DEVELOPMENTAL EVALUATION: HIGHLIGHTS, KEY FINDINGS, AND CONSIDERATIONS

We generated the findings in this report drawing on information from the following sources:

• Participants • Hosts • Project Team members • Evaluation Lead’s personal reflection notes • EOED Strategic Group • EOED registration spreadsheet • EOED program planning spreadsheets • Session notes • Observations

We collected evaluation data through:

• Observations (30 sessions) • Document review • Database review • On-site surveys (52 participants) • Online surveys (10 participants, 1 host) • Telephone/Zoom interviews (3 participants, 3 hosts, 3 Project Team members, 4 Strategic

Group members) • Reflections exercises (13 participants) • Weekly Project Team check-ins and reflections (4 members) • Reflection session with SG (9 members) • Closing session reflections (7 hosts)

EVALUATION FINDINGS

There are five sections of evaluation findings, based on the five guiding research and development components. We present the findings using both thematic groupings and story sharing, which combines a Euro-Canadian and an Indigenous approach to understanding and sharing knowledge, staying true to each voice as possible. Each section includes Highlights, Key Insights, and Future Considerations. In Highlights we present the experiences of the Strategic Group members, Project Team members, Participants, and Hosts. From there, we formulated Key Insights to identify learnings from these experiences. Finally, Future Considerations focuses on informing future EOED Kjipuktuk-Halifax phases, and on ensuring that we tend to this process in a good way, honouring tradition and spirit.