Kristin Beaton Achievement Award for Leadership in Public Health Evaluation
2024 Nominations will open in June
The annual Kristin Beaton Achievement Award for Leadership in Public Health Evaluation was established to recognize OPHEN members who demonstrate strong leadership in promoting and advancing the field of public health evaluation, both within their organization and the field as a whole. This award is named after its inaugural recipient, Kristin Beaton, Credentialed Evaluator and champion of evaluative thinking and evaluation capacity building. Kristin continues to be an evaluation leader for OPHEN and in the field of public health.
Past Leadership Award Recipients
Nominees for this award will be assessed on the following selection criteria:
Leads by Example
Builds Evaluation Capacity
Encourages Evaluative Thinking
Demonstrates Innovation
Makes an Impact
Rules:
Nominees must be an OPHEN member.
Self-nominations are not accepted.
Award winners cannot be nominated again for a period of five years.
All nominees will be considered for the award regardless of years of experience or possessing the employment title of "evaluator".
The nominator(s) is/are not required to be an OPHEN member.
Process:
Access the nomination form from the OPHEN Award Nomination website at https://ophen.ca/nominations.
Complete the nomination form by providing well-documented, detailed descriptions and specific examples of how the nominee demonstrates each selection criteria. Nominees can contribute additional information to this nomination process.
Select up to two referees who will each write a reference letter for the nominee. The reference letter(s) should illustrate how the nominee demonstrates one or more of the selection criteria.
Submit the nomination form and reference letter(s) to the Selection Committee via the OPHEN Award Nomination website between Wednesday June 14, 2023 and Friday October 27, 2023 at 5:00pm.
Members of the Selection Committee will review the submitted nomination forms and reference letters in November 2023. The award winner will be announced at the December 13, 2023 OPHEN membership meeting. The award recipient will receive recognition for their accomplishments, including a letter from the OPHEN Chair, an announcement on the OPHEN website, a free one-year membership for OPHEN, and an insulated beverage tumbler.
If you have any questions about this nomination process, please contact the OPHEN Secretary at secretary@ophen.ca.
Submitting Reference Letters
Nominators are asked to submit up to two reference letters with the nomination form. The nominator and nominee cannot act as one of the referees. The referees should describe how the nominee's work has demonstrated one or more of the selection criteria. The reference letter must include the contact information for the referee. The referee(s) will only be contacted if two or more nominees are assigned the same score based on the selection criteria. The referee(s) will be asked to comment on an additional selection criterion not included in the nomination form - passion for the field of evaluation.
Before You Submit the Nomination Form
Consult with other people (even the nominee!) who can speak to the nominee's work and offer additional examples of how the nominee fulfills the selection criteria. This will ensure the Selection Committee is presented with a comprehensive view of the nominee.
Check to ensure you have provided well-documented, detailed descriptions and specific examples of how the nominee fulfills each selection criteria. The Selection Committee can only assess the nominee based on what information is included in the nomination form and reference letters.
Check that you have provided clear and well-written information about the nominee (e.g., complete sentences and not bullet points).
Consider whether you have made the nominee shine.