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CESBC 2025 Evaluation Conference
Unfolding the Evaluation Journey
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Where: SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3
When: Friday, November 21, 2025
Time: Registration open: 7:45am, Conference: 8:45am to 4:00pm, Reception and Networking: 4pm-4:45pm, AGM: 4:45pm-5:45pm [TBD]
Breakfast and Lunch: Provided (dietary restrictions accommodated).
Overview
CESBC is excited to announce the 2025 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 approach evaluation as a path filled with opportunities to learn, adapt, and deepen our understanding of the practice and its impact. This conference is an opportunity to share those experiences — to highlight successes, explore emerging questions, and uncover new possibilities together. We will also reflect on how our evaluation practices and skills evolve over time, how we make meaning amid complexity, and how diverse perspectives shape and guide our evaluation journey
The 2025 conference theme will be explored across three streams, representing different stages of an evaluation. We also strongly encourage thoughtful integration and discussion of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in sessions across all streams.
1. Planning to Implementation
2. Approaches, Methods, and Analyses
3. Knowledge Translation
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!
The Conference Organizers
The conference is brought to you by the members and volunteers of the BC chapter of the Canadian Evaluation Society. 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 in British Columbia with learning opportunities, networking and resources. We are happy to take advice and organize events that the community suggests.
Interested in volunteering?
The conference would not be possible every year without the support of our wonderful volunteers! If you are interested in volunteering with this year’s conference, please contact CESBC.Conference@gmail.com. There will be opportunities over the next several months, and on the day of the event.
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