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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.
2026-01-21
News
C2026 registration fees now published
C2026 registration fees are now available on the C2026 mini website.
Final Reminder for CES Fellow Nominations
The CES Fellowship is the highest honour bestowed on a member.
2026-01-15
Stats in Excel 2: Inferential Statistics
This course is a companion course to Stats in Excel 1: Tidy Datasets and Descriptive Statistics.
2025-12-23
Introducing the CES Core Values Committee (CVC)
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Core Values Committee whcih will lead integration of CES’s core professional values into all aspects of our work.
2025-12-17
Webinar - Advancing Planetary Health Across Evaluation Practice (Monday, January 26 | 12-1pm ET)
We are delighted to invite you to the official launch of the CES Community of Interest on Sustainability.
2025-12-16
Reminder: CE Title Maintenance Hours
To maintain the CES’s CE designation, all CEs must complete a minimum of 40 hours of professional learning every three years.
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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A professional identity as an evaluator
I was working my first job after my graduate degree, and found out that my research project was actually an evaluation project. I enrolled in the Essential Skills Series and became a member of CES so I could learn more about this field I had never heard about.
CES keeps me connected to other evaluators and informed about the field. When seeking new contracts, my CE designation helps distinguish me from more generalist consultants, or researchers who dabble in evaluation. Perhaps most importantly, CES has been valuable in forming my professional identity as an evaluator and lending legitimacy to this field that so many people are unaware of.