CESBC Webinar: How can evaluators contribute to planetary health? presented by Astrid Brousselle.
Planetary health “considers the interdependence between the elements (air, soil and water) and living beings (plants, animals including humans), emphasizing the importance of cultivating a positive ecosystem to support the flourishing of all forms of life” (Brousselle, Bemner, et al., 2024; Brousselle, Curren, et al., 2024, p. 269).
Most current evaluation approaches take the broader social and environmental context for granted when this context is the most important determinant for human survival and well-being. As we need to collectively respond to many embedded crises (environmental, social, health) we also need to reconsider the way we design and practice evaluation.
During this presentation, we will show how evaluators can design their evaluations for positively contributing to planetary health. In particular, we will see how to build logic models for planetary health. We will also explore a theory-based approach and rapid assessment tools to assess interventions using planetary health lenses. We will discuss how to integrate planetary health dimensions in all types of evaluation.
Presenter
Astrid Brousselle specializes in evaluation approaches and methods, planetary health, health system analysis and the socio-ecological transition. Between 2015 and 2019, she was the French editor of The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation/Revue canadienne d'évaluation de programme and, for many years, she was a member of the editorial board of Evaluation and Program Planning. In September, she will be the incoming editor of The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation/Revue canadienne d'évaluation de programme. Astrid Brousselle earned a B.Sc. in economics, an M.Sc. in health administration, and a Ph.D. in public health from the University of Montreal. She began her academic career as an Assistant Professor at the University of Montreal and later held a Canada Research Chair in Evaluation and Health System Improvement at the Université de Sherbrooke from 2011 to 2016. She joined the University of Victoria as the Director of the School of Public Administration in 2017, for a 5-year term. At the University of Victoria, she also led, between 2018 and 2023, the group UVic in the Anthropocene.
Date: September 24, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 11:00 pm PT
Location: Zoom meeting - link will be provided on registration
Cost: $10 for CES members, $15 for non-members
Member at Large - Professsional Development:
Reanna Clark CESBC.PD@gmail.com
CES 
