| Project Name | Yukon Development Corporation Accountability Plan |
| Year | 2002 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An accountability statement outlining the Corporation's vision, mission, objectives and key strategies for the year ahead. |
| Project Name | Yukon Economic Development Accountability Plan |
| Year | 2002 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An accountability statement outlining the Department's vision, mission, objectives and key strategies for the year ahead. |
| Project Name | Yukon Energy, Mines and Resources Accountability Plan |
| Year | 2003 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An accountability statement outlining the Department's vision, mission, objectives and key strategies for the year ahead. |
| Project Name | Housing and Municipal Services Operational Review |
| Year | 2010 |
| Client Sector | Indigenous Nation |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An operational review of the Housing and Municipal Services Department of a self-governing Yukon First Nation to determine the optimal use of resources (human and financial) to ensure that appropriate programs and services are being delivered to Citizens. |
| Project Name | Northern Strategy Trust Management Reporting Framework |
| Year | 2008 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Design and implementation of a management reporting framework for the $40 million Northern Strategy Trust. |
| Project Name | Healthy Workplace Indicators for Yukon Health System Employers |
| Year | 2005 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Development of an indicator system capable of fostering healthier workplaces informed by existing practices in Canadian and international jurisdictions matched to current reporting capacity in the Yukon. |
| Project Name | Performance Measurement Primer |
| Year | 2005 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An introductory overview of the practice of performance measurement prepared to facilitate participation of management and staff of a Government of Yukon line department in the development of a series of performance indicators. |
| Project Name | Tourism Industry Indicators |
| Year | 2005 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An analysis of key industry performance measures used in six Canadian jurisdictions and an assessment of their potential application to the Yukon. |
| Project Name | Yukon Information and Communications Technology Sector Indicators |
| Year | 2004 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A scoping analysis of indicators illustrative of economic activity and growth in the Yukon ICT sector. |
| Project Name | Yukon College Environmental Scan |
| Year | 2004 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An environmental scan of education-related economic circumstances prepared to facilitate strategic planning by senior management and the Board of Governors. |
| Project Name | Yukon Technology Innovation Centre Program Review |
| Year | 2004 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An analysis and review of the Yukon Technology Innovation Centre’s Innovation Fund operations and achievements. |
| Project Name | Balanced Scorecard Implementation |
| Year | 2003 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Operationalization of a balanced scorecard performance measurement framework for a Yukon crown corporation. |
| Project Name | Yukon Micro Loan Program Pilot Phase Review |
| Year | 2003 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An analysis and review of the Yukon Micro Loan program at the end of a three year pilot phase. |
| Project Name | Strategic Plan Environmental Scan |
| Year | 2003 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An environmental scan of Yukon economic and demographic circumstances prepared to assist with an update to the Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board’s strategic plan. |
| Project Name | Yukon Development Corporation Strategic Plan |
| Year | 2002 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A five-year blueprint for corporate operations. |
| Project Name | Development Corporation Role Comparison |
| Year | 2001 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A discussion paper examining the roles exercised by selected development corporations in Canada. |
| Project Name | Procurement Support Centre - Procurement Activity Dashboard |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Data analysis and visualization of Yukon Government procurement activity for the 2013/14 fiscal year. |
| Project Name | Procurement Support Centre Performance Monitoring Framework |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A results-based performance monitoring framework designed to help ensure the efficient and effective operation of the new Procurement Support Centre. |
| Project Name | Procurement Data Analysis - Annual Report |
| Year | 2016 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Design and construction of a procurement data warehouse and accompanying data analysis and visualization to inform the Procurement Support Centre's 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16 annual reports. |
| Project Name | NWT Student Financial Assistance Program Review |
| Year | 2012 |
| Client Sector | Private |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Analytics support to determine whether funding levels are sufficient and whether the program is contributing to GNWT’s intended workforce development goals. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of the Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining |
| Year | 2017 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A formative evaluation completed after the first three years of Centre operations that assessed the quality of outputs produced and examined the extent to which the intended outcomes of CNIM are being achieved, recommendations for program improvements were also developed.. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of Skookum Jim Friendship Centre’s Youth Employment Centre |
| Year | 2017 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A summative evaluation that examined the effectiveness of services delivered to youth after five years of Youth Employment Centre operations, recommendations for improvement were also developed. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of Yukon’s Internationally Educated Health Professionals Initiative |
