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Elevate your evaluation skills with the CES e-Institute, offering self-paced and facilitated courses designed by evaluators for evaluators.
The CE designation is the only professional title identifying professional evaluators.
The designation means that the holder has provided evidence of the education and experience required to be a competent evaluator. It is a service provided by CES to its members, who may elect to become credentialed on a voluntary basis. It recognizes competence and promotes continuous learning within our community.
Authors:Betty Onyura, Emilia Main, Claudia Barned, Alexandra Wong, Tin D. Vo, Nivetha Chandran, Nazi Torabi, Deena M. Hamza
There is growing recognition of the complex moral and ethical tensions associated with evaluation practice. However, there are scant evidence-informed frameworks for cultivating ethical awareness or informing ethical deliberation across the evaluation landscape. Thus, we aimed to synthesize research evidence on evaluation ethics, and draw on these findings to develop an evidence-informed evaluation ethics framework.
Authors: Evan Poncelet,Sylvia White et al
This document was created in follow-up to the Canadian Evaluation Society 2025 conference session, Evaluation in the Drug Toxicity Crisis. It provides a summary of the session discussion and related resources.
Presenter: Celeste Ghiano, PhD
How about really shaking up the foundations of Evaluation practice? In this initiative, we believe that changing practices begins with changing concepts and understanding contexts, bringing new (and not at all new) ontologies, to change epistemologies and transform methodologies.
2025-07-21
News
Call for Volunteers for the Mentoring Initiative Subcommittee
Would you like to help make CES’ Mentoring Initiative vibrant, meaningful, and sustainable?
2025-07-15
CES Identity and Demographic Data Survey – Watch for an Invitation Coming Soon!
CES has launched an important initiative—the Identity and Demographic Data (IDD) Project.
Essential Skills Series Virtual, French Course
This virtually facilitated Essential Skills Series will consist of five synchronous sessions held over zoom, and 10 self-paced modules completed through the E-Institute platform.
CE Designation Group Mentoring Program
Wanting to obtain your CE designation? Wanting to be a mentor and help a group of evaluators obtain their CE?
2025-06-17
Call for Roots and Relations Submissions!
Full submissions are due at the end of Summer 2025 for consideration to be published in the December 2025 issue of “Roots and Relations
Truth and Reconciliation for Evaluator, beginning July 15
This course offers evaluators an opportunity to actively engage with Truth and Reconciliation. This course will be offered four times per year and is limited to 25 people per cohort.
Whether you are new to evaluation or a seasoned professional, the e-Institute offers special member pricing on the courses you need to build your career in evaluation.
The field of evaluation is constantly evolving. We offer a variety of webinars and events throughout the year as well as the Annual National Conference to stay on top of current trends.
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I joined CES in 2000 for the networking and professional development opportunities, and to be a part of my professional association.
I have met wonderful colleagues and am proud to be an active member. I am a member of the Credentialing Review Board, I have been a Case Competition Judge, and I am a former winner of the Student Paper Contest. The Credentialed Evaluator (CE) designation in particular gives me credibility and confidence as an independent consultant.