Yes that is true! Although I think a lot of evaluation usually happens ad-hoc – i.e. for a specific program – and is usually activated because of funder needs. But I agree that its impossible to separate out one specific program from the entire organization and evaluate it on its own terms – what’s needed is that whole-system review and…

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I agree re ‘representation’, Sean, but also evidence would suggest that elevating individual members of a community to a position of power doesn’t necessarily change the way things operate but just provides a nice distraction.

It also seems like politicians have become great at running ‘community forums’ or ‘town halls’ or ‘group…

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That’s a great point, Jane. We often think racial reality is fundamentally different in Canada than in the US but, of course, these are both settler-colonial nations – only made ‘different’ because of a border, which is itself a form of violence! And it is precisely the fact that we don’t know about racism in Canada that makes racism here…

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