Schedule at a Glance | Canadian Evaluation Society

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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 OntarioModerator: 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