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SUMMARY:September 2025 e-Essential Skills Series
DESCRIPTION:The Canadian Evaluation Society’s on-line ten-week course offers participants with a basic understanding of the main models and practices of evaluation. No prior knowledge of evaluation or social science research methods is required to participate. Participants will gain: \n\nBasic knowledge and skills\,\nAppreciation for essential elements of evaluation\,\nCapacity to apply acquired knowledge and skills\, and\nDevelopment as an evaluation professional.\n\nThe Essential Skills Series is ten self-paced learning modules that cover everything from basics like the objectives of evaluations\, all the way through to practical skills such as budgeting and workplan development. The discussion forum encourages knowledge transfer/sharing among participants and instructor\, instructor reviewed assignments to guide learners and real-time Zoom learning at the start and conclusion of the course. \n  \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDescribe the role of evaluation in the program lifecycle;\nExplain common evaluation terms\, functions\, and approaches;\nList the steps in planning and conducting an evaluation;\nDescribe how common social science data collection methods are used in evaluations;\nDescribe the value and use of project management concepts in evaluations;\nOutline ways to support the use of evaluation findings and produce actionable evaluation reports; and\nRecognize evaluation standards and ethical principles and identify their role in the professionalization of evaluation in Canada.\n\nLearners will be expected to: \n\nComplete one module per week independent of the facilitator;\nParticipate regularly in discussion forums with participants and the instructor;\nComplete seven assignments to submit to facilitator for review/feedback\n\nAbout the Facilitator \nDr. Keiko Kuji-Shikatani\, Credentialed Evaluator\, is a Canadian Evaluation Society Fellow (CESF)\, and a CES Credentialing Board member. Keiko has studied embedding monitoring and evaluation systems in organization for her doctoral work which she continues to expand through her evaluation practice for over 35 years. She is an international expert on principle-focused developmental evaluation for learning as we go for continuous quality improvement in the public sector\, evaluative thinking\, evaluation use\, evaluation capacity building\, evaluator competencies and professionalization of evaluators. Keiko was instrumental in the development and the operationalization of the Canadian Evaluation Society’s Credentialed Evaluator Designation and documented our Canadian experience for the use of other evaluations societies around the world in a special edition of the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation.
URL:https://evaluationontario.ca/event/september-2025-e-essential-skills-series/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Essential Skills Series,Professional Development,Student,Student & New Practitioner
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SUMMARY:Collective Traction for Evaluation Impact: Project Management Skills
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming session:\n \n\nOctober 14\, 28\, November 11\, 2025\nOnline\nRegister today! \n\nCollective Traction for Evaluation Impact: Project Management Skills\nFacilitator: Erich Koroschetz\n \nEven the best evaluation can stall if the work plan isn’t clear\, collaborative\, and adaptable. Join us for a three-part series on how to improve and clarify your evaluation goals and project management skills. \nMonitoring and Evaluation professionals play a pivotal role in guiding organizations to evidence that supports mission-critical decisions\, but who decides what those decisions should be? Additionally\, organizing and managing complicated evaluations requires a structured approach to reliably satisfy expectations over the course of an evaluation. This course equips M&E practitioners with practical and essential design-thinking and project management skills to enhance the effectiveness of their evaluations. \nThrough interactive sessions and hands-on exercises\, participants will learn to clarify requirements for human-centred evaluations\, break down complex goals into manageable steps\, and coordinate activities in a structured and adaptive manner. The course emphasizes the use of applicable design-thinking principles and tools to ensure inclusivity and alignment with constituent needs. \nBy actively engaging in live Zoom learning events with enhanced interactivity features\, participants will each contribute to our collective learning experience. Prior to each Session\, registered participants will be issued a digital workbook\, allowing them to print and capture their personal reflections and learnings throughout the session and to apply in future Sessions. Light correspondence with registered participants between sessions will encourage a sustained focus on new learning. \n**** \nSession 1: A Human-Centred Approach to Define Your Evaluations\nOctober 14\, 2025 | 10:00am – 1:00pm\nDefining Your Service’s Mission-Critical Criteria\nUncover what is truly meaningful to those who use and are a part of the services you are monitoring. \nTogether\, we will explore foundational Design-Thinking concepts and use empathy-based service design tools to define methods and criteria for evaluating various services we encounter together. By the end of this