The Okavango and Limpopo river basins are challenged by the effects of climate change, where communities that are traditionally dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods must adapt to conditions less predictable. Divergent interests among various stakeholders contribute to tensions between livelihoods and conservation, and understanding the perspectives of communities is critical for planning. However, traditional methodological tools are not adequate to reflect the diverse perspectives of respondents at scale. A baseline study of community resilience approaches to adapt to climate change across both river basin areas used a participant-coded micro-narrative approach to establish how people understand resilience across diverse areas. This methodological approach holds potential as a framework for understanding community experiences, but even methodologies designed for participation have limits in both processes and results. This article explores both and presents potential uses for participant-coded narratives in future evaluation processes.
{"title":"Methods to Make Sense of Resilience: Lessons From Participant Coded Micronarratives","authors":"Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa","doi":"10.3138/cjpe.71436","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.71436","url":null,"abstract":"The Okavango and Limpopo river basins are challenged by the effects of climate change, where communities that are traditionally dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods must adapt to conditions less predictable. Divergent interests among various stakeholders contribute to tensions between livelihoods and conservation, and understanding the perspectives of communities is critical for planning. However, traditional methodological tools are not adequate to reflect the diverse perspectives of respondents at scale. A baseline study of community resilience approaches to adapt to climate change across both river basin areas used a participant-coded micro-narrative approach to establish how people understand resilience across diverse areas. This methodological approach holds potential as a framework for understanding community experiences, but even methodologies designed for participation have limits in both processes and results. This article explores both and presents potential uses for participant-coded narratives in future evaluation processes.","PeriodicalId":43924,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48206801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Nadeau, Vanessa Tibbitts, Ryan Eagle, Gretchen Dobervich
This article is an exemplar of incorporating traditional Indigenous approaches into evaluation practice and addresses the Eastern Door—Be a Good Relative. Throughout the creation of a process for implementing an Indigenous evaluation framework, the American Indian Public Health Resource Center team came to the work rested and ready in ways that reflected traditional, cultural, and spiritual ways of knowing. Throughout the authors’ process, they respectfully listened and sought to understand first and foremost their Tribal partners and let them guide the authors’ decision-making process for taking the best pathway forward together. The authors are honoured to share their story.
{"title":"Creating and Implementing an Indigenous Evaluation Framework Process With Minnesota Tribes","authors":"M. Nadeau, Vanessa Tibbitts, Ryan Eagle, Gretchen Dobervich","doi":"10.3138/cjpe.75486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.75486","url":null,"abstract":"This article is an exemplar of incorporating traditional Indigenous approaches into evaluation practice and addresses the Eastern Door—Be a Good Relative. Throughout the creation of a process for implementing an Indigenous evaluation framework, the American Indian Public Health Resource Center team came to the work rested and ready in ways that reflected traditional, cultural, and spiritual ways of knowing. Throughout the authors’ process, they respectfully listened and sought to understand first and foremost their Tribal partners and let them guide the authors’ decision-making process for taking the best pathway forward together. The authors are honoured to share their story.","PeriodicalId":43924,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44537899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Un mot de la rédactrice","authors":"Jill Anne Chouinard","doi":"10.3138/cjpe.38.1.ed-fr","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.38.1.ed-fr","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43924,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation","volume":"441 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136350956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Roots and Relations: Celebrating Good Medicine in Indigenous Evaluation","authors":"Larry Bremner, Nicky Bowman","doi":"10.3138/cjpe.77058-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.77058-en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43924,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136350962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The purpose of this practice note is to promote knowledge sharing and insight for evaluation practitioners and academics in other jurisdictions by reflecting on evaluation policy development in Prince Edward Island. The author describes the process of developing evaluation standards and guidelines for the Government of Prince Edward Island and the benefits of a systematic development process. The author reviews each phase of the process, including “Identify,” “Consult,” “Study,” “Consensus,” “External Review,” and “Endorsement.” The author concludes that the benefit of developing evaluation standards and guidelines is two-fold: A new resource is added to the government’s evaluation toolkit, and the development process provides an opportunity for capacity and interdepartmental community building.
{"title":"Building Capacity With Evaluation Standards and Guidelines in Prince Edward Island: Responding to Academics’ “Call to Action”","authors":"Bobby Thomas Cameron","doi":"10.3138/cjpe.74373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.74373","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this practice note is to promote knowledge sharing and insight for evaluation practitioners and academics in other jurisdictions by reflecting on evaluation policy development in Prince Edward Island. The author describes the process of developing evaluation standards and guidelines for the Government of Prince Edward Island and the benefits of a systematic development process. The author reviews each phase of the process, including “Identify,” “Consult,” “Study,” “Consensus,” “External Review,” and “Endorsement.” The author concludes that the benefit of developing evaluation standards and guidelines is two-fold: A new resource is added to the government’s evaluation toolkit, and the development process provides an opportunity for capacity and interdepartmental community building.","PeriodicalId":43924,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41471205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In the authors’ evaluation and systems work, they highlight the need to continuously work on our inner selves as a critical facet of our overall practice. By incorporating reflection as a way of practice, the authors are able to tap into their lived experiences as a path of criticality and look beyond competencies to recognize how a mindset of reflectivity impacts their work. The authors are grounded in the Northern Door of the Medicine Wheel because by doing the inner work, they are able to tap into the wisdom of Ancestors and Elders and come to their work grounded, rested, and reflective of all forms of knowing for collective work. Additionally, the authors are also of good mind to work from a place of abundance, rooted in community-centred practices that are not solely for us, but sustainable for future generations that come after us as well.