| Year | 2016 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A summative evaluation completed at the conclusion of the three year pilot phase together with a series of recommendations for future Yukon-specific initiatives to understand and better meet the needs of internationally educated health professionals. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of the Yukon Business Development Program |
| Year | 2016 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A summative evaluation that examined the extent to which the intended outcomes of the Yukon Business Development Program had been achieved over the period 2009/10 to 2013/14 together with a series of recommendations regarding program sustainability, change and improvement. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of the Yukon Victims of Crime Strategy |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An evaluation focused on the components of the Victims of Crime Strategy led by the Department of Justice’s Victim Services Unit that considered the extent to which the intended immediate outcomes of Strategy implementation had been achieved together with a series of concluding observations. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of the School of Visual Arts |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A summative evaluation completed for Yukon College at the end of SOVA’s seventh year of operations together with a series of recommendations for improving the effectiveness of SOVA operations. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of the Yukon Government Substance Abuse Program |
| Year | 2012 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An effectiveness and efficiency evaluation that required the drafting of a logic model, development of an evaluation matrix and primary research including focus groups, key informant interviews and web-based participant surveys. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of the Yukon Government First Nation Training Corps Program |
| Year | 2012 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An effectiveness and efficiency evaluation that required the drafting of a logic model, development of an evaluation matrix and primary research including focus groups, key informant interviews and web-based participant surveys. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of the Yukon Government Grad Corps Program |
| Year | 2012 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An effectiveness and efficiency evaluation that required the drafting of a logic model, development of an evaluation matrix and primary research including focus groups, key informant interviews and web-based participant surveys. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of the Northern Institute of Social Justice |
| Year | 2012 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A formative evaluation completed at the end of the Northern Institute of Social Justice’s first three years of operations together with recommendations for improved program delivery. |
| Project Name | Logic Model and Evaluation Plan for Yukon Victims of Crime |
| Year | 2013 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Collaborative development of a logic model with a multi-stakeholder advisory committee and construction of a comprehensive evaluation plan containing a matrix with evaluation questions, indicators and data sources. |
| Project Name | Disability Management Unit Performance Monitoring Framework |
| Year | 2013 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A results-based performance monitoring framework and accompanying data collection guidebook designed to help ensure the efficient and effective operation of the Yukon Government’s Disability Management Unit. |
| Project Name | Corporate Health and Safety Performance Monitoring Framework |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A results-based performance monitoring framework and accompanying data collection guidebook designed to help ensure the efficient and effective operation of the Yukon Government’s Corporate Health and Safety Program. |
| Project Name | How We Make a Difference |
| Year | 2015 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Presentation delivered at the 2015 National Evaluation Conference explaining how program evaluators make a difference every day based on a mash-up of a logic model and the data-information-knowledge-wisdom pyramid. |
| Project Name | What Environmental Assessment can Learn From Evaluation |
| Year | 2015 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Presentation delivered at the 2015 National Evaluation Conference that makes the case for an outcome-based approach the assessment of socio-economic effects of resource development projects. |
| Project Name | What to Do When N < n: Evaluation with Tiny Data |
| Year | 2017 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Presentation delivered at the 2017 National Evaluation Conference introducing qualitative and quantitative techniques for completing evaluations in sparsely populated areas which feature programs with broad scopes and shallow scales. |
| Project Name | Why Do We Evaluate? A Social Capital Explanation |
| Year | 2019 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Presentation delivered at the 2019 National Evaluation Conference which demonstrated how, in a world full of bonding professions, evaluation practitioners’ derive resiliency from knowing that by exemplifying a bridging vocation, they too are making a difference. |
| Project Name | Outcome Assessment of the AIDS Community Action Program |
| Year | 2013 |
| Client Sector | Private |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Primary data collection via focus groups, photo voice, interviews, paper questionnaires and web-based surveys at five program delivery sites in Western Canada. |
| Project Name | CINE Website Logdata Analysis |
| Year | 2002 |
| Client Sector | Private |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A quantification of access to a northern-focused educational website via internet service providers located in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. |
