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The lead article in the October, 2017 of the Canadian Government Executive Magazine (Vol. 23, Issue 7) is by CES members: Johann Jacob, Chair of CES Communications and Marketing Committee; Wayne MacDonald, former Vice-President CES-New Brunswick; and Rebecca Mellett, CES Executive Director.

Owing to its procedural mission and the specific characteristics of rights protection organizations, the evaluation of an Ombudsman's performance is a complex task. This article presents a knowledge synthesis of performance measurement for Ombudsman's Offices and opens the way to new reflections that are both theoretical and practical. In addition to presenting the strengths and weaknesses of the various evaluation models identified in the literature, this study clarifies the purpose of the Ombudsman and the purposes for which it is evaluated.

"In an article recently published in Canadian Government Executive (Vol. 23, No. 1, January 2017), Robert Lahey, founding Head of Canada’s Centre of Excellence for Evaluation and member of the Canadian Evaluation Society’s (CES) Credentialing Board, examines the concept of deliverology in the Canadian context, including how to connect deliverology to evaluation, measuring and using results.

We are thrilled to welcome evaluation enthusiasts from across the country and beyond, as we explore the Edge of our practice from June 5-8 at the 2016 CES Conference in beautiful St. John’s, NL. Our call for proposals challenged evaluators to consider new, external perspectives and to share experiments in practice, in an effort to inspire, to push boundaries and to further maximize the value of evaluation.

"On December 19, 2014, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the resolution entitled "Capacity Building for the Evaluation of Development Activities at the Country Level" (from 1:10:28 to 1:13:04).

Martin Gravel and Wilfried Affodegon present a communication at the 23rd conference of the Société québécoise d'évaluation de programme.
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In this article, we analyze the evaluation function within the Quebec public administration during the 2000s as an organized action system (values, environment, resources and procedures, practice, impacts) with its consistencies and inconsistencies. Three findings emerge: the support that central agencies give to the evaluation practice is almost non-existent; the transparency of the evaluation process for the citizens is barely noticeable; and the undertaking and use of the strategic use of evaluations seem rare. This article brings the... Read more >>

On 18th April 2013, the Network of Researchers in Public Policy Evaluation (RCEPP) of the French Society of Evaluation invites you to participate in its 4th research seminar : Meta-evaluation and utility in the public decision

Mbaï-Hadji Mbaïrewaye & Steve Jacob, « Cultural Dimensions of the African Evaluation Guidelines », dans Jean-Claude Barbier & Penny Hawkins (eds), Evaluation Cultures Sense-making in Complex Times, New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 2012.

August 31, 2012, Pierre-Marc Daigneault obtained his Ph.D. from the Laval University

Pierre-Marc Daigneault has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC). 

The book examines the degree to which evaluators seek power for their own interests. This perspective is based on a simple assumption: If you are in possession of an asset that can give you power, why not use it for your own interests?

Two members student of the PerfEval research laboratory contribute to the last issue of Société Québécoise d’Évaluation de Programme’s newsletter. Jean-François Bélanger presents the new federal evaluation policy. Mbaï-Hadji Mbaïrewaye analyzes

Marylise Cournoyer is pursuing a Master's Degree in International Studies (with thesis).

A practical guide and an issue of Performance and Evaluation Notebooks [Cahiers de la performance et de l’évaluation] on participatory evaluation have just been published.

The PerfEval research laboratory unveils their Cahiers de la performance et de l’évaluation.  This publication presents the results of research projects on the evaluation and performance of public organizations.

Steve Jacob, « Les systèmes de gestion de la performance et les mutations de la gestion publique contemporaine : enjeux et défis de la logique du classement  » in Éthique publique. Revue internationale d’éthique sociétale et gouvernementale.

Pierre-Marc Daigneault, a PhD candidate who is a member of the PerfEval research laboratory, has received a merit-based grant from the Political Science Department to participate in the Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research which will be h

The Laval University PerfEval Research Laboratory on Performance and Evaluation is offering Master's and Doctoral research scholarships to outstanding students demonstrating an interest in research concerning Canada’s North.