My Project in 180 Seconds
In May 2018, the Consortium of Universities for Evaluation Education (CUEE) hosted an inaugural student panel at the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) annual conference in Calgary Alberta. Eight students were selected from among CUEE affiliated universities to make brief presentations explaining the breadth and importance of their projects to a non-specialist audience. The winner of this competition was awarded a certificate and $1,000 prize.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 “My Project in 180 Seconds” competition at the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) annual conference has been cancelled.
Inventory of Canadian Evaluation Education
University education in evaluation is an important support for professionalization of the field in Canada. Periodic inventories of American graduate courses and programs have been undertaken since the 1980s. The current study sought to develop a Canada-wide inventory of graduate courses and programs with emphasis on program evaluation offered by Canadian universities.
Informal lists of Canadian university evaluation courses and intensive Internet searches of university websites were used to construct an initial sampling frame. University departments were requested to validate and provide input into the lists of graduate evaluation courses.
The current inventory represents a snapshot of graduate evaluation courses across Canada in 2018. This list is bound to change over time, as universities update and revise their course offerings and add new courses.
2018 Inventory of Canadian Graduate Evaluation Education
CUEE Members’ Publications
Books & Chapters
Hurteau, M., Houle, S., & Guillemette, F. (Eds.) (2012). L’évaluation de programme axée sur le jugement crédible. Québec: Presses de l’Université du Québec
Hurteau, M., Bourgeois, I., & Houle, S, (Eds.) (2018). L’évaluation de programme axée sur la rencontre des acteurs. Québec: Presses de l’Université du Québec
Members’ Articles in The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation
Volume 33, 2018 – Fall. L’évaluateur et la sagesse pratique : vecteurs essentiels pour assurer la crédibilité de l’évaluation, Revue canadienne en évaluation de programme, par S. Houle, M. Hurteau, et M-P. Marchand (UQÀM).
Volume 31, 2016 – Spring. “Evaluate this! A case for developing evaluation competencies” by LEA Williamson, K Gibson, M Heimlick, D Robertson, S Sangster and KL Lawson (University of Saskatchewan).
Volume 31, 2016 – Fall. “Measuring Evaluation Capacity in Ontario Public Health Units” by Isabelle Bourgeois, Nikolas Hotte, Louise Simmons and
Raïmi Osseni, (ÉNAP).
Volume 22, 2007 – Spring. “Developing a tool to measure knowledge exchange outcomes” by Kelly Skinner, (University of Waterloo).
Members’ Articles in Canadian Government Executive
March 2016, Vol 22(3), pp 24-25. “Improving the Utilization of Evaluation Reports by Focusing on Clients’ Needs” by Marie-Josée Courchesne and Linda Vertefeuille (ÉNAP).
January 2016, Vol 22(1), pp 24-25. “Are Program Beneficiaries Being Forgotten in Program Review?” by Étienne Thériault and Isabelle Bourgeois (ÉNAP).
October 7, 2015, Vol 21(8). “Program Evaluation: What keeps you up at night?” by Gail Vallance Barrington.
May 25, 2015, Vol 21(5). “Realist evaluation: Assessing national programs in unique communities” by Kelly McShane, Sofia Puente-Duran and Fiona C. Thomas.
January 30, 2015, Vol 21(1). “Reaching organizational goals through improved evaluation capacity” by Isabelle Bourgeois and J. Bradley Cousins.
November 28, 2014, Vol 20(9). “Of the essence: Coordinated training for government evaluators” by Robert P. Shepherd.
September 25, 2014, Vol 20(7). “Student research: Impressive and making a difference” by Robert P. Shepherd.
June 26, 2014, Vol 20(6). “Have we built a system that contains a paradox?” by Jim McDavid.
April 30, 2014, Vol 20(4). “Increasing opportunities for evaluation education” by James McDavid and Theresa Hunter.
February 19, 2014, Vol 20(2). “Purposeful performance stories or pointless propaganda?” by Robert P. Shepherd.
October 31, 2013, Vol 19(8). “Creating innovative approaches to teaching evaluation” by Robert P. Shepherd, Karen Lawson, James McDavid and Theresa Hunter.
Other Articles
Hurteau, M., & Williams, D. D. (2014). Credible judgment: Combining truth, beauty, and justice. Sous la direction de J. C. Griffith & B. Montrosse-Moorhead, Revisiting truth, beauty, and justice: Evaluating with validity in the 21st century. New Directions for Evaluation, 142, 45–56.
Hurteau, M., Houle, S., & Marchand, M-P. (2016). Évaluer un programme, un projet, un dispositif à partir d’un jugement crédible. Education permanente, 206(3), 41-52
Hurteau, M. (2018). Combining intuition and rationality. Sous la direction de D.D. Williams (Ed.). Twenty-nine evaluation lives. New Directions for Evaluation, 157, 105-107.
Research and Reports
2018 Inventory of Canadian Graduate Evaluation Education
American Graduate and Certificate Programs in Evaluation
LaVelle, J.M., & Donaldson, S.I. (2010) “University-Based Evaluation Training Programs in the United States 1980-2008: An Empirical Examination” American Journal of Evaluation, 31 (1), 9-23.