| Project Name | Special Leave Pattern Analysis |
| Year | 2015 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Analysis of Yukon Government employee leave data using Tableau data visualization software to discern patterns of special leave usage. |
| Project Name | Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining Evaluation Plan |
| Year | 2015 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Collaborative development of a logic model with a multi-stakeholder advisory committee and construction of an evaluation plan and matrix and accompanying data collection guidebook. |
| Project Name | Policy Logic Model and Evaluation Matrix 2008-2013 |
| Year | 2013 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Technical guidance for the development of a logic model and evaluation matrix for Women's Directorate policies and initiatives. |
| Project Name | Southern Lakes Community-based Justice Assessment |
| Year | 2009 |
| Client Sector | Indigenous Nation |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An assessment, through both primary and secondary research, of the community-based justice services currently being delivered in the Southern Lakes Region of the Yukon. |
| Project Name | Yukon Government Leadership Forum Alternatives Analysis |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Primary research to identify issues relevant to a contemplated switch from the current Yukon Government Leadership Forum delivery model to a Master’s certificate program. |
| Project Name | Yukon Government Staff Housing Scoping Analysis |
| Year | 2015 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A scoping analysis to identify and describe the range of possible issues involved in reducing the level of Yukon Government intervention in housing markets in rural Yukon communities. |
| Project Name | YDC – Yukon Energy Financial Monitoring Framework and pro forma Quarterly Report |
| Year | 2017 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A financial monitoring framework constructed to assist the Yukon Development Corporation fulfill its obligations for financial oversight of the Yukon Energy Corporation. An accompanying pro forma quarterly report was also developed. |
| Project Name | Planning and Evaluation Program of Study: Assessment of Evaluation Frameworks |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Assessment of four evaluation frameworks prepared by students in the 2012 to 2014 Planning and Evaluation Course of Study to inform adjustments for a potential second intake. |
| Project Name | Yukon Information and Communications Technology Sector Performance Monitoring Framework and pro forma Dashboard |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A results-based monitoring framework designed to ensure effective implementation of the 2013 ICT Strategic Plan. |
| Project Name | Yukon Housing Corporation Loan Program Portfolio Performance Monitoring Framework |
| Year | 2013 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A results-based performance monitoring framework designed to facilitate the effective and efficient management of the Yukon Housing Corporation's portfolio of loan programs. |
| Project Name | Shared Services Agreement with the Yukon Liquor Corporation |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Development of a shared service agreement designed to delineate roles and responsibilities among the Yukon Housing Corporation, the Yukon Liquor Corporation and Lotteries Yukon together with an accompanying drafting memo. |
| Project Name | Performance Measurement in Rural and Remote Communities |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A half day pre-conference seminar that introduced conference delegates to an outcome-based approach to economic development in rural and remote communities. |
| Project Name | Synthesis of First Nations Community-based Evaluation Reports |
| Year | 2010 |
| Client Sector | Private |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Research support for a meta-evaluation of health transfer programs funded by the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch of Health Canada. |
| Project Name | Measuring Community Growth |
| Year | 2011 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Design of a community and economic indicators template intended to enable the Department of Economic Development to understand and measure where a community is at in relation to defined development objectives. |
| Project Name | Research Methods for Yukon Policy Practitioners |
| Year | 2010 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A one-day workshop designed to outfit participants with a kit of tools and techniques for timely, rigorous and original policy-oriented research. |
| Project Name | Effective Internet Research |
| Year | 2007 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A half-day workshop designed to outfit participants with a kit of tools and techniques for effective internet research. |
| Project Name | Yukon Health and Social Services Adult Services Unit Program Review: Social Assistance Cost Driver Analysis |
| Year | 2010 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Descriptive and econometric analysis of the price and volume drivers influencing social assistance expenditures by the Yukon Government. |
| Project Name | Program Review of the Skookum Jim Friendship Centre’s Youth Shelter |
| Year | 2017 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A program and organizational review undertaken to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and accountability of Youth Shelter operations, together with an assessment of human resource capacity. |
| Project Name | Together for Safety: A Portrait of Safety In Whitehorse |
| Year | 2017 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A community-based survey of perceptions about safety by women and girls in Whitehorse. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of the Women's Legal Advocate Initiative |
| Year | 2017 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A formative evaluation conducted to determine the extent to which gaps in services for Yukon women who require legal advocacy and support are being addressed and to make recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the initiative. |
