Slide & Possibility Politics, VIRTUAL CONFERENCE Progress, Exploring Program Evaluation in Ontario October 21, 2025

Join us on October 21 for a stimulating, and interactive virtual conference on Politics, Progress and Possibility

Engage and influence conversations about evaluation in Ontario.

Connect to evaluators, networks, and organizations.

Learn from evaluation leaders and practitioners.

Earn PD hours to maintain your Credentialed Evaluator (CE) status.

Join us to learn about: 

  • New and next approaches to program evaluation: new evaluation processes, frameworks, and models, alternative funding models, and decolonized evaluation approaches
  • Technology: how AI (and other tools!) are changing evaluation, and considerations of utility and equity
  • Political considerations: evaluation politics in Ontario, Canadian, and international contexts, as well as managing projects and stakeholders

Conference participants will:

  • Gain a deeper understanding of current trends, innovations, opportunities, and challenges for enhancing and integrating approaches in evaluation.
  • Gain important evaluation skills to address current and future trends.
  • Enhance connections with other evaluators, networks, and organizations.
  • Contribute to discussions about the importance of evaluative thinking and evaluation practice in the areas of new approaches, technology, and politics.

Speakers

View a list of speakers for the 2025 Virtual Conference & AGM

Sessions

View a list of sessions for the 2025 Virtual Conference & AGM

Registration: $150 for CES members, $175 for non-members and $100 for students.

CES Ontario supports CES National’s commitment to the Truth and Reconciliation process and is pleased to offer complimentary registration to Indigenous evaluators. Please connect with our conference team to register.

Sponsorship

CES Ontario is happy to welcome sponsors to support our event! We offer exposure to our membership of more than 350 evaluation professionals in Ontario.

Interested in becoming a conference sponsor? Reach out to our conference team!

Call for Volunteers

We are looking for conference volunteers to help with the following:

  • support during conference sessions, including monitoring chats, advancing slides, and general online event assistance
  • technical testing prior to the conference
  • pre-conference support, including proof-reading presentations
  • other duties as determined by the conference team

Volunteers are entitled to free admission to the virtual conference in exchange for support 2 hours before and during the event day. We will try to match your volunteering to sessions of interest but we can’t guarantee that. Please contact Kaitlyn at admin@evaluationontario.ca if you are interested in signing up!

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