaluation Capacity Building with External Partners:\nThis brief presentation will explore the challenges of building capacity across external organizations: that is\, among sponsors\, clients\, and stakeholders that evaluation teams have no formal\, long-term commitment to. It will focus on concrete activities aimed at helping align organizations’ strategic priorities while considering ways to spur along sustainable cultures of evaluative thinking and learning. Kris Erickson (PhD\, BFA) will draw on his experiences in community development\, education\, and workforce development to lead this interactive chat. \nAs always\, the CES-ON sponsorship will provide some snacks\, but you will be responsible for any food or drink beyond that. \nTickets: https://www.meetup.com/Evaluation-Cafe-Toronto/events/262998033/.
URL:https://evaluationontario.ca/event/eval-cafe-evaluation-capacity-building/
CATEGORIES:EvalCafe,Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190725T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190725T190000
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SUMMARY:CES Ontario Member Engagement Session: West
DESCRIPTION:At our recent AGM\, membership approved our Mission\, Vision\, Values\, and Strategic Directions. Members in attendance also provided their input into how we can achieve our goals. \nWe know many evaluators live too far away to be able to attend our AGM in person. For those members\, we are hosting a series of online sessions to get their input. We are looking for passionate members in Western\, Eastern\, and Northern Ontario to attend a one-hour online session and help us plan how to better serve their regions. If you have ideas for how CES-ON can achieve our goals in your area\, please sign up to the session for the region you consider yourself to be in. \nEastern – July 18th at 6pm to 7pm\nWestern – July 25th at 6pm to 7pm\nNorthern – August 1st at 6pm to 7pm \nTo help us facilitate the session\, we are limiting registration to 15 members. \nGaining feedback from most of our members\, allows us to serve you better. We look forward to hearing your input and encourage you join us! \nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ces-ontario-member-engagement-session-west-tickets-64706201992.
URL:https://evaluationontario.ca/event/ces-ontario-member-engagement-session-west/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190718T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190718T190000
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SUMMARY:CES Ontario Member Engagement Session: East
DESCRIPTION:At our recent AGM\, membership approved our Mission\, Vision\, Values\, and Strategic Directions. Members in attendance also provided their input into how we can achieve our goals. \nWe know many evaluators live too far away to be able to attend our AGM in person. For those members\, we are hosting a series of online sessions to get their input. We are looking for passionate members in Western\, Eastern\, and Northern Ontario to attend a one-hour online session and help us plan how to better serve their regions. If you have ideas for how CES-ON can achieve our goals in your area\, please sign up to the session for the region you consider yourself to be in. \nEastern – July 18th at 6pm to 7pm\nWestern – July 25th at 6pm to 7pm\nNorthern – August 1st at 6pm to 7pm \nTo help us facilitate the session\, we are limiting registration to 15 members. \nGaining feedback from most of our members\, allows us to serve you better. We look forward to hearing your input and encourage you join us! \nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ces-ontario-member-engagement-session-east-tickets-64706049536.
URL:https://evaluationontario.ca/event/ces-ontario-member-engagement-session-east/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190715T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190715T193000
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SUMMARY:CES Summer Social: Evaluator Meet + Greet
DESCRIPTION:About our Event:\nWe would like to host you at the CES Summer Social coming up at Page One. The purpose of this event is to provide an informal setting for new practitioners and students to network with experienced Evaluators\, learn from their narratives\, and ask questions. The event will be structured as four casual small groups – please feel free to move among them throughout the evening! Food and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided. \nPlease take a moment to review the bios of our Experienced Evaluators\, and come prepared with questions. You can ask general questions about evaluation\, about their careers\, about tricky evaluation scenarios you might be facing right now\, and more. \nSee you on Monday July 15th! \nThis meet and greet is presented in conjunction with the July 2019 Essential Skills Series.  \nAbout our Experts:\nPatricia King is currently the Vice President of Evaluation and Qualitative Research at Dig Insights and an Adjunct Professor at Dalhousie University. She previously worked as the Director of Evaluation at MQO Research. Other past experience includes working in the public sector as a Manager with the Provincial Government of Newfoundland and Labrador conducting research to inform policy development\, as well as in the private sector conducting provincial and national evaluations. She just completed tenure as president of the CES–Newfoundland and Labrador (CES-NL). She has over 8 years of experience on volunteer boards\, and almost 10 years of experience on both the client and suppliers side of research and evaluation. Patricia holds a Masters of Applied Social Psychology from Memorial University and a Credentialed Evaluator (CE) designation from the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES). \nEden Amare is an Evaluator that is passionate about social services. She currently works as a Policy Development Officer with the Shelter\, Support & Housing Administration division of the City of Toronto\, where her projects focus on quality assurance and evaluation. She previously worked as the Program Evaluator at Toronto Public Health where she evaluated communicable disease control programs. Eden also possesses evaluation experience at the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement\, including organizational evaluation capacity-building. She holds a Master of Health Evaluation from the University of Waterloo and was a finalist in the 2018 Canadian Evaluation Society Student Case Competition. \nNick Petten is a researcher\, consultant\, and evaluator that is primarily concerned with how to meaningfully and ethically involve diverse populations in research\, evaluation and program design. As a representative of his professional associations in several governance functions (Canadian Evaluation Society and American Evaluation Association) and currently working in municipal government in Strategic Planning\, Management and Evaluation\, Nick is continually facilitating knowledge exchange and demonstrating the social impact of programming and services for people using ethical and rigorous scientific methods. \nPaul Bakker is a Credential Evaluator and coach\, with over a decade of experience. For the last seven years\, he has run his independent evaluation consulting practice\, Social Impact Squared. His evaluation projects are typically for small nonprofits or provincial government agencies in the areas of education\, health\, employment\, youth development\, and crime prevention. His wide range of experience includes using developmental evaluation approaches to carrying out quasi-experimental designs and statistical analyses. Paul also organizes Evaluation Cafe Toronto events for those interested in evaluation to learn and connect with each other. \n\n\nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ces-summer-social-evaluator-meet-greet-tickets-64185596848.
