Evaluators read, write, collect data, think, make judgments, and... listen a lot. But, how well do we listen? Richard Kreuger (author of the classic Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Research, Sage) talks about Qualitative Listening in this interview he gave to Susan Eliot, who published it on her blog The Listening Resource.

The Nova Scotia Chapter of CES is supporting students in the Master in Public Administration (Management) (MPA(M)) at Dalhousie University, Halifax through the "Issues in Public Sector Evaluation: Fifteen Great Ideas" event. The University and the Chapter are promoting attendance at the session, where students will present their research on issues in evaluation. The Chapter is hosting a reception for students and will introduce them to the CES.

The Revue Gouvernance has published its first issue of 2014 (Vol. 11, No. 1, Summer 2014). This issue, discussing two cases of governance in Canadian organizations and one in Africa includes the following three papers: