Canadian Evaluation Society Educational Fund

NEW Program Announcement – SEEK Award
The Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) and Canadian Evaluation Society Educational Fund (CESEF) are pleased to launch a new joint initiative – our Student Excellence advancing Evaluation Knowledge (SEEK) Award. The Award is intended to recognize exemplar and diverse student contributions to the advancement of evaluation theory and/or practice.
It builds on the previous Student Paper Contest, now inviting a broader array of exceptional evaluation-related projects conducted by students in Canadian post-secondary institutions. The firstSEEK intake is March 31st, 2010. Candidates must be nominated by their professor.

SEEK Award program details and related application/nomination forms will soon be available on the CES and CESEF websites. In the meantime, any pressing questions about this exciting new program can be directed to programs@evaluation-education.org.

Please share this SEEK Award announcement with other evaluation educators and colleagues.

Posted on December 11, 2009

Program Intake Announcement!

CESEF is pleased to announce consistent and standing intakes for our Educational Assistance Awards. This Award supports evaluators in advancing their professional knowledge, skills and capacity by funding participation in evaluation-related courses or workshops.

Application forms are due to the CESEF secretariat:

Funding decisions will be announced within four weeks following intake deadlines.

For more information or to confirm your eligibility, please contact: programs@evaluation-education.org.

Now registered as a Canadian Charity
The Canadian Evaluation Society Educational Fund (CESEF) is officially registered as a Canadian Charity.

Did you know that you can contribute to the CESEF through the Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign (GCWCC)? Simply indicate the name and number of the Fund and the amount that you would like contribute (charity number 12276 9094 RR0001). The CESEF is an independent organization that was created in 2005 to improve national capacity for evaluation through educational activities.

Posted on September 26, 2008

The Foundations of Value-for-Money Evaluation
September 26, 2008, Radisson Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario
Presentor: Greg Mason, PhD, CMC
Value-for-money is commonly associated with audit. As this workshop will demonstrate, program evaluation has much to contribute to assessing value for money. With Treasury Board developing value for money guidelines, evaluators and program managers will need to become familiar with these concepts.
All proceeds for this workshop will go to the Canadian Evaluation Society Educational Fund.
For more information, contact admin@pra.ca.

Posted on August 27, 2008

CESEF announces Educational Assistance Award winner!
CESEF recently completed the second intake of applications for our Educational Assistance Awards. This program is designed to facilitate the acquisition and exchange of program evaluation skills and knowledge by providing up to $500.00 for participation in evaluation-related training. Thank you to all applicants and peer reviewers and congratulations to our recipient!

Hunter, Paulette Graduate student, University of Regina
Training event: Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention
CESEF funding: $500

Posted on June 27, 2008

CESEF Benefit Auction
Attending the 2008 CES Conference in Québec City? Want to have a chance to get some great bargains while you are in Québec? The CESEF Benefit Auction is the place to buy unique gifts from across the country. Not only will items be available from nearly all Canadian regions, but you will experience a fantastic networking opportunity full of excitement as well. More importantly, it's an opportunity to support the Canadian Evaluation Society Educational Fund’s Masters Scholarships.

With this in mind, we invite you to donate items from your particular corner of Canada. Many lucky past attendees will attest to the great gifts they've purchased at past conferences. If you want to meet people, contribute at the same time, and have a lot of fun, this is the event for you!

To make a donation or for more information, contact :
Rita Gunn, (204) 987-2030, gunn@pra.ca or Natalie Kishchuk,
(514) 694-8995, nkishchuk@sympatico.ca.

Program Announcement!
CESEF is pleased to announce the second round of Educational Assistance Awards to support evaluators in advancing their professional knowledge, skills and capacity. Application forms are due to the CESEF secretariat by Tuesday, January 15th, 2008. Funding decisions will be announced within four weeks following this deadline.

CESEF announces Educational Assistance Award winners
CESEF recently completed the inaugural intake of our Educational Assistance Awards. Eight applications were received and four were approved for funding, for a success rate of 50% and a total expenditure of $2,000.00. This program is designed to facilitate the acquisition and exchange of program evaluation skills and knowledge by providing up to $500.00 for participation in evaluation-related training. Thank you to all applicants and peer reviewers and congratulations to our first set of Award recipients!

BABCOCK, Kelly
MAPA student, Carleton University
Training event: Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop
CESEF funding: $500

DAWSON, Janet
Health Promoter
Training event: University of Alberta evaluation practicum: Evaluation of the Peterborough Family Resource Centre's Well Baby Clinic
CESEF funding: $500

ELLIOTT, Catherine
Ph.D. candidate/ Research Assistant, University of Ottawa
Training event: American Evaluation Association (AEA) Conference
CESEF funding: $500

MOREAU, Stacey
Student, Carleton University
Training event: Graduate Diploma in Policy and Program Evaluation

One-time Research Awards: Tracer Studies for Student Competitions. Winners have been selected and the program is in the process of being administered. Please check this site frequently for the award details.

CES 2007 Conference Awards
CESEF and the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) Winnipeg Conference Committee partnered with the WINNIPEG FOUNDATION to fund the registration fees for six individuals from non-profit organizations/agencies and for three graduate students to the CES Annual Conference in Winnipeg (June 4 to 6, 2007). The individuals were from Volunteer Manitoba, United Way of Winnipeg, Deer Lodge Centre, Sexuality Education Resource Centre, Manitoba School Improvement Program, and Healthy Smile Happy Child and Students. Each award included a one-year membership to CES.

A local evaluation company provided in-kind support by developing, formatting and analyzing the Conference questionnaire and the CES Manitoba Chapter will provide the follow-up web survey for this project.

Congratulations to all.

Award Selection Members
CESEF aims to recruit experienced and knowledgeable persons to be called upon to be award selection members for the various awards that CESEF administer. CESEF requires both English and French award selection members. If you can recommend such a member, please contact: secretariat@evaluation-education.org

Thank you for the volunteer judges for the CESEF award selection member for the 2007 Student Paper Contest and for the CESEF award selection member on the CES Conference 2007/Winnipeg Foundation panel.

Volunteering
Are you willing to volunteer some of your time and share your expertise with those who are entering the profession of program evaluation? If so, please submit your membership form (if you are not currently a member), your qualifications and experience to secretariat@evaluation-education.org clearly indicating for which program you would like to volunteer. Currently, we require members to volunteer to assist with the following.