URL:https://evaluationontario.ca/event/ces-summer-social-evaluator-meet-greet/
CATEGORIES:Membership,Social Networking,Student,Student & New Practitioner
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190619T130000
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SUMMARY:2019 CES AGM + Learning Event
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the 23rd annual CES Ontario AGM and Learning Event! This event is open to all members of the Canadian Evaluation Society Ontario chapter\, as well as interested members of the public. \n  \nEvent Agenda:\n1:00 PM – 1:30 PM: Registration & Networking \n1:30 PM – 3:45 PM: Annual General Meeting + Integrated Strategic/Operational Plan update and consultation \n3:45 PM – 4:00 AM: Break & Networking Event \n4:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Learning Event: Feminist Data Analysis \n  \nAnnual General Meeting + Integrated Strategic/Operational Plan update and consultation\nAs you are all aware\, CES Ontario has undertaken an integrated strategic and operational planning process (ISOP) to guide us over the next 5 years. In this session\, members will review our updated Vision\, Mission\, Value Statements\, and Strategic Directions. We will also be engaging members in helping us identify key activities to move our operational planning forward and bring our ISOP Goals to life. \nLearning Event: Feminist Data Analysis\n\nVery few people become evaluators because they want to promote racist or sexist ideas. However\, it’s very easy to accidentally fall into these traps\, particularly in the data-centric aspects of evaluation. A working understanding of how to incorporate ethics and equity into quantitative evaluation is essential. Heather’s talk will tell stories and show real world examples that will guide you through the process of learning to identify inequity and hidden bias at seven key stages of the evaluation data lifecycle. \nAbout the Speaker:\nHeather Krause is a data scientist working on projects for equity and ethics in data. As a statistician (PStat) she attacks the largest questions facing societies today\, working with non-profit and social sector organizations\, local and national governments\, and data journalists. Her relentless pursuit of clarity and realism in these projects pushed her beyond pure analysis to mastering the entire data ecosystem including ground-breaking work in evaluation\, data sourcing\, design\, visualization\, communication\, and journalism\, each incorporating bleeding edge theory and technologies. Her unique contributions have been sought across a range of clients from individual researchers to large international organizations including FiveThirtyEight\, Orb Media\, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation\, CARE\, MasterCard\, the UNHCR\, and several national governments. \nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2019-ces-ontario-agm-learning-event-tickets-62239544152.
URL:https://evaluationontario.ca/event/2019-ces-agm-learning-event/
CATEGORIES:Annual General Meetings,Membership,Social Networking,Student,Student & New Practitioner
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190528T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190528T203000
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SUMMARY:Eval Cafe: Equity in Evaluation
DESCRIPTION:Our two facilitators will present on their approaches to ensuring their evaluation work is equitable\, and then will help us reflect on what we can do to incorporate equity considerations into our evaluation practice. Heidi Schaeffer will present on her work evaluating health equity initiatives and on applying Outcome Harvesting principles to enhance equity and inclusion. Heather Krause will also present on how Feminist data analysis principles present opportunities to increase equity\, inclusion\, and fairness. \nCES Ontario is a sponsor of Eval Cafe Toronto. \nTickets: https://www.meetup.com/Evaluation-Cafe-Toronto/events/260769828/.
