Scientific Committee

The scientific committee that will assess the proposals for the workshops and the presentations is comprised of the following members:

  • Gail Barrington – Consultant, researcher and founder of the Barrington Research Group, Inc., recipient of the Canadian Evaluation Society Award (2008) and 2014 Fellow of the Certified Management Consultants of Canada
  • Shelley Borys – Director General of the Evaluation Directorate at the Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada
  • Astrid Brousselle – Professor at the Université de Sherbrooke and holder of the Chaire de recherche du Canada en évaluation et amélioration du système de santé
  • Maria Bustelo – Associate Professor at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, former President of the European Evaluation Society and former member of the Board of Director Committee of the Spanish National Agency for the Evaluation of Public Policies
  • Stewart Donaldson – Professor and Dean of the Schools of Social Science, Policy and Evaluation at the Claremont Graduate University, recipient of the American Evaluation Association’s Paul F. Lazarsfeld Award (2013) and President of the American Evaluation Association (serving in 2015)
  • Nathalie Dubois – Researcher at the Direction de la santé publique de l’Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal and Professor at the École nationale d’administration publique
  • François Dumaine – Partner at PRA Inc., and former President of the Canadian Evaluation Society. He was member of the Executive Committee of the International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation and currently sits on the Executive Committee of the Canadian Evaluation Society Educational Fund
  • Marie Gervais – Professor at the Université Laval, Vice-President of IOCE, Vice-President of the Réseau francophone d’évaluation (RFE), recipient of the Contribution to Evaluation in Canada Award (2012) and the SQEP Recognition Award (2007)
  • Marthe Hurteau – Professor and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Education at the Université du Québec à Montréal and recipient of the SQEP Recognition Award (2013)
  • Johann Jacob – Coordinator of the CREXE, research professional and lecturer, École nationale d’administration publique
  • Steve Jacob – Professor at the Université Laval, Associate Editor of the French version of the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation and Director of the Laboratoire de recherche sur la performance et l’évaluation
  • Linda E. Lee – Vice -President at Proactive Information Services Inc., former CES National President and recipient of the CES Service Award (2003)
  • Richard Marceau – Professor and founder of the CREXE, École nationale d’administration publique
  • Jim McDavid – Full professor, University of Victoria, school of public administration; expert in program evaluation, in performance measurement and performance management
  • Jonathan Morell – Director of Evaluation at Fulcrum Corporation and Editor-in-Chief of Evaluation and Program Planning 
  • Lynda Olivia Rey – Senior Manager of Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning at the One Drop Foundation
  • Valéry Ridde – Associate Professor at the University of Montreal School of Public Health, and CIHR Research Chair in Applied Public Health
  • Andy Row – Principal at ARCeconomics Ltd. and former President of the Canadian Evaluation Society
  • Robert Schwartz – Professor at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health,  Director of the CIHR Strategic Training Program in Public Health Policy and Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation