April 18, 2018
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Registration begins at 8:00 am
Registration Fee $60.00 + HST
RCAF Officers’ Mess
158 Gloucester Street
Ottawa, ON
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- Informing Decision Making Following the Implementation of the Policy on Results
- Orienter le processus décisionnel à la suite de la mise en œuvre de la Politique sur les résultats
- Performance Information in Decision-Making at the CSA
- Results for Informed Decision-Making
- Résultats pour la prise de décisions éclairée
Registration Fee $60.00 + HST
OVERVIEW:
The next learning event will be panel presentations and a discussion on the Use of Performance Measurement and Evaluation Results in decision-making. Come hear the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Natural Resources Canada, Health Canada and the Canadian Space Agency talk about the challenges they have identified, approaches being considered to support the use of results and reporting processes and tools being implemented to leverage performance measurement and evaluation results in decision processes.
The purpose of the event is to share best practices and lessons learned in implementing the requirements of the Policy on Results, including the updated MAF lines of evidence. The event is targeted to Science-based Organizations but anyone interested in sharing best practices in performance measurement are welcome.
Panelists include:
Susan Cole, Director, Results Transformation, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Marc Desjardins, Director General, Planning and Corporate Management Practices, Health Canada
Anne Routhier, Senior Director, Strategic Planning, Reporting and Results, Natural Resources Canada
Melanie Winzer, Executive Director, Programs and Integrated Planning, Canadian Space Agency
Moderated by:
Nadine Cyr, Senior Officer at the National Research Council
Hope to see you there!
Ambrosio Catalla Jr is responsible for monitoring, evaluating and reporting on the impacts of Research Manitoba’s support to research in health, natural sciences and engineering, and social sciences and humanities. He leads the development and application of Research Manitoba’s impact framework, conducts internal evaluations, and jointly leads NAPHRO’s Research Impacts Harmonization Project. Before joining Research Manitoba, he worked on evaluation projects with non-government organizations and UN agencies in the Philippines, Cambodia and Myanmar for over 15 years.
Tolga is currently the Acting Executive Director of the Program Performance and Evaluation Division in the Expenditure Management Sector of the Treasury Board Secretariat. He has been designated to work closely with the Privy Council Office to implement the Government’s new results agenda and is spearheading the development of a new Treasury Board Policy on Results. Prior to this, he was the General Counsel and Director of Policy to the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) and taught constitutional law at the University of Ottawa. He was a retained Lecturer in Constitutional Law at Oxford University. Tolga speaks English, French, and Turkish and has studied and worked on three continents. He obtained an Honours Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia, an Honours Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney, and a Bachelor of Civil Law and Master of Philosophy in law from Oxford. Tolga was Sub-Dean at Wadham College, Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, and President of Oxford Pro Bono Publico. Tolga also practiced law in Australia from 2006 to 2007 in banking and financial regulation. In addition, he is the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, including the Part-Time Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Teaching | Learning Grants Program, Funding program for blended courses, and the Australian Bicentennial Scholarship, the Hague Academy of International Law Scholarship, and the Banking and Financial Services Law Association Scholarship.
David Peckham is the Chief Audit and Evaluation Executive at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), a role which includes responsibility for program evaluation, internal audit, performance measurement, data production and impact analysis. Prior to taking this role, David was a Director in CIHR’s Strategic Programs Branch and before this he was Manager of Evaluation for the organization. David’s career path has included ten years working in the private sector in the United Kingdom and Canada, as a Vice President for Ipsos Reid, an international public opinion research corporation, where he worked with governments at all levels and public sector clients. He has also worked in the European Parliament in Brussels as a Parliamentary Research Assistant to Arlene McCarthy MEP. David received a BA(Hons) in European Politics and Modern Languages from the University of Manchester before completing an MSc in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics from the University of Sussex. His studies in Canada include a Graduate Certificate in Program Evaluation from the University of Ottawa, and he is currently a candidate for a Masters in Public Health from the University of Waterloo.
