CHIRP - Community Hub Information and Research Partnerships

10/01/2020

Register for The Canadian Evaluation Society - Manitoba Chapter's Annual General Meeting (AGM)
When: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 from 12 to 1pm
Where: Zoom
Guest Speaker: Dr. Doaa Saddek, CES National President

The Executive will be sharing updates, including their revamped website, logic model, revised by-laws, and professional development opportunities.

The AGM is a great way to connect with local people working in the field of evaluation!

To register: https://ces_mb_2020agm.eventbrite.ca

06/17/2020

Dear students who are interested in obtaining the Certificate in Applied Psychology (CiAP) at the University of Winnipeg: waivers for the one-credit hour preparatory course and the practicum component--Psyc-3790 -- will be issued shortly, starting June 29.

You cannot register for Psyc-3790 unless you submit a short personal statement (expressing your interest in mentoring or research, your volunteer, community service background, etc.) and resume by that date, and the CiAP Coordinator will review these documents. Email these documents to c.smallwood@uwinnipeg.ca

Due to COVID-19, the practicums will be online and/or will involve working remotely from home.

06/17/2020

2 Research Assistant positions for students with a keen interest in evaluation. Deadline to apply is July 1st.

Research Assistant (undergraduate student):
https://www.northstarats.com/University-of-Winnipeg/Research-Assistant-Evaluation-Capacity-in-the-Non-Profit-Sector/55328

Senior Research Assistant (graduate student):
https://www.northstarats.com/University-of-Winnipeg/Senior-Research-Assistant-Evaluation-Capacity-in-the-Non-Profit-Sector/55322

Research Assistants are normally students, in a University of Winnipeg undergraduate program, employed to assist with tasks related to research. Work is performed within defined guidelines and under supervision of a more senior researcher or faculty member.

06/11/2020

Research Assistant Employment Opportunity

https://www.northstarats.com/University-of-Winnipeg/Senior-Research-Assistant-Addressing-the-Housing-Needs-of-Refugee-Families-through-Transitional-Housing-and-Wrap-Around-Supports/54992?fbclid=IwAR12w7feLnOA_0Fu-aDPKaQyAIqrcNoZVqKoMQfUEX0X6NXysb0FnRvQScQ

Senior Research Assistants are graduate students, or University of Winnipeg undergraduate students, employed to assist in the ex*****on and evaluation of research projects in their area of study. The positions may oversee Research Assistants in areas such as the use of proper techniques, analysis, a...

04/04/2020

The Summer Institute in Program Evaluation @ the University of Manitoba will not be happening in June 2020. We will keep you informed on when this will be offered.

02/29/2020

POSTPONED - The Winnipeg Street Census will not be happening in 2020.

The Winnipeg Street Census is coming up on Wednesday, April 8, 2020! Volunteer to conduct in-person surveys that will help us better understand homelessness in our city: http://streetcensuswpg.ca/

02/23/2020

Free CES Webinar - Integrating GBA + in Evaluation, Moving from Rhetoric to Reality

This session provides a principles-based approach to integrating Gender-based analysis plus (GBA+) into the evaluation process including planning, conducting, concluding and communicating assessments. Drawing on the guidance developed by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Integrating Gender-Based Analysis Plus into Evaluation: A Primer (2019), this session will illustrate the fundamentals through the presentation of case studies.

Apr 1, 2020 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

To register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_D4xsOgieSx2rNGF_TrEZRA

This session provides a principles-based approach to integrating Gender-based analysis plus (GBA+) into the evaluation process including planning, conducting, concluding and communicating assessments. Drawing on the guidance developed by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Integrating Gender-B...

02/23/2020

This is the kind of party I want to go to!!

Webinar: Engage Your Stakeholders With Data Parties

Event dates: March 5, 2020

Registration deadline: March 4, 2020

Organization: Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation

Event details:

You've been tasked with doing an evaluation, research project, or collecting data for your non-profit program, and have analysed the data. Your next task is to write a final report...or is it? What about hosting a data party?

Data parties are a participatory session where you sit down with your stakeholders to collaboratively explore and interpret the initial results. Data parties are an important but often underutilized activity for promoting the uptake of recommendations, knowledge translation and a learning culture.

Join us for an informative and interactive webinar that covers the who, what, why, when, and how of hosting a data party. Using engaging lecture, demonstrations, real-life examples, and chat box discussion, presenter Kylie Hutchinson will share practical tips and techniques for data parties including format options, potential pitfalls, and ways to engage stakeholders in making better sense of evaluation and research data.