session\, participants will be able to use Design-Thinking tools to reveal evaluation requirements that honour and reflect a diversity of user perspectives. \nSession 2: Structuring Your Evaluations for Shared Success\nOctober 28\, 2025 | 10:00am – 1:00pm\nVisualize Your Evaluation Project\nStructure comprehensive evaluations to ensure your team and partners are familiar with their responsibilities. \nIn this session\, participants will apply learnings from Session 1 to define the key objectives and contextual assumptions that shape the scope of their evaluation project. Together\, we’ll consider how program and service assets like logframes help to break the evaluation into practical “work packages” that can be shared among team members to produce the critical deliverables and outcomes of the evaluation project’s overall scope. At the end of this session\, participants will be able to clearly outline an evaluation project’s scope\, requirements\, and team roles and responsibilities. \nSession 3: Co-Creating an Actionable Evaluation Work Plan\nNovember 11\, 2025 | 10:00am – 1:00pm\nDevelop Your Resilient Work Plan\nGalvanize your evaluation strategy with an adaptive plan. \nBuilding on the clarity and structure established in earlier Sessions\, together we will explore logical dependencies between work packages and map the overall process based on core assumptions. We will explore project management strategies that preserve the core success criteria of the evaluation while flexing plans when you are confronted with unfolding real-world conditions. By the end of this session\, participants will have consolidated their understanding of how a well-structured\, adaptive work plan protects the intent and integrity of a collaboratively developed\, mission-oriented evaluation. \nLearning outcomes: \nDomain 1: Reflective Practice\n1.4 Considers the well-being of human and natural systems in evaluation practice \nDomain 2: Technical Practice\n2.1 Clarifies the purpose and scope of the evaluation\n2.3 Clarifies the program theory\n2.4 Frames evaluation topics and questions \nDomain 3: Situational Practice\n3.1 Examines and responds to the multiple human and natural contexts within which the program is embedded\n3.2 Identifies stakeholder’ needs  and their capacity to participate\, while recognizing\, respecting and responding to aspects of diversity.\n3.3 Respects all stakeholder and strives to build and maintain trusting relationships\n3.5 Monitors and responds to organizational changes and changes in the program environment during the course of the evaluation. \nDomain 4: Management Practice\n4.1 Provides leadership to the evaluation project\n4.2 Defines work parameters\, plans and agreements for the evaluation\n4.4 Coordinates the work of other team members\n4.5 Uses group management and facilitation skills \nDomain 5: Interpersonal Practice\n5.1 Uses communication strategies appropriate to the cultural\, linguistic\, social\, and political context \nAbout the Facilitator: \nErich Koroschetz is an experienced guide in project management\, quality improvement\, and change management\, with over 20 years of leading projects\, improvement\, and evaluation initiatives in both public and private sectors. As a post-secondary educator known for his engaging\, candid\, and inclusive style\, Erich connects proven insights to real-world application\, helping professionals achieve clarity\, collaboration\, and measurable results. Erich operates a consulting practice dedicated to equipping public enterprise with skills and resources to deliver projects responsibly for community change.
URL:https://evaluationontario.ca/event/collective-traction-for-evaluation-impact-project-management-skills/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:CES Ontario Virtual Conference: Politics\, Progress and Possibility
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conference on the theme of Politics\, Progress and Possibility! Network\, learn\, and grow with evaluators like you!\nThe Canadian Evaluation Society Ontario Chapter (CES Ontario) is pleased to invite evaluation practitioners\, researchers\, academics\, emerging evaluators\, and students to join us for CES Ontario’s 2025 Virtual Conference. \nEvaluation is a constantly changing field of practice\, informed by new and emerging technologies\, approaches\, and political pressures. We will survey these topic areas\, explore their interplays and connections\, and discuss how to integrate them into our work. \nTopic Areas: \n\nNew and next approaches to program evaluation: new evaluation processes\, frameworks\, and models\, alternative funding models\, and decolonized evaluation approaches\nTechnology: how AI (and other tools!) are changing evaluation\, and considerations of utility and equity\nPolitical considerations: evaluation politics in Ontario\, Canadian\, and international contexts\, as well as managing projects and stakeholders\n\nConference participants will: \n\nGain a deeper understanding of current trends\, innovations\, opportunities\, and challenges for enhancing and integrating approaches in evaluation.\nGain important evaluation skills to address current and future trends.\nEnhance connections with other evaluators\, networks\, and organizations.\nContribute to discussions about the importance of evaluative thinking and evaluation practice in the areas of new approaches\, technology\, and politics.\n\nVisit our Virtual Conference website for session descriptions\, speaker bios\, and more!