URL:https://evaluationontario.ca/event/eval-cafe-equity-in-evaluation/
CATEGORIES:EvalCafe,Membership,Social Networking,Student,Student & New Practitioner
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181105T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181105T190000
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SUMMARY:City of Hamilton & CES Ontario: Research and Evaluation Network Event
DESCRIPTION:Join the City of Hamilton – Children’s Services and Neighbourhood Development Division and the Canadian Evaluation Society – Ontario Chapter (CES-ON) at a co-hosted inaugural Research and Evaluation Network event. This event is free to attend\, and light snacks and refreshments will be provided. \nThe City is looking to broaden the scope of the previously existing Best Start Early Year’s Research and Evaluation Committee to include more members\, a wider range of functions\, including a focus on human services and system-level inquiry and learning. \nOne of CES-ON’s goals is to support local evaluation communities of practice and connect its members to them. \nThe event will start with a presentation from Michelle Vine and Rachel Laxer (from Public Health Ontario) on the Evaluation of the Healthy Kids Community Challenge\, which is a community-based intervention developed by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC). Forty-five Ontario communities worked with local public and private partners to develop and implement community-based initiatives (i.e.\, programs\, policies\, environmental supports) to promote healthy behaviours among children and youth. Michelle and Rachel will discuss: \n\nHow a multi-stakeholder approach is integral for population-based initiatives to be most effective.\nResults of some of the partnerships formed.\nSuccesses and challenges associated with forming public-private partnerships.\nWays in which PHO formed partnerships across sectors in order to carry out the different evaluation activities.\n\nAfter the presentation there will be small group discussions on how to best nurture engagement in the Research and Evaluation Network moving forward. \nLastly\, there will be time for open networking\, so that attendees can get to know new members working on evaluation in the Hamilton region. \nWhat are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event? \nThere are paid parking lots under Jackson Square mall\, which is attached to the Library. \nWhen to arrive: \nPlease arrive starting at 4:30pm to register and find a seat\, as the event will start at 5pm sharp. \nAbout the presenters: \nDr. Michelle Vine is an Evaluation Specialist in Health Promotion\, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention at Public Health Ontario and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo. She is a social geographer\, with a focus on the environment and health\, population health intervention research\, health policy implementation and evaluation\, and qualitative research methods. \nDr. Rachel Laxer is an Evaluation Specialist in Health Promotion\, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention at Public Health Ontario. Her PhD research focused on obesity-related behaviours in youth\, and the implementation of programs and policies in schools to improve youth health behaviours. Prior to PHO\, Rachel worked as an evaluation consultant for Ophea\, evaluating the impact of their Healthy Schools Certification and informing programmatic changes. \nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/city-of-hamilton-ces-ontario-research-and-evaluation-network-event-tickets-51252328093.
URL:https://evaluationontario.ca/event/city-of-hamilton-ces-ontario-research-and-evaluation-network-event/
CATEGORIES:Membership,Social Networking
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180619T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180619T120000
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SUMMARY:2018 CES Ontario AGM + Member Consultation
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the 22nd annual CES Ontario AGM + Member Consultation! This event is open to all members of the Canadian Evaluation Society – Ontario chapter\, as well as interested members of the public. \nEvent Agenda:\n8:30 – 9:00 AM: Registration\, Breakfast & Networking \n9:00 – 10:00 AM: AGM \n10:00 – 10:30 AM: Break & Networking Event \n10:30 – 11:55 AM: CES Ontario Integrated Strategic-Operational Plan Member Consultation \n11:55 – 12:00 PM: Closing Statements \nMember Consultation:\nSonja Nerad from SN Management will be facilitating a session at the upcoming Annual General Meeting. The purpose of this 90-minute session is to provide members of CES-ON with an opportunity to engage in the current strategic and operational planning and inform the Board of Directors decision making process as it looks to establish its three-year priorities. In advance of the session we will share a “Backgrounder” that will set out the key issues that are facing our organization and provide the evolving context for our strategic planning. SN Management will ask members to critically reflect on the key issues and help to shape the emerging strategic plan by assessing a series of opportunities and options for strengthening the Chapter’s relevance and sustainability over the coming three to five years. \nAbout the Consultants:\nSonja Nerad\, founder and owner of SN Management is excited to be supporting the CES-ON to develop an integrated strategic and operational plan. SN Management is a fully incorporated management consulting firm established in 2011 specializing in planning\, operations improvement and innovation. We use a strengths based approach grounded in principles of respect and trust to help organizations achieve tangible and practical results while building capacity for continuous learning\, innovation and sustainability. \nThe SN Management Team includes Sonja Nerad\, associate Fredrick Kreutlein and Leigh Himel\, CEO\, Gravity Partners\, a brand strategy\, marketing and communications planning firm. Together\, we offer CES-on our expertise in: \n\nStrategic and business planning\nIntegrated brand assessment\, planning and marketing\nStakeholder engagement\, consultation and change management\nOrganization/system review\, design\, development and capacity building\nFull cycle program planning\, evaluation\, performance measurement and reporting\nPartnership development\, front/back office and corporate integration\nLeadership coaching\, mentoring and interim management.\n\nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2018-ces-ontario-agm-member-consultation-tickets-46382059990.
URL:https://evaluationontario.ca/event/2018-ces-ontario-agm-member-consultation/
CATEGORIES:Annual General Meetings,Membership
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