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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
8:30 am – 10:00 am Registration
8:30 am – 9:00 am Networking Refreshments in the Trade Show Area

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9:00 am – 9:15 am Opening Remarks and Welcome
Elder Barb Brant, Turtle Clan, Mohawk Nation Tyendinaga
9:15 am – 10:15 am World Café
10:15 am – 10:30 am Refreshment Break in the Trade Show Area

Sponsored by:
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Concurrent Breakouts
 

ROOM 118ABCD

 THEME 1A: French (Evaluation Implementation: Nurturing Growth through Innovation)

Leveraging Hybrid Evaluation Teams: Balancing Internal Knowledge with External Insight for Sustainable Evaluation Practices

Visioning for the Future – Shaping Our Chapter’s Direction
 

ROOM 118E

 THEME 2A: Evaluation Reporting and Close-out: Harvesting Insights for Future Growth

Inclusive and Equitable Evaluation using a Theory of Change
 

ROOM 209

 THEME 3A: Evaluation Management and Planning: Planting the Seeds of Change

Systems Thinking as Fertile Ground for Evaluation

Applying Indigenous Approaches in Federal Evaluation: Challenges and Lessons Learned

Leveraging Outcome Harvesting and AI to Build More Effective Evaluation Plans

Harnessing AI in Program Evaluation: Navigating Innovation and Ethical Considerations
 

ROOM 210

 THEME 4A: Evaluation Implementation: Nurturing Growth through Innovation

Circle Teachings as Ceremony and Research
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch

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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Keynote Presentation

Operationalizing an Urgent Mandate: The Indigenous Evaluation Network

Andrea L.K. Johnston, CEO, Johnston Research Inc. 
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Concurrent Breakouts
 

ROOM 118ABCD

 THEME 1B: French (Evaluation Reporting and Close-out: Harvesting Insights for Future Growth)

Partnering Process Evaluation: Insights into Coherence, Relevance, and Collaboration Effectiveness of the Resilience and Inclusion Through Investment in Sustainable Agrikultura Initiative

Evaluation Division Review of AAFC Past Evaluations: A Focus on Recommendations Related to Performance Information Profiles

Into the Great Unknown: How to Navigate Program Evaluation on an Unfamiliar Topic
 

ROOM 118E

 THEME 2B: Evaluation Reporting and Close-out: Harvesting Insights for Future Growth

Inclusive Insights: Infusing Equity in Data Visualisations
 

ROOM 209

 THEME 3B: Evaluation Management and Planning: Planting the Seeds of Change

Planning and Managing Horizontal Evaluations: Lessons Learned from the Horizontal Evaluation of the Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy
 

ROOM 210

 THEME 4B: Evaluation Implementation: Nurturing Growth through Innovation

A Discussion on Capacity-Building in Evaluation

Lessons Learned from a Clarificative and Implementation Evaluation of the City of Kingston’s Municipal Services

From Theory to Practice: Examining the Development, Implementation, and Impact of Evaluation Policy

Obstacles to the institutionalization of program evaluation in Africa: A case study from the Democratic Republic of Congo
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Refreshment Break in the Trade Show Area

Sponsored by: Ference & Company Consulting
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm Concurrent Breakouts
 

ROOM 118ABCD

 THEME 1C: Bilingual (Evaluation Management and Planning: Planting the Seeds of Change)

Quality of Life Framework: From Theory to Practice in Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
 

ROOM 118E

 THEME 2C: Evaluation Reporting and Close-out: Harvesting Insights for Future Growth

Dynamic Reporting: More Show, Less Tell
 

ROOM 209

 THEME 3C: Evaluation Management and Planning: Planting the Seeds of Change

Integrating Environmental Sustainability in Evaluation
 

ROOM 210

 THEME 4C: Evaluation Implementation: Nurturing Growth through Innovation

Nurturing Growth for Sustainable Evaluation: What about AI?
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm Closing Remarks
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Networking Reception

Sponsored by: DPM Research Inc. and Vanastas