URL:https://evaluationontario.ca/event/ces-ontario-virtual-conference-politics-progress-and-possibility/
CATEGORIES:Advanced/Intermediate,Membership,Professional Development,Social Networking,Student,Student & New Practitioner
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SUMMARY:Eval Café: Games & Mingling Night
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a relaxed\, social Evaluation Café where we’ll mix purposeful networking with a couple of light\, laughter-friendly games to help folks connect across projects\, sectors\, and roles. Expect easy icebreakers (think Human Bingo / Speed-Friending energy)\, evaluator-adjacent shenanigans\, and plenty of time to chat. \nWhat to expect \n\n\n5:30–5:50 Check-in\, grab a bite\, casual intros \n\n\n5:50–6:25 Game #1: quick mixer to meet new people \n\n\n6:25–6:55 Game #2: small-group fun (zero prep required) \n\n\n6:55–7:30+ Open networking \n\n\nFood & drinks: Light snacks provided; drinks available for purchase at the bar. \nWho should come: Evaluators\, researchers\, data/strategy folks\, students\, and anyone evaluation-curious. \nVibe: Friendly\, low-stakes\, come-as-you-are.
URL:https://evaluationontario.ca/event/eval-cafe-games-mingling-night/
LOCATION:The Dylan Bar\, 1276 Danforth Ave\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M4J 1M6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:EvalCafe,Social Networking
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SUMMARY:Eval Café: Evaluation Trivia
DESCRIPTION:To start the new year\, let’s have a bit of fun together. Join us for some trivia about evaluation and your peers! \n\n\nEvaluation Cafe Ontario online events are an opportunity for us to network and learn from our colleagues across the province.  Anyone can join whether from Ontario or not\, but presenters/facilitators will always be from Ontario.\n\nWe have a continuous open call for topics\, activities\, discussions\, etc.  Whatever you want to share\, do\, discussion with peers from across Ontario\, you let us know\, and we make it happen.\n\nTo RSVP\, join the CES Ontario Groups.io group and RSVP online.
URL:https://evaluationontario.ca/event/eval-cafe-evaluation-trivia/
CATEGORIES:EvalCafe
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T130000
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SUMMARY:The Art and Science of Producing Effective Infographics
DESCRIPTION:The interactive and multi-modal workshop focuses on infographics – artistic or graphic presentation of data to communicate insights.\n\n\n\nData visualization as a hot topic in the evaluation world\, especially in knowledge transfer activities. This fast-paced webinar will focus on a specific type of data visualization\, namely infographics – artistic or graphic presentation of data to communicate insights. We will briefly orient infographics in the realm of data visualization\, illustrating some different types of infographics. Then our focus will shift to the science of why we should use infographics in our communication suite to our various audiences (clients and funders). We then venture into design theory\, calling on the works of data visualization experts Bernard Marr\, Stephanie Evergreen\, and Garr Reynolds. The bulk of the time will be aimed at specific design elements of graphics\, colour\, font\, and layout\, which help us tell the story of our most important element: the data. We will then put these elements together with examples\, and then look at resources and tools for infographic production. If time permits\, the session will conclude with a short question period. \nLearning objectives: \nBy the end of the Workshop\, the participant will be able to: \n\nCompare the different types of infographics and situate them in the greater web of data visualization\nUnderstand the basic tenets of design theory and how the brain process and information\nIdentify and appraise the design elements of effective infographics\nLocate and use various resources and tools for effective infographic production\n\nIn addition\, this workshop aims to strengthen capacities in line with the following Competencies for Canadian Evaluation Practice: \n2.8 Identify data sources \n2.13 Assesses trustworthiness of data \n2.16 Reports evaluation findings and results \n3.5 Serves the information needs of intended users \n4.6 Reports on progress and results \n5.1 Uses written communication skills and technologies \nAbout the Faciliator: \nA. Sidiq (Sid) Ali\, is an expert in education programs\, focusing on assessment program development\, management and evaluation. He has over 20 years’ experience as an evaluator. Sid combines his