| Project Name | Cold Climate Innovation and Technology Innovation Program Review |
| Year | 2017 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A program review designed to evaluate the extent to which the intended outcomes of the Cold Climate Innovation and Technology Innovation programs delivered by the Yukon Research Centre at Yukon College are being achieved. |
| Project Name | Organizational and Program Review of the Skookum Jim Friendship Centre’s Youth Shelter |
| Year | 2017 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An organizational and program review of the Youth Shelter operated by the Skookum Jim Friendship Centre and funded by the Family and Children Services Branch of the Yukon Department of Health and Social Services including recommendations to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and accountability of Youth Shelter operations. |
| Project Name | Applied Analytics: Some Yukon Examples |
| Year | 2017 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Launch presentation for the Yukon Science Community of Practice Fall 2017 Data Science Series that provided some illustrative Yukon examples of applied data science and identified a series of data science policy issues currently facing the Yukon government. |
| Project Name | Data Assessment for Education and Health Outcome Indicators |
| Year | 2018 |
| Client Sector | Private |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | On behalf of Canada's 25 self-governing First Nations, this case study identified and assessed data that could potentially be used to inform progress towards achieving education and health-related outcomes in Yukon communities home to Indigenous governments. |
| Project Name | Project Evaluation: Building a Northern Evidence-Based Approach to Crime Prevention |
| Year | 2018 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A project evaluation of a federal Youth Gang Prevention Fund initiative completed by Canada’s three northern territorial governments undertaken to better understand how to improve future pan-territorial research efforts. |
| Project Name | Yukon Housing Corporation Strategic Plan – Evaluation Framework and Data Collection Guidebook |
| Year | 2018 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Development of a performance evaluation framework capable of generating relevant and meaningful information to assess the effectiveness of YHC’s efforts to implement a new five-year strategic plan. |
| Project Name | YG Staff Housing Modernization – Economic Advisory Services |
| Year | 2018 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Architect of a market transformation model for staff housing in rural Yukon communities, in collaboration with the Yukon Public Service Commission. Assessment, from an economic perspective, of the sustainability and effectiveness of modernization options developed by the Yukon Housing Corporation. |
| Project Name | Yukon Government Land Development Role Review |
| Year | 2019 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | In response to persistent pressure on the Yukon Government to increase the pace and volume of supply of residential building lots, an assessment of whether the current approach of Yukon government-supplied residential building lots on a cost-recovery basis remains valid. |
| Project Name | Agreement for Sale Assessment |
| Year | 2019 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An assessment of the effectiveness of the agreement for sale provisions in Section 4 of the Yukon Lands Act, and accompanying Lands Regulations, together with recommendations for delivery improvement. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of the North Yukon Regional Land Use Plan |
| Year | 2019 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A summative evaluation that examined the success of the North Yukon Regional Land Use Plan in achieving Plan goals and objectives used to inform a determination of whether a full review of the North Yukon Regional Land Use Plan was required. |
| Project Name | Social Wellbeing Action Plan for 2019/20 and 2020/21 |
| Year | 2019 |
| Client Sector | Indigenous Nation |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Lead drafter for the development of an action plan prepared in fulfillment of the Annex 'D’ of CAFN's Financial Transfer Arrangement to access new federal funding in the program areas of infrastructure, housing and social well-being. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of the Take Home Naloxone Program |
| Year | 2019 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A formative evaluation of the Yukon's Take Home Naloxone Program that examined the success of the Naloxone Kit Program in achieving its intended outcomes and provided recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the Naloxone Kit Program. |
| Project Name | Analysis of the Economic Burden of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries |
| Year | 2019 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Development of robust evidence of the economic burden of spinal cord injuries and secondary health conditions to improve decision making and direct future spinal cord injury research. Tableau analytics software was used for on-site data-mining of Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) administrative data for 9,000 Canadian acute care patients. |
| Project Name | YESAB Internal Evaluation |
| Year | 2020 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A summative evaluation of the YESAB program that examined progress towards the achieving intended program outcomes. Prepared to inform a Treasury Board of Canada cyclical review for renewal of the YESAB program, the evaluation also included recommendations for improving program effectiveness of the YESAB program. |
| Project Name | Nonprofit Sector Resource Toolkit - One Screen of Data |
| Year | 2020 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Design and construction of a prototype for the 'One Screen of Data' Evaluation Framework. |
| Project Name | Technical Advisory Services for the Collaborative Fiscal Policy Process |
| Year | 2019 |
