Program Evaluation

“Johnston Research focuses on utilizing tools for change"

Program Evaluation

We believe that the tools used in evaluation need to match your program because the tools are by themselves an intervention in-line with the program. Further, we don’t approach our contract work as “the expert”. We are collaborators and believe in social justice and reconciliation as viable processes. We also believe evaluation can be taught — creation stories, stories of specific beings, and stories of the natural world in which we live to guide the actions we take and this type of thinking is evaluative thinking. Our evaluators have explored this approach in books on Indigenous evaluation as well as several articles on Aboriginal approaches to evaluation. We have presented and published in literature since 2005 at the Canadian Evaluation Society and American Evaluation Association annual conferences, and have challenged other evaluators to embark upon a path of reconciliation in their work. Our clients appreciate our attention to detail, innovative models, flexibility to consider alternative methods to strengthen the study and our willingness to meet their timelines and taking time to share our reports in real time.

Program and Management Consulting

The Elders say that our “tool bundles” are breaking new ground in Indigenous Evaluations. Since 2001, we have been offering our one-of-a-kind services to the world. We have managed nine longitudinal evaluations, each about 3-years long and inclusive of 150 – 300 program participants and have kept our clients in the loop the entire time. We have worked with First Nations, government departments, and independent programs and organizations. We look forward to working with you. Learn more about program and management consulting and what we can offer in our bundles here.

The Benefits of Hiring Johnston Research for Contract Work

What You Will Learn

The gaps and challenges in your organization’s current evaluation practice.
An understanding of the issues surrounding the reconciliation between western and Indigenous evaluation practice.
How to utilize templates to develop draft tools and sketch-out a comprehensive evaluation plan.

Who Has Hired us in the Past

Indigenous non-government organizations (in every province and Yukon).
First Nations.
Métis organizations.
Inuit governments (in Nunavut and Kativik).
Canada government departments.
Ontario government departments.
Non-government organizations (who work with Indigenous peoples).

“
We want to thank you for taking your time to participate on the Ways Tried and True Working Group meetings, and contributing to the development of the WTT Framework and identifying Ways Tried and True for sharing through the Best Practices Portal.
Nina JethaManager, Canadian Best Practices Initiative

“
Despite tight timelines, JRI conducted a survey, analyzed the data and wrote a report that is highly regarded by our nursing colleagues as providing invaluable information in a succinct, clear, easy to read manner.
Fjola Hart WasekeesikawExecutive Director, Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada

“
Anishnawbe Health Toronto would hire Johnston Research Inc. again for Board of Directors consultations and strategic planning.
Joe HesterExecutive Director, Anishnawbe Health Toronto

“
From the beginning of the contract, I was impressed with the thoroughness and attention to detail, as shown in the care with which JRI put together their breadth of knowledge and sensitivity to the topic.
Senior Program Advisor, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada

“
Our timelines for this project were rather short (2 months); however Johnston Research Inc. undertook two northern site visits, a series of telephone interviews, and produced a final report on-time.
Manager, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada