Pathways to Prosperity 2015 Preconference Workshop: Measurement Strategies for Settlement Agencies, Local Immigration Partnerships, and Réseaux en immigration francophone

November 29, 2015

Delta Hotel-Downtown Toronto, 75 Lower Simcoe Street

9:00-9:15AM

Introductory Comments

Victoria Esses and Jean McRae, Pathways to Prosperity Co-Chairs

9:15-10:15AM

Session 1: Understanding CIC Evaluations and Reporting

Chair: Jean McRae, Intercultural Association of Greater Victoria
Panel presentations on CIC reporting and evaluation – What is currently being measured, how is it measured, how do reports fit into the evaluation, what other components make up the evaluation.

• Understanding CIC Evaluations and Reporting  (Video)
  David Kurfurst, Citizenship and Immigration Canada
  Alicia Simms, Citizenship and Immigration Canada
  Marie-Eve Filteau, Citizenship and Immigration Canada

• iCARE: Supporting CIC Performance Measurement and Evaluation (Video)
  Martha Justus, Citizenship and Immigration Canada

11:00-11:30AM

Session 2: Understanding Other Funding Agencies’ Reporting and Evaluation

Chair: Audrey Andrews, Region of Durham
Panel presentations on reports and evaluations currently being prepared for other funding agencies – What are the requirements, what is being measured, how much overlap is there in the reporting being done for different funders.

• Program Evaluation and Meeting the Challenge of Open Government  (Video)
  Jamie Pitts, Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade

• Reporting: The Ravenous Beast
  Craig Mackie, PEI Association for Newcomers to Canada

• Balancing the Reporting Demands of Multiple Funders: A Juggling Act  (Video)
  Sandra Wilking, S.U.C.C.E.S.S

1:00-1:40PM

Session 3: Role of Internal Performance Assessment and Research

Chair: Vicki Sinclair, Immigrant Center Manitoba
Panel presentations on internal performance assessment and research – How do agencies and networks conduct internal performance assessments, what type of data and measures are utilized, how can research involving outcome measurement contribute to the work that agencies and networks do.

• Creating and Measuring Impact  (Video)
  Seema Taneja, Peel Newcomer Strategy Group

• Internal and External Evaluations: Mechanisms for the Efficiency and Professionalization of the Newcomer Settlement Sector  (Video)
  Ida Kamariza, Association canadienne-francaise de l’Alberta

• Administrative Data and Program Evaluation  (Video)
  Michael Haan, Western University

• Research on Measures of Community and Immigrant Outcomes: What We Have Done and What We Can Do  (Video)
  Zenaida Ravanera, Pathways to Prosperity

2:15-3:15PM

Session 4: Breakout Groups for Specific Objectives

• On the Use of iCARE Data: Soliciting Suggestions for a Tool Kit and Use for Analytic Purposes
  Co-Chairs: Martha Justus, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and Zenaida Ravanera, Pathways to Prosperity

• On Adapting Measures and Tools to the Situation of Francophone Services and Networks
  Co-Chairs: Mireille Paquet, Concordia University, and Anne-Marie Robert, Citizenship and Immigration Canada

• On Making the Work that Researcher Do More Useful to Agencies, LIP’s and RIF’s
  Co-Chairs: Kathy Burnette, Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia, and Victoria Esses, Pathways to Prosperity

3:20-4:00PM

Session 5: Next Steps and Plans for Collaboration, Closing

Jean McRae and Victoria Esses, Pathways to Prosperity Co-Chairs