Program Evaluation

Research Snippets

What qualities do resilient people have?

  • prosocial orientation
  • stong interpersonal skills
  • committment to school or work

Across studies of resiliency, what is the most common finding that differentiates resilient children and youth from those who are struggling?

  • a relationship with a supportive adult

Current Projects

 

2011-2013

Evaluation of a Post Transition Housing Services Model for Women Fleeing Violence

British Columbia Society for Transition Houses

2010-2013

Evaluation of the CALL Out! Project. A project for GLBT2SQ youth

Vancouver Coastal Health

2010-2012

Evaluation of Youth Detox Services

Vancouver Coastal Health

2007-2013

Evaluation of The SACY Initiative (School-Aged Children and Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Program)

Vancouver Coastal Health and the Vancouver Board of Education

For the SACY website, including sample evaluation highlights, see www.vsb.bc.ca/sacy

 

Recent Publications

Promoting Social Justice Through Building Healthy Relationships: Evaluation of SWOVA's "Respectful Relationships" program (Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, November, 2010)

 

Words to Ponder

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

Confucius