Ecur 809 Assignment 4

Below is a PDF of the logic model for the Gabriel Dumont College Graduate Bursary Program, which is described in the assignment 3 post.

Gabriel Dumont College Graduate Bursary Program Logic Model.

Ecur 809 Assignment 3

For Assignments 3 and 4 and the final assignment, I will be evaluating the Gabriel Dumont College Graduate Bursary Program. This program was created in order to provide financial assistance to Métis students pursuing full-time graduate studies in either Masters or Ph.D programs that are focused on fields relating to Métis people. The overall goals of the program are to have research conducted in fields relating to Métis people, and to increase Métis employment in Saskatchewan and within the Gabriel Dumont Institute. The program provides $50,000 in funding per year, split between two adjudications, with a maximum of $10,000 per student per year.

Below is a pdf of my evaluation assessment, based on the University of Wisconsin template.

Evaluation Assessment of the Gabriel Dumont College Graduate Bursary Program.

ECUR 809 Assignment 2

To evaluate the program in the case study, a summative evaluation should be chosen. This program was a 2-year pilot program, and so it is important to evaluate if it was successful and met its goals, in order to decide to continue its funding, alter the program, or have it discontinued.

There are many reasons why a summative evaluation would be the best choice. When applying Bertrand’s chart to the program, many of the fields relating to the summative evaluation fit. The goal of the program is specifically to use exercise as the primary preventative strategy for high risk populations of type two diabetes, and therefore measures both a change in behaviour and health status. Since this program lasted for two years, there should be a large amount of data available for the initial, intermediate, and long-term effects it had on the participants. Gathering the data should not be difficult because of the welcoming environment the program created. It would be important to find out from the participants what effect the program had on their health, and the health of their children, who would be approximately 15-16 years of age if this evaluation was carried out today.

Lastly, an impact assessment can be carried out by analyzing all the data collected from the program participants deciding if the goals of the program were reached. After careful analysis, of whether or not the goal of preventing type two diabetes was successful, a decision can be made on the continuation, reinstatement, or cutting of this program at the YMCA.