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Please fill out our Sponsorship Inquiry form or email andrea@johnstonresearch.ca to learn more about available sponsorship opportunities. Learn more about why you should fund the network in our Why Fund the IEN? document.
The Indigenous Evaluation Network is looking for private sector sponsors to help achieve the goals of the network and summit. Learn more about the summit at our Indigenous Evaluation Summit page and learn about the available sponsorship opportunities from our Summit Sponsorship Package.
Sponsors
Johnston Research
Since 2001, Johnston Research Inc. has been working closely with communities to provide Indigenous evaluation services across Canada from coast to coast; investing and sharing resources to support innovation, community success and promoting Indigenous-led program sustainability. Johnston Research strives to amplify the voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities and the value they bring to their programs, research and communities. We seek to deconstruct the language and assumptions behind the evaluation system to support change and transformation so that evaluation practices can be more reflective of Indigenous urban knowledge, life experiences and ways of doing things. Read more
Indigenous Services Canada
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) works collaboratively with partners to improve access to high quality services for First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Our vision is to support and empower Indigenous peoples to independently deliver services and address the socio-economic conditions in their communities.
ISC Evaluation has partnered with Johnston Research Inc. on an exploratory project entitled Strengthening Indigenous Evaluation Frameworks and Practice which aims to build dynamic evaluation tools that are relevant and appropriate for ISC, Indigenous partners and communities. This project will advance a new framework that attempts to overcome the limitations of the colonial underpinnings of logic models and includes the expansive concepts of time. It is rooted in three key pillars (spirit, relationship and evaluation processes) which serve as a lens in which to ground evaluation questions, outcomes and indicators.
McConnell Foundation
The McConnell Foundation is a private Canadian foundation that contributes to diverse and innovative approaches to address community resilience, reconciliation, and climate change. We do so through funding and investment partnerships, and by collaborating with the public, private and non-profit sectors.
Future Skills Centre
The Future Skills Centre is a non-profit consortium founded by the Toronto Metropolitan University, Blueprint, and The Conference Board of Canada driven to connect ideas and innovations across Canada. They aim to help all Canadians benefit from effective skills development and seek to ensure an inclusive approach to supporting underserved groups.
PRA Inc.
For over 30 years, the PRA team has provided client-focused evaluation and research services, nation-wide, to all orders of government as well as the non-profit sector. We have a staff of 25 professional and technical specialists as well as a roster of consulting associates with subject-matter expertise in a variety of areas. The team at PRA is committed to learning how we can better collaborate with Indigenous peoples in research that is respectful of their communities, cultures, and knowledge.
MakeWay
In 2000, a small group of changemakers and philanthropists asked: how can we foster a healthy planet and a just society? They created MakeWay (then Tides Canada)—a national charity and public foundation—to provide innovative supports for environmental and social change initiatives across the country.
In partnership with many, MakeWay is building momentum towards a world nature and communities thrive together.
Supporters
Kocihta
Kocihta, phonetically enunciated “Koh-chee-tah”, is one of only six national Indigenous charities/non-profits in Canada helping to resolve the Indigenous education and employment gap — our nation’s biggest socio-economic issue. It is the only national charity with the sole focus to help Indigenous youth, including youth with disabilities/special needs, reach their human resource and career potential.
Kocihta helps build Canada’s fastest growing, youngest and largest under-leveraged asset of Indigenous youth into a larger, more confident, and connected group with skills and passions that are better matched to opportunities in the workforce.
United for Literacy
United for Literacy is a nationally registered charity dedicated to improving the lives of children, youth, and adults across Canada through literacy. They co-design and deliver programmes to support local capacity-building, allowing simple, low-cost literacy supports to be integrated into other community-based programmes and services over time.
Laidlaw Foundation
The Laidlaw Foundation supports younger people impacted by the justice, education, and child welfare systems to become healthy and engaged by investing in innovative ideas, convening interested parties, advocating for system changes, and sharing learnings across sectors.