Learn more: https://conta.cc/38kIIpn

02/09/2020

Summer Institute in Program Evaluation - June 1-5, 2020 @ the University of Manitoba - The Summer Institute combines lectures, case studies, and group work to introduce the concepts of participatory evaluation for improved planning and delivery.

Registration for University of Manitoba students begins on March 23rd. Individuals interested in taking the Summer Institute not for credit can register any time.

We are still accepting case studies. Summer Institute attendees work together to develop an evaluation plan for organizations who have a program they would like help to evaluate.

For more information, contact Dr. Javier Mignone
Phone: 204-474-8065
E-mail: javier.mignone@umanitoba.ca
website: https://www.evalresearchgroup.com/home-summer-institute

01/23/2020

Congratulations Nia Badiokova! Nia is a University of Winnipeg Psychology student (Psychology Department @ UWinnipeg) who is being awarded The Victor Batzel Faculty of Arts Research Scholarship for the CHIRP project she did last Spring with New Directions. Right on, Nia! We are so proud of you!

01/19/2020

CHIRP Facebook Friends, have you signed up to be a CHIRP member? Why join? We occasionally email CHIRP members about training, employment, volunteer, and other opportunities not posted here.

Become a CHIRP member by filling out a brief online form available on the Volunteer page of our website: https://uchirpmb.wixsite.com/chirp/volunteers

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01/10/2020

So proud of Liam Reid, University of Winnipeg Psychology Honours student, for presenting his CHIRP project on Person-Centered Care to New Directions, our community partner. Liam's presentation stimulated a really rich discussion among the staff in attendance. Thanks Liam for all of your hard work searching, reading, and synthesizing the literature!

01/04/2020

The Canadian Evaluation Society - Manitoba Chapter is offering a series of workshops. These workshops are a great way to brush up on your evaluation skills and knowledge or learn them for the first time.

- Engaging Special Populations & Visual Methods – January 15; 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Focus Groups – February 13, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Surveys & Questionnaires – March 10, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Visual Planning: Logic Models & Theory of Change – April 16, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Qualitative Analysis – May 12, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m

For more information: https://cesmb.ca/upcoming-ces-mb-events/

CES MB Upcoming CES MB Events Evaluation Tools Series 2020 (Click on the title of each session to register or for more information) Engaging Special Populations & Visual Methods – January…

12/29/2019

Summer Institute in Program Evaluation @ the University of Manitoba

June 1 - 5, 2020

Learn to Evaluate Programs: The Summer Institute brings together university students and community-based practitioners to learn together about evaluation.

The Institute combines lectures, case studies and group work to explain the concepts of participatory evaluation with a goal to improve evaluation planning and ex*****on.

Create Real-Life Evaluation plans

Do you have a program that you would like to evaluate?

Submit a Case Study.

Accepted case studies will be workshopped to develop an evaluation framework, and follow-up will be supported after the Institute.

For more information

Want to take part? Have questions? Want to submit a case study?

Non-Student Registration Fee: $800 (subsidies may be available)

Contact:
Javier Mignone
Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Javier.Mignone@umanitoba.ca
204-474-8065

https://www.evalresearchgroup.com/home-summer-institute

**University of Manitoba Students receive course credits

The Summer Institute brings together university students and community-based practitioners to learn together about evaluation.

12/29/2019

CES Webinar – Introduction to EvalSDGs

Free for CES Members.

January 15, 2020

For more information: https://evaluationcanada.ca/webinars/12240?f=n

12/29/2019

CES Webinar – Revisiting the Weiss Question on Theory-Based Evaluation: Which links in which theories do we evaluate and why?

Free for CES Members.

February 12, 2020

For more information: https://evaluationcanada.ca/webinars/12263?f=n

The introduction of theory-based evaluation was transformative in challenging the traditional input-output, ‘black-box’ paradigm on how social and educational interventions should be evaluated.

11/25/2019

Interested in professional development opportunities in evaluation? Check out the upcoming workshops being offered by the Canadian Evaluation Society - Manitoba Chapter

Registration is open for our Evaluation Tools Series 2020.

Visit our website for more info: https://cesmb.ca/upcoming-ces-mb-events/

11/11/2019

Thinking of submitting an abstract to the 2020 Canadian Evaluation Society Conference? For some advice, read the blog post "What are you proposing for C2020?" http://c2020.evaluationcanada.ca/blog/blog-post-5-what-are-you-proposing-for-c2020/

We hope you’ve been thinking about your workshop, presentation or thematic breakfast table discussion for the C2020 Conference. You’ve got until December 8, 2019 to get your proposal in. Firm deadline. There will be no extensions. AEA365’s Lead Curator Sheila B. Robinson, who also frequently r...