We are very pleased to announce that thanks to the diligent work of the Competencies Review Working Group, CES’s Competencies for Canadian Evaluators have been updated.

Marthe Hurteau, PhD, CE, Isabelle Bourgeois, PhD and Sylvain Houle, PhD are publishing L’évaluation de programme axée sur la rencontre des acteurs : Une sagesse pratique (Program Evaluation Focused on the Meeting of Actors: Practical Wisdom) this month with the Presses de l’Université du Québec.

More than 200 delegates, including some 110 parliamentarians gathered in Colombo (Sri Lanka) from September 17 to 19, 2018.

The African Development Bank has recently devoted two issues of its quarterly publication Evaluation Matters to this subject.

The Minutes of the May 28, 2018, Board of Directors meeting, as well as the “Review of Executive Director contractor performance and CES contractor role, 2015-2018: process and timelines” are now available.

The Canadian Evaluation Society British Columbia Chapter is pleased to announce their 2018 conference, What's in Your Evaluation Toolbox?

Apply for the Educational Assistance Award with CESEF to win upwards of $500!

A new webinar, "Evaluating a basic income: case study of Mincome to the Ontario Basic Income Pilot" is now available for free for all CES members!

In this edition, articles explore the Item Sum Double-List Technique, the impact of sequencing in online probing, and the influence of interviewer continuity on panel surveys.

Charles Lusthaus passed away peacefully in Montreal on July 19, 2018 after a short illness. Charles will be remembered for his leadership and contributions to the Canadian and international evaluation and development communities over the past four decades.