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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.
2025-11-05
News
C2026 Call for Proposals Opening Soon
The Call for Proposals for our 2026 National Conference is just around the corner. The guidelines are already available.
2025-10-31
IOCE survey on professionalization, part 2
The IOCE and EvalPartners invite youy to participate in its survey: "Perspectives on the Professionalization of Evaluation – Part II."
2025-10-20
CES & EYNA looking for guest speakers for student and emerging evaluators
2025-10-19
ICCI networking event: Surviving and thriving with difficult clients
Participants will be invited to share their tips for navigating difficult client situations.
2025-10-18
Back to school greetings from CESEF!
CESEF offers programming for evaluators, including students.
2025-10-09
A survival guide to AI
Qatalyst openly offers its take on the strategy that consulting firms could implement to face the AI challenge.
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I joined CES to connect with a community of professionals who share my commitment to advancing evaluation. With over 10 years’ experience across non-profit, academic, international, and government sectors, I value CES as a platform to exchange knowledge, strengthen practice, and contribute to the field’s growth.
My membership in CES has been highly valuable, both professionally and personally. It has connected me with a diverse network of evaluators from across Canada and internationally, creating opportunities to share ideas, approaches, and lessons learned. Through CES, I have stayed current with emerging evaluation theories, methods, and practices, which has directly strengthened the quality of my work across sectors. I find CES particularly useful as a space where knowledge exchange is encouraged, and innovation in evaluation is continuously advanced. Membership has also given me access to a professional community that values ethics, standards, and capacity building in evaluation. This has reinforced my own practice, helping me ensure that my work is rigorous, relevant, and impactful.