Transforming Evaluation in the Early Childhood Field

Community-driven. Culturally Responsive. Equitable Participation. Action oriented.

What is the Evaluation Capacity Network?

We are a network of community partners, practitioners, researchers, and funders who serve the early childhood community through community-driven, culturally responsive, action oriented and equity-based evaluation capacity building opportunities, activities, and resources.

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October 16, 2024

Upcoming Lunch & Learn (Nov 26): Cultivating Safe Spaces in Evaluation

Co-hosted with Jen Greenway, creator of the Go Smudge Yourself podcast, this workshop will focus on decolonizing relational practices in evaluation through the adoption of an Indigenized mental framework.

AEA 2024 Annual Conference: Come Find Us!

October 16, 2024
We will be presenting at the American Evaluation Association Conference from October 21st to 26th in Portland, Oregon, US. We will be leading a roundtable discussion about the ECN's journey towards decolonization. ECN student Lauren Alston and team will also present on co-creating evaluation frameworks with non-profits based on their work with Mentoring for Youth and Young Adults from Care.

Student Spotlight: Emma Monaghan

October 16, 2024
Congratulations to ECN student Emma who received the Carl and Dorothy Meilicke Graduate Leadership Award in Public Health. This award celebrates students who demonstrate excellence in leadership, community involvement, and collaboration.

Student Spotlight: Abigail Gallimore

October 16, 2024
Congratulations to Abi for receiving the Green & Gold Leadership and Professional Development Grant, which will support her to volunteer and present at the American Evaluation Association conference this year.
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The Evaluation Capacity Network is a research-funded collaboration that is supported in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

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The Evaluation Capacity Network is housed at the University of Alberta, primarily located on the territory of the Néhiyaw (Cree), Niitsitapi (Blackfoot), Métis, Nakoda (Stoney), Dene, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and Anishinaabe (Ojibway/Saulteaux), lands that are now known as part of Treaties 6, 7 and 8 and homeland of the Métis. The University of Alberta respects the sovereignty, lands, histories, languages, knowledge systems and cultures of all First Nations, Métis and Inuit nations.
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