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The CE designation is the only professional title identifying professional evaluators.
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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: Betty Ann M. Turpin et al
Understanding AI and how it can support program evaluation is an increasing inquiry for our discipline of program evaluation by improving the efficiency, accuracy, and depth of data collection, analysis, and reporting. AI-powered tools can process large volumes of structured and unstructured data; natural language processing (NLP) enables analysis ofqualitative data at scale, while machine learning algorithms can support predictive analytics, anomaly detection, and outcome forecasting. AI also reduces the time required for routine tasks such as data cleaning, coding, literature reviews, transcription, and report drafting. Despite these advantages, AI should complement rather than replace professional judgment.
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.
2026-10-09
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Call for CES Awards Nominations Due February 15, 2027
Annual nominations for the Contribution to Evaluation in Canada Award and Service to CES Award are open until February 15.
Call for CES Fellow Nominations Due January 31, 2027
The CES Fellowship is the highest honour bestowed on a member...
2026-10-08
Frédéric Bertrand recognized with the 2026 Service to CES Award
We are pleased to announce this year's winner of the Service to CES Award.
2026-10-06
2027 Evaluation Capacity Case Challenge
The Challenge is accepting applications starting on October 7
Award for Francophone Evaluation Theses
The Réseau francophone de l’évaluation launches its award for evaluation theses
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A Great Career
In 1989, I won the CES Student Essay Competition and a free trip to that year’s conference in Toronto. So I joined CES under a student membership. I realized there and then that everything my then professor and mentor, CES Fellow Dr. Anita Myers, had said about evaluation was true – it is a great career opportunity.
Since then, I’ve been a member for more than 30 years. I particularly enjoy the e-news blast that brings all sorts of opportunities to my attention every week.
I found the process of applying for the Credentialed Evaluator (CE) designation to be one of the best opportunities ever to reflect on my practice. As an external evaluator, I can’t say I’ve ever felt “isolated” as an evaluator, but through my CES membership, I’ve gained a lot knowing that I’m part of something larger, professional and amazing.
I still speak with a new or emerging evaluator every few months and the first thing I tell them is to join CES and connect with the mother ship. The second thing I tell them is to get involved with their local Chapter to begin making connections and getting the lay of the land. My CES colleagues have now become, and will remain, friends for life, even when my logic model days are over.