| Client Sector | Private |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Design of an outcome assessment data typology and provision of technical advisory services at the Gaps Assessment Workshop held 9, 10 and 11 September in Vancouver, B.C. |
| Project Name | Real Time Data Visualization for Developmental Evaluation |
| Year | 2020 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Design of a one-hour workshop on how to create and visualize data in real time with Tableau software to facilitate developmental evaluation, delivered at the BC Chapter of the Canadian Evaluation Society's 2020 one-day evaluation conference in Vancouver, B.C. |
| Project Name | Open Data Analytics with Tableau |
| Year | 2019 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Design and delivery of a short presentation which illustrated how to move beyond static charts and graphs and create interactive dashboard visualizations using data from the Yukon Government’s newly launched Open Data portal. |
| Project Name | Yukon Development Corporation Accountability Plan |
| Year | 2002 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An accountability statement outlining the Corporation's vision, mission, objectives and key strategies for the year ahead. |
| Project Name | Yukon Economic Development Accountability Plan |
| Year | 2002 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An accountability statement outlining the Department's vision, mission, objectives and key strategies for the year ahead. |
| Project Name | Yukon Energy, Mines and Resources Accountability Plan |
| Year | 2003 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An accountability statement outlining the Department's vision, mission, objectives and key strategies for the year ahead. |
| Project Name | Housing and Municipal Services Operational Review |
| Year | 2010 |
| Client Sector | Indigenous Nation |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An operational review of the Housing and Municipal Services Department of a self-governing Yukon First Nation to determine the optimal use of resources (human and financial) to ensure that appropriate programs and services are being delivered to Citizens. |
| Project Name | Northern Strategy Trust Management Reporting Framework |
| Year | 2008 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Design and implementation of a management reporting framework for the $40 million Northern Strategy Trust. |
| Project Name | Healthy Workplace Indicators for Yukon Health System Employers |
| Year | 2005 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Development of an indicator system capable of fostering healthier workplaces informed by existing practices in Canadian and international jurisdictions matched to current reporting capacity in the Yukon. |
| Project Name | Performance Measurement Primer |
| Year | 2005 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An introductory overview of the practice of performance measurement prepared to facilitate participation of management and staff of a Government of Yukon line department in the development of a series of performance indicators. |
| Project Name | Tourism Industry Indicators |
| Year | 2005 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An analysis of key industry performance measures used in six Canadian jurisdictions and an assessment of their potential application to the Yukon. |
| Project Name | Yukon Information and Communications Technology Sector Indicators |
| Year | 2004 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A scoping analysis of indicators illustrative of economic activity and growth in the Yukon ICT sector. |
| Project Name | Yukon College Environmental Scan |
| Year | 2004 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An environmental scan of education-related economic circumstances prepared to facilitate strategic planning by senior management and the Board of Governors. |
| Project Name | Yukon Technology Innovation Centre Program Review |
| Year | 2004 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An analysis and review of the Yukon Technology Innovation Centre’s Innovation Fund operations and achievements. |
| Project Name | Balanced Scorecard Implementation |
| Year | 2003 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Operationalization of a balanced scorecard performance measurement framework for a Yukon crown corporation. |
| Project Name | Yukon Micro Loan Program Pilot Phase Review |
| Year | 2003 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An analysis and review of the Yukon Micro Loan program at the end of a three year pilot phase. |
| Project Name | Strategic Plan Environmental Scan |
| Year | 2003 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An environmental scan of Yukon economic and demographic circumstances prepared to assist with an update to the Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board’s strategic plan. |
| Project Name | Yukon Development Corporation Strategic Plan |
| Year | 2002 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A five-year blueprint for corporate operations. |
| Project Name | Development Corporation Role Comparison |
| Year | 2001 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A discussion paper examining the roles exercised by selected development corporations in Canada. |
| Project Name | Procurement Support Centre - Procurement Activity Dashboard |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Data analysis and visualization of Yukon Government procurement activity for the 2013/14 fiscal year. |
| Project Name | Procurement Support Centre Performance Monitoring Framework |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A results-based performance monitoring framework designed to help ensure the efficient and effective operation of the new Procurement Support Centre. |
| Project Name | Procurement Data Analysis - Annual Report |
| Year | 2016 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Design and construction of a procurement data warehouse and accompanying data analysis and visualization to inform the Procurement Support Centre's 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16 annual reports. |
| Project Name | NWT Student Financial Assistance Program Review |
| Year | 2012 |
