As a values-driven group, we seek partnerships that explicitly prioritize the advancement of equity and social justice, promote collaboration, and embrace strategic learning. Ensuring an alignment of our values with those of our partners is the first order of business we address when contemplating new engagements.
Collaboration
We are committed to employing inclusive, participatory practices that strategically and intentionally encourage shared decision-making throughout the various stages of research and evaluation. We approach our partnerships with care, compassion, openness, and humility, and place high value on listening to and learning from our partners.
Quality & Excellence
We are committed to producing the highest quality and most useful products and experiences for our partners. Towards this end, our team is involved in a continuous process of critical reflection and professional development so that we can employ the most current, creative, and culturally appropriate methods in our partnerships.
Advancing Equity & Justice
We intentionally partner with individuals, organizations, and initiatives that share our belief in the importance of equity-focused work. We are committed to the goals of social justice and centering the voices and experiences of those who are most often silenced and ignored. We promote diversity, equity, and inclusion via team membership, the processes we employ in our work, the focus of our work, and the products we produce with and for our partners.
Respect
We strive to demonstrate the utmost respect for all persons, cultures, and lived experiences through our ongoing commitment to cultural competency. We take the time to listen, learn, and engage in critical self-reflection by recognizing and talking about the ways in which our own identities, cultural background, education, privileges and biases shape our perspectives and worldviews.
Honesty & Transparency
Our unique approach relies on building trust within our partnerships. We believe that honesty, transparency, and open lines of communication are fundamental to this process.
Ethical Practice
As members of the American Evaluation Association and the Canadian Evaluation Society we strictly adhere to the guiding principles for ethical practice outlined by these organizations. They include: systematic inquiry; competence; integrity/honesty; respect for people; responsibility for general and public welfare; and accountability.