Canadian Government Executive - Volume 24 - Issue 01

January/February 2018 // Canadian Government Executive / 23 Program evaluation duced, there have been major changes in the environment affecting Canadian evalu- ators’ work, including the introduction of national and provincial privacy legisla- tion; the publication of the Government of Canada’s Tri-Council Policy Statement on research with Human Participants and its exclusion of program evaluation from ethical reviews; the publication of the CES Competencies for Canadian Evalu- ators, and its soon-to-be-released with a renewed focus on ethics. Other national associations, notably the American Evaluation Association and the Australasian Evaluation Society, are also undertaking ethics renewal initiatives. As Harry Cummings, CES President noted, “Evaluators’ work, roles and fundamental obligations to their clients, program benefi- ciaries and society are only becoming more complex, and ethical challenges more sub- tle and intersectional. CES needs to step up and assume leadership in supporting and protecting Canadian evaluators and evalu- ation stakeholders in ethical practice.” The Canadian Evaluation Society, Na- tional Capital Chapter (NCC) will be hold- ing its Annual Learning Event in Ottawa on February 13, 2018. The theme of this event is Principled Evaluation: Should I give a s*#t? This title is admittedly provoc- ative but one that will delve into the ques- tions and concerns raised in this article. W ayne M ac D onald MA, CEP – Direc- tor, Canadian Evaluation Society – Na- tional Capital Chapter and President, Infinity Consulting and Legal Services (ICLS). Wayne.macdonald@rogers.com E milie P eter , P h D – is a recipient of the Joseph-Armand-Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC, 2013) and recently completed her PhD in Public Administration at the École nationale d’administration publique (ÉNAP). Emilie.peter@enap.ca N atalie K ishchuk P h D, CE, FCES – Vice-President, Canadian Evaluation Society and independent consultant located in Montréal, Québec. vicepresi- dent@evaluationcanada.ca