| Client Sector | Private |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Analytics support to determine whether funding levels are sufficient and whether the program is contributing to GNWT’s intended workforce development goals. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of the Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining |
| Year | 2017 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A formative evaluation completed after the first three years of Centre operations that assessed the quality of outputs produced and examined the extent to which the intended outcomes of CNIM are being achieved, recommendations for program improvements were also developed.. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of Skookum Jim Friendship Centre’s Youth Employment Centre |
| Year | 2017 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A summative evaluation that examined the effectiveness of services delivered to youth after five years of Youth Employment Centre operations, recommendations for improvement were also developed. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of Yukon’s Internationally Educated Health Professionals Initiative |
| Year | 2016 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A summative evaluation completed at the conclusion of the three year pilot phase together with a series of recommendations for future Yukon-specific initiatives to understand and better meet the needs of internationally educated health professionals. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of the Yukon Business Development Program |
| Year | 2016 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A summative evaluation that examined the extent to which the intended outcomes of the Yukon Business Development Program had been achieved over the period 2009/10 to 2013/14 together with a series of recommendations regarding program sustainability, change and improvement. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of the Yukon Victims of Crime Strategy |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An evaluation focused on the components of the Victims of Crime Strategy led by the Department of Justice’s Victim Services Unit that considered the extent to which the intended immediate outcomes of Strategy implementation had been achieved together with a series of concluding observations. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of the School of Visual Arts |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A summative evaluation completed for Yukon College at the end of SOVA’s seventh year of operations together with a series of recommendations for improving the effectiveness of SOVA operations. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of the Yukon Government Substance Abuse Program |
| Year | 2012 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An effectiveness and efficiency evaluation that required the drafting of a logic model, development of an evaluation matrix and primary research including focus groups, key informant interviews and web-based participant surveys. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of the Yukon Government First Nation Training Corps Program |
| Year | 2012 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An effectiveness and efficiency evaluation that required the drafting of a logic model, development of an evaluation matrix and primary research including focus groups, key informant interviews and web-based participant surveys. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of the Yukon Government Grad Corps Program |
| Year | 2012 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An effectiveness and efficiency evaluation that required the drafting of a logic model, development of an evaluation matrix and primary research including focus groups, key informant interviews and web-based participant surveys. |
| Project Name | Evaluation of the Northern Institute of Social Justice |
| Year | 2012 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A formative evaluation completed at the end of the Northern Institute of Social Justice’s first three years of operations together with recommendations for improved program delivery. |
| Project Name | Logic Model and Evaluation Plan for Yukon Victims of Crime |
| Year | 2013 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Collaborative development of a logic model with a multi-stakeholder advisory committee and construction of a comprehensive evaluation plan containing a matrix with evaluation questions, indicators and data sources. |
| Project Name | Disability Management Unit Performance Monitoring Framework |
| Year | 2013 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A results-based performance monitoring framework and accompanying data collection guidebook designed to help ensure the efficient and effective operation of the Yukon Government’s Disability Management Unit. |
| Project Name | Corporate Health and Safety Performance Monitoring Framework |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A results-based performance monitoring framework and accompanying data collection guidebook designed to help ensure the efficient and effective operation of the Yukon Government’s Corporate Health and Safety Program. |
| Project Name | How We Make a Difference |
| Year | 2015 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Presentation delivered at the 2015 National Evaluation Conference explaining how program evaluators make a difference every day based on a mash-up of a logic model and the data-information-knowledge-wisdom pyramid. |
| Project Name | What Environmental Assessment can Learn From Evaluation |
| Year | 2015 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Presentation delivered at the 2015 National Evaluation Conference that makes the case for an outcome-based approach the assessment of socio-economic effects of resource development projects. |
| Project Name | What to Do When N < n: Evaluation with Tiny Data |
| Year | 2017 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Presentation delivered at the 2017 National Evaluation Conference introducing qualitative and quantitative techniques for completing evaluations in sparsely populated areas which feature programs with broad scopes and shallow scales. |
| Project Name | Why Do We Evaluate? A Social Capital Explanation |