{"title":"Doing the Inner Work for Sustainable Practices","authors":"Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo, Katie Boone","doi":"10.3138/cjpe.75471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.75471","url":null,"abstract":"In the authors’ evaluation and systems work, they highlight the need to continuously work on our inner selves as a critical facet of our overall practice. By incorporating reflection as a way of practice, the authors are able to tap into their lived experiences as a path of criticality and look beyond competencies to recognize how a mindset of reflectivity impacts their work. The authors are grounded in the Northern Door of the Medicine Wheel because by doing the inner work, they are able to tap into the wisdom of Ancestors and Elders and come to their work grounded, rested, and reflective of all forms of knowing for collective work. Additionally, the authors are also of good mind to work from a place of abundance, rooted in community-centred practices that are not solely for us, but sustainable for future generations that come after us as well.","PeriodicalId":43924,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44147745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluating and Valuing in Social Research, by Thomas A. Schwandt and Emily F. Gates","authors":"Douglas Dollinger","doi":"10.3138/cjpe.76738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.76738","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43924,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41731188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The world is facing an unprecedented crisis of climate change and loss of biodiversity, but the evaluation profession has failed to develop the approaches and tools needed to effectively evaluate programs that operate at the nexus of human and natural systems. The Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) undertook a stocktaking in 2019–2020 to assess the state of sustainability-ready evaluation in Canada. The results confirmed that sustainability is not being systematically addressed by evaluators in Canada and the United States and that considerable work is needed to equip the profession to respond to the need. The CES has taken steps toward promoting the importance of sustainability, but more work is needed to ensure the profession is equipped to effectively address all dimensions of sustainability.
{"title":"Sustainability-Ready Evaluation: A Call to Action","authors":"Debbie DeLancey, Andy Rowe","doi":"10.3138/cjpe.76349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.76349","url":null,"abstract":"The world is facing an unprecedented crisis of climate change and loss of biodiversity, but the evaluation profession has failed to develop the approaches and tools needed to effectively evaluate programs that operate at the nexus of human and natural systems. The Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) undertook a stocktaking in 2019–2020 to assess the state of sustainability-ready evaluation in Canada. The results confirmed that sustainability is not being systematically addressed by evaluators in Canada and the United States and that considerable work is needed to equip the profession to respond to the need. The CES has taken steps toward promoting the importance of sustainability, but more work is needed to ensure the profession is equipped to effectively address all dimensions of sustainability.","PeriodicalId":43924,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136350954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nos racines et nos liens : une célébration de bons remèdes en évaluation autochtone","authors":"Larry Bremner, Nicky Bowman","doi":"10.3138/cjpe.77058-fr","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.77058-fr","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43924,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47028031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sofia Locklear, Martell Hesketh, Natalyn Begay, Jennifer Brixey, Abigail Echo-Hawk, Rosalina James
Aligning with the Western Door—Do Good Work, this article outlines Urban Indian Health Institute’s (UIHI) Indigenous Evaluation Framework, created to explicitly include and empower urban Indigenous communities to reclaim their narratives by using evaluation as a tool to tell their stories and to build capacity to take ownership of research and evaluation. The framework includes the following core values: Urban Indigenous People Create Communities Wherever They Are, Resilient and Strength-Based, Decolonize Data, and Community Centered. The authors provide an overview of how they applied the framework in collaboration with 18 urban Indian organizations through the UIHI’s community grants program and include a first-hand example of implementation of the framework from the Native American Youth and Family Center, a community grantee. The authors highlight the importance of including urban Indigenous people in evaluation contexts, as evaluation is not just an exercise in methods or logistics but also a political act and an assertion of Indigenous values and sovereignty, one that defines who is counted, how people are counted, and what decisions are made. The UIHI’s Indigenous Evaluation Framework aims to decolonize data to reclaim urban Indigenous narratives from colonial understandings and tell the stories of our communities.
与“西部之门-做好事”相一致，本文概述了印度城市卫生研究所(Urban Indian Health Institute, UIHI)的土著评估框架，该框架旨在明确纳入城市土著社区，并赋予其权力，通过将评估作为一种工具来讲述他们的故事，并建立自主研究和评估的能力，从而收回他们的叙述。该框架包括以下核心价值观:城市土著人民无论身在何处都能创建社区、韧性和力量为基础、非殖民化数据和以社区为中心。作者概述了他们如何与18个印度城市组织合作，通过城市卫生倡议的社区赠款项目应用该框架，并提供了一个由社区赠款机构美国土著青年和家庭中心实施该框架的第一手例子。作者强调了将城市土著人民纳入评估背景的重要性，因为评估不仅是一种方法或后勤方面的练习，而且是一种政治行为，是对土著价值观和主权的主张，它定义了谁被计算在内，如何计算在内，以及做出什么决定。原住民评估框架旨在将数据去殖民化，将城市原住民叙述从殖民理解中解放出来，讲述我们社区的故事。
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