2025 Evaluation Capacity Case Challenge
The third edition of the Evaluation Capacity Case Challenge (EC3)鈥痶ook place at the Max Bell School of Public Policy on May 30th and 31st, 2025 (in-person). The Case Site selected for 2025 was Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (). They tasked the four teams with the following challenge question,
"How can we enhance our capacity to nurture stronger, more regular, dialogue across the organization to interpret evaluation findings with context in mind, thereby making more effective use of evaluation and its associated tools in supporting the design and implementation of BEAM programming?"
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Congratulations to the 2025 winning team!
Feedback Loopers:聽Elliott Young, Jennifer Thompson, Destiny Saunders,聽Jacky Deng, and聽Lilia聽Ormonbekova
List of participants:
Team 1:聽Feedback Loopers
- Elliott Young is a member of Ermineskin Cree Nation; which is one of the four First Nations that make up Maskwacis.
- Jennifer Thompson is a recent graduate of Queen鈥檚 M.Ed program, working as the Program manager for the Centre for Community Engagement and Social Change.
- Destiny Saunders is currently enrolled in the Doctor of Evaluation Practice (D.Eval) program at Claremont Graduate University (CGU). Destiny joined Improve Your Tomorrow (IYT), a multi-state college access and completion organization geared towards Young Men of Color.
- Jacky Deng is an educational researcher and scholar, specializing in equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in science education and research.聽
- Lilia Ormonbekova has experience in monitoring and evaluation, strategic planning, and addressing inequities, Lilia has led and contributed to a wide range of evaluations and strategic reviews for several UN organizations.
- Coach: Isabelle Bourgeois
Team 2: Beyond
- R. Marcus Hammond is an applied health researcher, registered psychiatric nurse. His work bridges clinical practice, program evaluation, and policy research including expertise in intergovernmental policy development.
- Alaa Azan has experience in instructional design, program management, and educational research across the nonprofit, research, and government sectors.聽
- Doreen Otieno聽served as a senior Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Officer at the Kenya School of Law, where she led strategic planning, performance management, and monitoring and evaluation initiatives.聽
- Malka Elkin聽works as both an internal program evaluator at JIAS Toronto as well as an evaluation consultant for social service organizations.聽
- Janet Arogundade聽is a passionate researcher and educator with a strong background in educational research, program evaluation and community development.聽
- Coach:聽Michelle Searle
Team 3: Impact in Action
- Joyce Selby聽currently works as a research assistant in the Bioresource Engineering Department of 9I制作厂免费, where she focuses on food safety policies in Africa and among African immigrants in Canada.
- Maria Lima is聽a continuous learner, passionate about gerontology, social innovation, and health intervention evaluation, embracing an interdisciplinary approach to better understand and support transformations in health and aging.
- Elizabeth Sweeney has聽her professional background聽work in academic publishing, K-12 and higher education, and community engagement in the realms of education, public health, and workforce development.
- Olivia Mutabazi聽is聽Program Training Lead in the Planning, Learning, and Disaster Response (PLDR) Department at the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC).聽
- Kathy Vu聽is a pharmacist and educator at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy. Her areas of interest include patient safety, medication management and health systems improvements particularly in the area of oncology.聽
- Coach: Rebecca Gokiert
Team 4:聽The ARC-E-Types
- Hyejun (Audrey) Kim,聽after accumulating experiences across diverse sectors including nonprofit, public service/government, and consulting, she now works as a Performance Measurement and Evaluation Lead at a pan-Canadian healthcare organization.聽
- Jordan Lentinello has several years of experience in interdisciplinary research, and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) initiatives across higher education and community organizations.
- Jodi Moon聽uses her research training to bring about systemic change to benefit children, especially those who have been denied access and opportunity due to their identity in any way.
- Meg Johnson's聽main research and evaluation interests include sustainability evaluation, evaluation capacity building at small non-profits, and evaluation case competitions.聽
- Krystina Sorenson is a Policy Analyst within the Service Delivery Partnerships Program at Employment and Social Development Canada, Service Canada.
- Coaches:聽Melissa Tremblay and聽Rachel Scott
2025 Judges:
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Barbara Ely, Senior Coordinator, Learning and Evaluation at BEAM
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Allison Prieur, Principal & Founder or DARE Impact Consulting & Member of Inaugural EC3听颁辞丑辞谤迟
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Dr. Vincent Schiavone, Senior Manager, Research and Evaluation at BEAM
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Dr. Jane Whynot, Partner at GCI and adjunct faculty Carleton University
*Two of participants,聽Doreen Otieno听补苍诲听Janet Arogundade wrote an聽article thatwalks through real ECB strategies. It is an example of what evaluation capacity building can look like in practice. Read the article .