| Year | 2019 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Presentation delivered at the 2019 National Evaluation Conference which demonstrated how, in a world full of bonding professions, evaluation practitioners’ derive resiliency from knowing that by exemplifying a bridging vocation, they too are making a difference. |
| Project Name | Outcome Assessment of the AIDS Community Action Program |
| Year | 2013 |
| Client Sector | Private |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Primary data collection via focus groups, photo voice, interviews, paper questionnaires and web-based surveys at five program delivery sites in Western Canada. |
| Project Name | CINE Website Logdata Analysis |
| Year | 2002 |
| Client Sector | Private |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A quantification of access to a northern-focused educational website via internet service providers located in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. |
| Project Name | Special Leave Pattern Analysis |
| Year | 2015 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Analysis of Yukon Government employee leave data using Tableau data visualization software to discern patterns of special leave usage. |
| Project Name | Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining Evaluation Plan |
| Year | 2015 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Collaborative development of a logic model with a multi-stakeholder advisory committee and construction of an evaluation plan and matrix and accompanying data collection guidebook. |
| Project Name | Policy Logic Model and Evaluation Matrix 2008-2013 |
| Year | 2013 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Technical guidance for the development of a logic model and evaluation matrix for Women's Directorate policies and initiatives. |
| Project Name | Southern Lakes Community-based Justice Assessment |
| Year | 2009 |
| Client Sector | Indigenous Nation |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | An assessment, through both primary and secondary research, of the community-based justice services currently being delivered in the Southern Lakes Region of the Yukon. |
| Project Name | Yukon Government Leadership Forum Alternatives Analysis |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Primary research to identify issues relevant to a contemplated switch from the current Yukon Government Leadership Forum delivery model to a Master’s certificate program. |
| Project Name | Yukon Government Staff Housing Scoping Analysis |
| Year | 2015 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A scoping analysis to identify and describe the range of possible issues involved in reducing the level of Yukon Government intervention in housing markets in rural Yukon communities. |
| Project Name | YDC – Yukon Energy Financial Monitoring Framework and pro forma Quarterly Report |
| Year | 2017 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A financial monitoring framework constructed to assist the Yukon Development Corporation fulfill its obligations for financial oversight of the Yukon Energy Corporation. An accompanying pro forma quarterly report was also developed. |
| Project Name | Planning and Evaluation Program of Study: Assessment of Evaluation Frameworks |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Assessment of four evaluation frameworks prepared by students in the 2012 to 2014 Planning and Evaluation Course of Study to inform adjustments for a potential second intake. |
| Project Name | Yukon Information and Communications Technology Sector Performance Monitoring Framework and pro forma Dashboard |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A results-based monitoring framework designed to ensure effective implementation of the 2013 ICT Strategic Plan. |
| Project Name | Yukon Housing Corporation Loan Program Portfolio Performance Monitoring Framework |
| Year | 2013 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A results-based performance monitoring framework designed to facilitate the effective and efficient management of the Yukon Housing Corporation's portfolio of loan programs. |
| Project Name | Shared Services Agreement with the Yukon Liquor Corporation |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Development of a shared service agreement designed to delineate roles and responsibilities among the Yukon Housing Corporation, the Yukon Liquor Corporation and Lotteries Yukon together with an accompanying drafting memo. |
| Project Name | Performance Measurement in Rural and Remote Communities |
| Year | 2014 |
| Client Sector | Not-for-Profit |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A half day pre-conference seminar that introduced conference delegates to an outcome-based approach to economic development in rural and remote communities. |
| Project Name | Synthesis of First Nations Community-based Evaluation Reports |
| Year | 2010 |
| Client Sector | Private |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Research support for a meta-evaluation of health transfer programs funded by the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch of Health Canada. |
| Project Name | Measuring Community Growth |
| Year | 2011 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Design of a community and economic indicators template intended to enable the Department of Economic Development to understand and measure where a community is at in relation to defined development objectives. |
| Project Name | Research Methods for Yukon Policy Practitioners |
| Year | 2010 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A one-day workshop designed to outfit participants with a kit of tools and techniques for timely, rigorous and original policy-oriented research. |
| Project Name | Effective Internet Research |
| Year | 2007 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | A half-day workshop designed to outfit participants with a kit of tools and techniques for effective internet research. |
| Project Name | Yukon Health and Social Services Adult Services Unit Program Review: Social Assistance Cost Driver Analysis |
| Year | 2010 |
| Client Sector | Public |
| Focus Area | Evaluation and Results Measurement |
| Description | Descriptive and econometric analysis of the price and volume drivers influencing social assistance expenditures by the Yukon Government. |