skills in psychometrics and evaluation to foster his professional interests in program evaluation capacity-building in the private sector\, program development in licensure and certification contexts\, as well as in effective data analytics and visualization. Since founding his consulting practice (www.rae-consult.com)\, he has worked with profession regulators and governing bodies in accounting and financial management\, healthcare\, law and international sanctions\, as well as with the learning and development units of two of the big five Canadian banks. He began his better data visualization journey in 2008\, focusing on effective presentation strategies for PowerPoint. He now blogs and speaks about data visualization\, and has been an invited guest blogger on Stephanie Evergreen’s effective data visualization blog. He has produced infographics for official CES communications\, has conducted a CES national webinar on infographics and has facilitated workshops on infographics for CES-ON and CES-MB. Sid is a Credentialed Evaluator\, earned his M.Ed. and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in Educational Measurement and Evaluation\, and was a two-term Director for CES-ON.
URL:https://evaluationontario.ca/event/the-art-and-science-of-producing-effective-infographics-10/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Winter 2026 e-Essential Skills Series
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a ten-week facilitated course on the foundations of evaluation.\n\n\n\nThe Canadian Evaluation Society’s on-line ten-week course offers participants with a basic understanding of the main models and practices of evaluation. No prior knowledge of evaluation or social science research methods is required to participate. Participants will gain: \n\nBasic knowledge and skills\,\nAppreciation for essential elements of evaluation\,\nCapacity to apply acquired knowledge and skills\, and\nDevelopment as an evaluation professional.\n\nThe Essential Skills Series is ten self-paced learning modules that cover everything from basics like the objectives of evaluations\, all the way through to practical skills such as budgeting and workplan development. The discussion forum encourages knowledge transfer/sharing among participants and instructor\, instructor reviewed assignments to guide learners and real-time Zoom learning at the start and conclusion of the course. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDescribe the role of evaluation in the program lifecycle;\nExplain common evaluation terms\, functions\, and approaches;\nList the steps in planning and conducting an evaluation;\nDescribe how common social science data collection methods are used in evaluations;\nDescribe the value and use of project management concepts in evaluations;\nOutline ways to support the use of evaluation findings and produce actionable evaluation reports; and\nRecognize evaluation standards and ethical principles and identify their role in the professionalization of evaluation in Canada.\n\nLearners will be expected to: \n\nComplete one module per week independent of the facilitator;\nParticipate regularly in discussion forums with participants and the instructor;\nComplete seven assignments to submit to facilitator for review/feedback\n\nAbout the Facilitator \nTina Sahay has worked in the area of Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement for more than 25 years\, supporting governments at the national\, provincial and municipal levels in Canada as well as the not-for-profit sector. Tina operates a consulting firm in Toronto and works on client projects in all areas of her specialty of community and public health. She works extensively with vulnerable populations including newcomers\, youth and those at-risk for mental health and substance use disorders. Tina also provides training to professionals on various aspects of program evaluation. She is an instructor for the Canadian Evaluation Society and has designed and conducted training programs for Toronto Public Health\, Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation\, MOHLTC\, Hastings Prince Edward Public Health and York University. \nTina holds a Masters degree in Health Science from the University of Toronto and is a certified Quality Improvement Specialist. Tina is also a credentialed evaluator with the Canadian Evaluation Society.
URL:https://evaluationontario.ca/event/february-2026-e-essential-skills-series/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Essential Skills Series,Professional Development,Student,Student & New Practitioner
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