Conference



CESBC 2024 Evaluation Conference | Evolving Our Evaluation Practice for Shared Growth
When: October 4, 2024

Location: SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings StreetVancouver, BC V6B 5K3

We acknowledge this year's conference date coincides with Rosh Hashanah, the start of Jewish New Year holidays.

We apologize for this oversight and are committed to more diligently considering the timing of our events in the future.

Overview


CESBC is excited to announce the 2024 annual one-day conference, dedicated to continuing our mission of bringing meaningful learning and deeper growth to the BC evaluation community. Through engaging and interactive presentations, workshops, and networking activities, we aim to foster an environment for collaborative knowledge exchange. 

This year's conference invites participants to examine how we can evolve our evaluation practice to grow together and better support the individuals and communities we work with, as well as create a more sustainable future. We want to build on previous experience and learnings, while also exploring new technology, tools, and areas of focus. 


The 2024 conference theme will be explored through three streams:

1. Emerging Trends in Evaluation: Exploring Together to Improve Our Work

2. Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA): Building Our Skills and Integrating Learnings Into Practice

3. Evaluation Coffee Talk and Story Exchange: Sharing Stories From Our Work


The conference is an opportunity to share experiences from our work, bring forward ideas, and present questions and challenges for discussion with the BC evaluation community.

We look forward to your participation! 


We are committed to inclusive participation in our conference activities. Please contact us any time at CESBC.Conference@gmail.com to let us know how we can support you!


2024 CESBC Conference Sponsors

We are very grateful to this year’s conference sponsors!

The funds provided by our sponsors help to increase access to the conference for students, emerging evaluators, and members of underrepresented groups in the form of bursaries and travel grants. They also help to support general conference costs, allowing us to create this space for learning, sharing of ideas and networking amongst the BC evaluation community.


Be the Change Consulting Group Inc.

Be the Change Group is an unconventional firm that partners with global innovators, problem solvers, and leaders to address health equity and social determinants of health to create lasting change.

We specialize in finding and building solutions that elevate the communities at the heart of three sectors: health, climate, and education. We provide full-service support through the interdisciplinary integration of three teams: our research and community engagement team, strategy and communications team, and design and development team. Together with our partners, we work to address complex issues, providing compassionate, evidence-based, multi-faceted solutions to build brighter futures for our communities.

We are committed to societal change that is inclusive of all individuals, exemplified by our work with the organizations with which we have partnered, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the World Health Organization, the BC Centre for Disease Control, The Public Health Agency of Canada, Interior Health, Vancouver Coastal Health, the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics (Jhpiego), the Gulf States Health Policy Center, and the BC Emergency Medicine Network.


Ference & Company Consulting Ltd.

Located on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, Ference & Company is one of Canada’s leading program evaluation consulting firms. Founded in 1980, our firm has always been at the forefront of the evaluation field, bringing knowledge, experience, and passion to every project we have been trusted to complete. Our senior staff are Credentialed Evaluator (CE) certified and have expertise in public health, public policy, innovation, and social and economic development. We provide a wide variety of services in evaluation, performance measurement, strategic planning, and consultation for Indigenous governments and organizations, federal and provincial governments, as well as non-profit organizations. Our clients don’t engage us to prepare reports that simply tick the boxes. Rather, they look to us to provide analysis and information that will inspire and inform action. Across all projects, we endeavor to provide our clients with the strong evidence base they need to drive the future success of their programs and organizations.


MNP LLP

MNP collaborates with government, non-government agencies and communities on evaluation, measurement and Social Return on Investment (SROI) studies of programs, services, and operations, all to inform decisions on delivery and outcomes; to report on the impacts and related value for funders; and to demonstrate accountability. The MNP team, from coast to coast and in Northern Canada, includes credentialed evaluators and certified SROI practitioners along with strategy, data analytic, research, engagement, and organizational specialists. Added to this are our Indigenous, public sector and industry niche experts. Taken together, you will have the confidence that MNP can bring to light the strengths and opportunities that lend to meaningful advice on design, administration, and results.



Qatalyst Research Group Inc.

Qatalyst is a mission-driven organization. We exist to create meaningful change by supporting our clients in their pursuit to make society and our communities better for everyone. Qatalyst delivers a full range of integrated services such as Impact Measurement and Management, Evaluation and Monitoring, Strategy and Planning, as well as in Innovation and Technology. We continue to build our research capabilities, expanding our network of researchers, field staff and data scientists to support the collection and analysis of impact and other data. We match this with a network of more than 200 functional, sectoral, and programming experts to meet our clients’ needs. Qatalyst has made significant investments in developing and adopting new technologies and tools, including utilizing AI to improve the efficiency of our services. We are establishing Centres of Research Excellence to ensure that we remain on the leading-edge and are able to deliver a progressively wider range of research services more quickly and cost-effectively than ever before.




Reciprocal Consulting Inc.

Reciprocal Consulting Inc. (RCI) is an Indigenous-owned research, evaluation, and consultation firm working with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities. Our vision is to contribute positively to Indigenous wellbeing, self-determination, and Nation-building through storytelling, leadership, and capacity-building. We strive to share community stories in a way that fosters systems change, while also mentoring organizations in decolonizing research and program evaluation. Guided by a strengths-based approach, we celebrate success by uplifting community strengths and focusing on areas for growth. Our work is rooted in Indigenous-led approaches that promote sustainable and healthy communities.

The Conference Organizers

The conference is brought to you by the members and volunteers of the BC Chapter of the Canadian Evaluation Society (CESBC).

CESBC is a chapter of the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES), the professional organization for evaluation professionals, students, academics and users of evaluation (such as managers, program staff and planners). CESBC is a member funded voluntary organization. We work to provide the evaluation community living in BC with learning opportunities, networking and resources. We are happy to take advice and organize events that the community suggests.

For resources and information on how to be involved in this year's conference, please contact CESBC.Conference@gmail.com

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