Deanne Langlois-Klassen, Ph.D., Associate Director, Alberta Innovates. Deanne brings broad public and population health experience to the development of systems approaches for the assessment of health research and innovation impacts. She also provides research expertise to ensure scientific rigor and appropriate methodological approaches in the assessment of Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions’ health research and innovation investments. Deanne has a M.Sc. in Medical Sciences (Population Health) and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of Alberta, Canada in addition to her experience as a physiotherapist and health program manager.
Biologiste de formation (Ph. D. en biologie cellulaire et moléculaire, Université Laval); formation postdoctorale en génétique du développement, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, É.-U.); et études spécialisées en administration publique (École nationale d’administration publique). Depuis 2013, analyste à la planification et gestion stratégique aux Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ). Responsable de la stratégie de mesure d’impact des FRQ.
Melanie Winzer is the recently appointment Head of Performance Measurement at CIHR under the new Policy on Results and is the Manager, Planning, Reporting, Measurement and Data. In this role, she leads the Agency’s work related to Corporate Reporting (MRRS, RPP and DPR), as well as Corporate Performance, Corporate Risk and the Management Accountability Framework. She has led development and implementation of CIHR’s Performance Measurement (PM) Regime Toolbox, which is heavily based on the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Impact Framework. She also manages the team responsible for producing data and analytics on CIHR’s investments and impacts. Melanie has spent close to 18 years in the Federal Public Service in the areas of Planning, Performance Measurement and Reporting. Over this time, she has led various departments to be deemed “Leader” and “Department of Example” in the areas of integrated planning, performance measurement and parliamentary reporting. She has a Bachelor of Commerce Honours from the University of Ottawa and is currently completing her Master of Arts in Political Science at Carleton University.
As the Director of Impact and Evaluation, Patrick collaborates with SHRF staff and other stakeholders, provincially and nationally, to play a key role in monitoring, evaluating and reporting on the progress and impact of SHRF’s work in advancing health research and innovation in Saskatchewan. He represents SHRF on various national special initiatives and is part of the executive leadership team, contributing to strategic decision-making toward achieving SHRF’s mandate. Patrick joined SHRF in October 2007 after working with the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority as a Health Researcher. He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a Masters in Kinesiology, studying group dynamics and adherence to sport and physical activity. He has extensive experience developing and implementing impact and evaluation frameworks to ensure SHRF is maximizing impact and return on investment.
Renata joined NAPHRO as Executive Director in November 2013, where she also co-chairs NAPHRO Impact Analysis Group. Renata brings a strong background in all aspects of business management as well as the understanding of Canada’s Science, Technology and innovation milieu. As Program Director at the Council of Canadian Academies, Renata led multidisciplinary Expert Panels in synthesis of complex evidence-based public policy issues. Her work focused on various aspects of reporting on impacts of investment in research. Prior to that, as a seasoned management consultant her consulting experience includes program design, business planning, performance and risk management frameworks, and business analysis and processes re-engineering.
Manager, Performance Accountability and Evaluation Robert oversees the NSHRF’s efforts to assess, document and communicate its performance to stakeholders. In addition, he is responsible to facilitate the evaluation of programs and services provided by the NSHRF.
Steve Montague, a partner of Performance Management Network Inc. is a credentialed evaluator, a Fellow of the Canadian Evaluation Society and has 35 years of experience as a practitioner in program evaluation as a management consultant, an adjunct professor and as an evaluation manager in a major Canadian federal government department. Steve has led or participated in dozens of S&T related evaluations and performance measurement projects dating back to the mid 1980s when he won a public service excellence award for his participation in a technology centre evaluation. He has been a long-time member of the AEA’s Research Technology and Development Topical Interest Group and has three times published articles in Research Evaluation. His work on theories of change, reach and the role of technology infrastructure in innovation have led the Canadian and to some extent world monitoring and evaluation communities.