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2024 EC³

2024 Evaluation Capacity Case Challenge

The inaugural edition of the Evaluation Capacity Case Challenge (EC3)Ìýtook place at the Max Bell School of Public Policy on MayÌý24th and 25th, 2024 (in-person and online). The Case Site selected for 2024 was the Fraser Health Authority's (FHA) Virtual Health Department. They tasked the four teams with the following challenge question,

"How do we lay the foundation for embedding sustainable evaluation practice and the ongoing use of evaluation findings within VHD?"

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Congratulations to the 2024 winning team!

  • Collective Conclusions: Rachel Scott,ÌýGurneet Bhela,ÌýKira Chontow,ÌýMostafa Hanafy, andÌýAdrita Rahman.ÌýThey were supported by coach Michelle Searle.

List of participants:

Team 1: EvaluGators

  • Janelle Gowgiel, public health analyst in PCI government and works as aÌýfederal contractor with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Injury Prevention's Evaluation Team.Ìý
  • Francois-Daniel Portelance,ÌýPh.D student enrolled at the Faculty of Education, Queen’s University, as he focuses onÌýEvaluation, Community Engagement, and Knowledge Mobilization.
  • Emilia Gonzalez,Ìýresearcher and facilitator, Emilia has been building bridges between research and the social sector for over ten years. Now aÌýPhD student in Social Policy at Toronto Metropolitan University.Ìý
  • Lauren Jowell,Ìýholds a MA in International Law from Georgetown University.Ìý
  • Elsie Mares,Ìýstudent in the Master of Public Policy at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University.
  • Coach: Melissa Tremblay

Team 2: Evaluation Innovation Lab

  • Rachel Scott,Ìýsenior evaluation associate at the Center for Research Evaluation at the University of Mississippi.
  • Gurneet Bhela,Ìýan Evaluation Specialist at Greo Evidence Insights, actively engaged in creating evaluation products and supporting knowledge mobilization within the public health sector.
  • Kira Chontow,Ìýcurrent PhD student in Family Science and Human Development at Montclair State University.
  • Mostafa Hanafy,Ìýa third year PhD researcher at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
  • Adrita Rahman,Ìýstudent in the Master of Public Policy at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University.
  • Coach: Michelle Searle

Team 3: Capacity Catalysts

  • Bethina Loiseau,Ìýa Senior Research and Evaluation officer at Prosper Canada.
  • Elaine Les is a PhD student at Montclair State University in the Department of Family Science and Human Development.
  • Natalie Pilla,Ìýa mixed methods researcher, facilitator, and project manager.
  • Erika Sturgis,Ìýa project manager for EvaluATE at The Evaluation Center-Western Michigan University.
  • Ihsan Thaheem,Ìýa doctoral candidate and a teaching associate at Ohio University in the Educational Leadership and Public Policy Affairs Interdisciplinary PhD Program.
  • Coach: Isabelle Bourgeois

Team 4: The Rational Rebels

  • Serena McDiarmid, aÌýresearcher, educator, and leader with 8+ years of experience in academia and the education field.
  • Onyinyechukwu Onwuka du Bruyn,ÌýaÌýresearcher currently in her final semester of her doctoral program in Educational Research Methods and Statistics with a focus in Program Evaluation at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
  • Andrea Vernola,ÌýPhDÌýcandidate in Evaluation program at Western Michigan University.Ìý
  • Heather Gillich,Ìýa PhD student in Evaluation Studies at the University of Minnesota.Ìý
  • Sta Kuzviwanza, she worked in public policy development at Airbnb Canada.
  • Coach: Rebecca Gokiert

2024 Judges:

  • Dr. Jane Whynot, Partner at GCI and adjunct faculty Carleton University

  • Karoline Kaminska, Member ofÌý(EC3) inaugural cohort, PhD Candidate in Public Health Sciences at University of WaterlooÌý

  • Maria Montenegro, Credentialed Evaluator and Leader of Virtual Health and Evaluation Research at Fraser Health Authority

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