EvalByte: Tackling Challenge Areas in Evaluation
Other Publications
A principles-based community health center for addressing refugee health: the New Canadians Health Centre
EvalByte: AEA 2024 Reflection
EvalByte: Cultivating Safe Spaces
What We Heard: Advancing Meaningful Evaluation in the Field of Early Childhood
Evaluation Capacity Network: Fall 2023 Partner Report
EvalByte: Journeys through Early Learning and Childcare: The Experience of Cultural Minority Families
EvalByte: Journeys through Early Learning and Childcare: Experiences of Ethnocultural Families (Part 2)
Evaluation Capacity Building Survey Results
Evaluating Ourselves: What We Learned
Evaluating Ourselves: A Summary of Findings from the Second Year of our Partnership Evaluation
EvalByte: The All in For Youth Initiative: Year 6 Evaluation
EvalByte: LaboEval
EvalByte: ECN Partnership Evaluation Year 2
EvalByte: Indigenous Evaluation Network (IEN) Summit 2024
EvalByte: Helping Nonprofits Navigate a Complex World Through Strategic Learning
EvalByte: Evaluating an Innovative Model of Experiential Co-Learning
EvalByte: Documenting the Development of the New Canadians Health Centre (part 2)
EvalByte: Documenting the Development of the New Canadians Health Centre
EvalByte: Building Evaluation Capacity with Diverse Needs in Alberta’s Mentoring Sector
EvalByte: Childhood Educator Wage Grid
EvalByte: Alberta Compensation Framework Project
EvalByte: Creating Workforce Stability in the Early Learning and Child Care Sector
Culturally Responsive & Decolonizing Evaluation: A Network Conversation
EvalByte: Weaving Indigenizing and Decolonizing Approaches Into Community-Based Evaluations
EvalByte: Bringing Awareness to Children, Youth, and Families’ Mental Health During the Pandemic
CUP Impacts 2022: Evaluation Capacity Network
Advancing Evaluation Practices in the Field of Early Childhood Development
Relieving the Data Burden
A new call to action addressing the issue of "data burden" faced by community organizations
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"
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”
UEval 2.0: Good News to Technophobes
Five key takeaways from our experience transitioning UEval online this year.
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
What does Evaluation Mean to You?
A blog post from our trainees, sharing unique perspectives around what evaluation means to them
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
Project Spotlight: The Manitoba Northern & Rural Institute in Evaluation
An Interview with ECN co-investigator Dr. Javier Mignone
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.
It's All About the Principles
Teresa Mejia, Project Manager for the All in for Youth evaluation, reflects on the principles-focused approach
ECN Member Spotlight: Susan Hopkins
Susan Hopkins, Executive Director of The MEHRIT Centre and ECN collaborator, talks about the value of the network
ECN Trainee Spotlight: Mischa Taylor
Mischa Taylor, ECN graduate trainee, reflects on her experiences with evaluation
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.
Developmental Evaluation
What is developmental evaluation and why would I use it? Julia Roy, ECN trainee, shares her thoughts.
Creating Workforce Stability in the Early Learning and Child Care Sector
Co-Investigator Spotlight: Dr. Leslie Fierro
An interview with ECN co-investigator Dr. Leslie Fierro
5 Insights from Taking a Principles-Based Approach to Measurement
Ryan Lacanilao from Alberta Health shares his reflections on principles-based evaluation