CES-ON: AGM/Learning Event info + Student case competition

AGM and Learning Event topic

CES-ON is pleased to announce that our 2022 AGM and Learning Event topic will be Culturally responsive approaches to evaluation: Making sense of theory and practice with Dr. Jill Chouinard.

Join us for a discussion with Dr. Chouinard on culturally responsive evaluation. The presentation will include a reflection on the roots of evaluation and how evaluation practices and theory have evolved over time. Please bring your questions and thoughts to this thought-provoking event!

The Learning Event is part of the CES-ON 26th Annual General Meeting on June 22 from 11 AM to 2 PM.

Please plan to attend the AGM! This is our first AGM after our incorporation as a nonprofit and we need to have 40 attendees to meet quorum. Please register online here!

Call for nominations

We are currently seeking to recruit one (1) new director for a three-year term (2022-25). We are seeking to fill the role of Professional Development Committee (PDC) Co-Chair. Officers typically serve a 2-year term. 

Is the Board recruiting for specific skills? 

As we are recruiting for the PDC Co-Chair role, we are seeking evaluators with interest/ experience in the following streams: marketing and event planning; e-learning/ professional development. The full Terms of Reference for the committee are available here.

The Co-Chair responsibilities are:

• Ensure that the CES-ON Professional Development Committee carries out its responsibilities to CES-ON to plan, develop and implement professional development for evaluators across Ontario.
• Ensure that the committee works in a participatory manner with the Board and other Board committees and that the results of its work are transparent and responsive to the membership.
• Oversee the work of the committee as described under Role and Principles of Operation.
• Ensure the Strategic Plan of the CES – ON is carried out as it pertains to the PD Committee.
• Maintain a productive PD Committee membership that consists of 5 to 8 members including at least two members of the Board of Directors.
• Hold 8 meetings per year more if required, and encourage working groups to be set up to work on specific projects.
• Prepare reports to the CES-ON Board of Directors at regular Board meetings and to the membership at the Annual General Meeting.
• Works with all Board Committees to ensure the strategic plan of the Board is carried out.
• Collaborates with other chapters, particularly the National Capital Chapter.

I’m interested. How can I apply? 

Qualified individuals are invited to submit the following to nominations@evaluationontario.ca: 

• completed nomination form (requiring two current members to support your nomination), 
• personal statement (750 words or less),  
• current resume with two references 

If you are new to evaluation and/or do not know current CES members who can support your nominations; to request more information about Board officer roles, or if you have any questions, please email nominations@evaluationontario.ca.  

When do Nominations close?  

Deadline Extended! Nominations will be accepted until June 17, 2022, or until the position is filled.  

Chapter Bylaw updates

As per the Canadian Nonprofit Corporations Act, CES, Ontario Chapter members have to approve the Bylaws at the first Annual Meeting held after incorporation and to be submitted to Corporations Canada within 12 months. We have provided them to you 30 days in advance of the next Annual General Meeting on June 22, 2022.

We now invite you to review the bylaws document and offer your feedback via this survey. The survey introduction gives an overview of key difference between our old and new bylaws

If you have any questions, please send them to us via the survey and we will do our best to respond to them once the feedback cycle closes.

Student Case Competition

• Direct Results (University of Waterloo)
• LENS Consulting (Simon Fraser University)
• Prisme (Université de Montréal)