Evaluation Capacity: A Critical Tool for Social Innovation
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A principles-based community health center for addressing refugee health: the New Canadians Health Centre
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What We Heard: Advancing Meaningful Evaluation in the Field of Early Childhood
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Evaluation Capacity Network: Fall 2023 Partner Report
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EvalByte: Journeys through Early Learning and Childcare: Experiences of Ethnocultural Families (Part 2)
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EvalByte: Journeys through Early Learning and Childcare: The Experience of Cultural Minority Families
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Evaluation Capacity Building Survey Results
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Evaluating Ourselves: A Summary of Findings from the Second Year of our Partnership Evaluation
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EvalByte: Tackling Challenge Areas in Evaluation
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EvalByte: The All in For Youth Initiative: Year 6 Evaluation
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EvalByte: ECN Partnership Evaluation Year 2
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EvalByte: Indigenous Evaluation Network (IEN) Summit 2024
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EvalByte: Helping Nonprofits Navigate a Complex World Through Strategic Learning
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EvalByte: Evaluating an Innovative Model of Experiential Co-Learning
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EvalByte: Documenting the Development of the New Canadians Health Centre (part 2)
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EvalByte: Documenting the Development of the New Canadians Health Centre
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EvalByte: Building Evaluation Capacity with Diverse Needs in Alberta’s Mentoring Sector
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EvalByte: Alberta Compensation Framework Project
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EvalByte: Creating Workforce Stability in the Early Learning and Child Care Sector
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Culturally Responsive & Decolonizing Evaluation: A Network Conversation
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EvalByte: Weaving Indigenizing and Decolonizing Approaches Into Community-Based Evaluations
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EvalByte: Bringing Awareness to Children, Youth, and Families’ Mental Health During the Pandemic
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CUP Impacts 2022: Evaluation Capacity Network
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Advancing Evaluation Practices in the Field of Early Childhood Development
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Relieving the Data Burden
A new call to action addressing the issue of "data burden" faced by community organizations
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Weaving Together Accountability and Learning in Complex Situations
Mark Cabaj, President of Here to There, shares his thoughts on evaluating complex issues - a "wicked challenge"
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UEval: A New Model of Evaluative Learning
“Evaluation is key to unpacking what works, why it works and what is needed to establish long-lasting change”
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UEval 2.0: Good News to Technophobes
Five key takeaways from our experience transitioning UEval online this year.
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Terra Brentwood Project: Developing a Model of Supportive Housing for Teen Parents
The ECN, Terra Centre, and Brentwood Housing Society partner to address a complex social issue
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What does Evaluation Mean to You?
A blog post from our trainees, sharing unique perspectives around what evaluation means to them
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Promoting Evaluative Thinking in Everyday Practice: Eval Lab 2.0
An interview with Dr. Bethan Kingsley, an Eval Lab facilitator and former ECN postdoctoral fellow
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Project Spotlight: The Manitoba Northern & Rural Institute in Evaluation
An Interview with ECN co-investigator Dr. Javier Mignone
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It Takes a Village to Build Evaluation Capacity!
What actions can organizations take towards building evaluation capacity? Btissam El Hassar, ECN trainee, share her thoughts.
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It's All About the Principles
Teresa Mejia, Project Manager for the All in for Youth evaluation, reflects on the principles-focused approach
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ECN Member Spotlight: Susan Hopkins
Susan Hopkins, Executive Director of The MEHRIT Centre and ECN collaborator, talks about the value of the network
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ECN Trainee Spotlight: Mischa Taylor
Mischa Taylor, ECN graduate trainee, reflects on her experiences with evaluation
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Bringing Thinking & Learning into Strategy & Planning: Eval Lab 3.0
A sneak peek to Eval Lab 3.0 and five key attributes of strategic thinking.
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Developmental Evaluation
What is developmental evaluation and why would I use it? Julia Roy, ECN trainee, shares her thoughts.
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Creating Workforce Stability in the Early Learning and Child Care Sector
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5 Insights from Taking a Principles-Based Approach to Measurement
Ryan Lacanilao from Alberta Health shares his reflections on principles-based evaluation
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Co-Investigator Spotlight: Dr. Leslie Fierro
An interview with ECN co-investigator Dr. Leslie Fierro