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Thursday, February 23, 2023
7:30 am – 10:00 am Registration
8:00 am – 8:30 am Networking Breakfast in the Trade Show Area
8:30 am – 9:00 am Opening Remarks and Welcome
2023 ALE Chair: Mariève Vaillancourt
CES-NCC President: Susanna Beaudin
CES-NCC VP Equity, Diversity and Sustainability: Victoria E. Díaz
9:00 am – 10:30 am Keynote: Unsettling the Settler State: In Search of Origin Stories, Kinship, and Sustainable Solidarity with Evaluators and Through Evaluation
Nicole Bowman, Founder/President, Bowman Performance Consulting and Associate Scientist, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison
10:30 am – 10:45 am Refreshment Break in the Trade Show Area

10:45 am – 12:15 pm Concurrent Breakouts
THEME 1: Who We Are

A1: Who are you, really? An exploration of evaluation theories and how they fit into our daily practice.
Isabelle Bourgeois, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa
François Dumaine, Partner, PRA Inc.
Jane Whynot, Partner, Goss Gilroy Inc.

THEME 2: What We Do

A2: Failure and Innovation Showcase

THEME 3: Why It Matters

A3: Fireside Chat: Program Managers’ Perspective on Evaluation
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly: What does Meaningful Engagement look like from the stakeholder’s perspective?
Jeca Carrière, Senior Manager Capacity Development, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Jacqueline Hall, Senior Manager, Community Initiatives, Canadian Women’s Foundation
Paul Way, Director, Competitiveness Division, Programs Branch, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada
Nelson Jean-Francois, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, NelsonJF Consulting Inc.

THEME 4: French Stream

A4: User-Focused Content Analysis Using Nvivo: A “How-To” So You Can Improve the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Your Qualitative Data Analysis
Alyssa Olding, Senior Program Evaluation Analyst, Program Evaluation Division, Public Health Agency of Canada
Stephanie Jolette, Senior Program Evaluation Analyst, Program Evaluation Division, Public Health Agency of Canada

12:15 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Concurrent Breakouts
THEME 1: Who We Are

B1: What Diversity Means to Us as Evaluators
Who are you? What do you want people to know? What is emerging?
Nicole Bowman, Founder/President, Bowman Performance Consulting and Associate Scientist, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Amanuel Melles (Aman), Executive Director, Network for Advancement of Black Communities and Principal, Aman Consulting
Dr. Gabrielle Trépanier, Senior Evaluator, Parks Canada and Chair, Network of Employees with Disabilities, Parks Canada
Seyba Cissokho, Evaluation Officer, Planning Evaluation Performance Measurement Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Moderator: Andrealisa Belzer, Senior Evaluation Advisor, Health Assessment and Surveillance, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Atlantic Region, Indigenous Services Canada and President, Canadian Evaluation Society

THEME 2: What We Do

B2: The Art and Science of Effective Infographics
A. Sidiq (Sid) Ali, Managing Director, Research & Evaluation Consulting, Inc.

THEME 3: Why It Matters

B3: How Evaluations are Used to Support Evidence-based Decision Making
Rodney Ghali, Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Impact and Innovation Unit, Privy Council Office
Patricia Roset-Zuppa, Vice President, Policy Development, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Louisa Taylor, Co-Founder and Director, Refugee 613

THEME 4: French Stream

B4: Fireside Chat: Program Managers’ Perspective on Evaluation
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly: What does Meaningful Engagement look like from the stakeholder’s perspective?
Marie-Claude Gervais, Deputy Director and Senior Counsel, Programs Branch Legal Services Division, Policy Sector, Department of Justice Canada
Catherine Rousseau, Association des collèges et universités de la francophonie canadienne
Victoria E. Díaz, Partner, DPM Research Inc.

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Refreshment Break in the Trade Show Area
2:45 pm – 4:15 pm Panel Discussion: What is Your Vision of the Future?
Annie Boudreau, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Bobby Cameron, Senior Evaluation Manager, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Marie-Philippe Lemoine, Principal, Goss Gilroy Inc.
Erin Montague, Senior Manager, Research and Evaluation, United Way East Ontario
Moderator: Moderator: Emily Brennan, Senior Evaluation Manager, Office of Audit and Evaluation, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm Closing Remarks
2023 ALE Chair: Mariève Vaillancourt
CES-NCC President: Susanna Beaudin
4:30 pm – 7:00 pm Networking Reception