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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: Samuel KOUAKOU et al
Les prémices de l’Organisation internationale de coopération en matière d’évaluation datent de 1997. Elles sont le fruit de l’initiative de plusieurs associations nationales d’évaluation qui permettent alors de placer l’évaluation au cœur des débats internationaux.
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.
2025-06-17
News
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.
2025-06-05
CES Ontario's upcoming virtual conference
We are thrilled to announce that CES Ontario's upcoming virtual conference will be on the theme of Exploring Program Evaluation in Ontario: Politics, Progress, and Possibility.
2025-06-03
Final reminder! 2025 Canadian Evaluation Society Annual General Meeting
You are cordially invited to attend the 2025 Canadian Evaluation Society Annual General Meeting.
2025-05-28
C2025 recordings are available to participants
Benefit from the contents of the conference for six more months!
2025-05-27
Notice of the 2025 Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Evaluation Society
As a member, you are cordially invited to attend the 2025 Canadian Evaluation Society Annual General Meeting
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