by Emmett | May 3, 2023 |
Eko Nomos is evaluating an inter-sectoral partnership’s efforts to address barriers to the economic inclusion of women with lived experience of conflict with the law. 
by Emmett | May 1, 2014 |
Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic has received funding from governments and foundations to work with young Muslim women to become agents of social change that involves them in shaping the conversations and solutions about violence and their safety needs. The project also involves training institutions, service providers and community organizations to increase their awareness of the forms of violence young Muslim women experience, integrate this awareness in policies, procedures and service models, and increase the availability of and safe access to services. Eko Nomos has been retained to provide evaluation services. This social change initiative that is responding to complex, high-risk, and dynamic realities is forging new ground in Canada. As such the approach needs to be adaptive to constant learning and innovation. In this context, and in most evaluations that Eko Nomos undertakes, we employ a developmental evaluation process that guides and captures the learning and impact of innovations in real-time and on an ongoing basis. As the project unfolds and outcomes emerge, we work with staff to understand these developments and support innovation and adaptation in the project by adjusting the evaluation plan and tools accordingly. At the end of the project, Barbara Schlifer Commemorative Clinic has an accurate account not only of the outcomes that were achieved, but also of the progression of the project, the innovation and adaptation that occurred, and the learnings that emerged for sharing with young Muslim women and the social service... 
by Emmett | May 1, 2014 |
The Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic approached Eko Nomos on behalf of The Ontario Network of Language Interpreter Services (ONLIS) to conduct an evaluation of a project to make legal services more accessible to rural and remote community members, particularly immigrant, refugee and Aboriginal Women who are not proficient in English through innovative applications of technology. The project consists of two main components. The first is the development, testing and delivery of an online training course for interpreters on areas of law not currently included interpreter courses. The second component provides on-line training for legal service providers to learn to communicate more effectively through interpreters when delivering legal services to clients with language barriers. Eko Nomos specializes in bringing forward evaluation plans that fit budgets and provide quality results. In this project Eko Nomos is guiding the development of on-line surveys, analyzing the results of those surveys, and conducting interviews with legal professionals and interpreters to assess the use of knowledge and the impact on practice. The final report will contribute to the learnings on how to use technology in innovative ways to promote and enhance access to justice for all... 
by Emmett | Apr 30, 2014 |
Elizabeth Fry Toronto serves the needs of women who are, have been, or are at risk of being in conflict with the law. The agency retained the services of Eko Nomos to conduct an evaluation of the Homelessness and Outreach Department; and to lead staff in developing a planning and evaluation framework for the department and for each program within the department. Our approach to evaluation is participatory and collaborative: we facilitate an approach that welcomes a range of perspectives, supports mutual learning and promotes open sharing of experience. In this evaluation, we trained women with lived experience with the criminal justice system to conduct interviews. As trained peers, they then assisted in interviewing, individually and in focus groups, women who have accessed services at the agency. These peers and staff members were also interviewed about their experiences with the various programs of the department and given opportunity to make suggestions for improving services. A comprehensive report of findings and analysis based on these multiple perspectives was prepared for the funder. Throughout the process, staff members were able to reflect, learn and consider practical strategies which they could then integrate into the Sustainable Livelihoods planning and evaluation framework we developed together as part of this project. The Homelessness and Outreach Department now has the tools and framework to develop and implement a service model for holistic and integrated programming that advances the sustainable livelihoods of criminalized... 
by Emmett | Apr 12, 2014 |
Eko Nomos and Associates worked with OCASI on a project designed to help settlement agencies and housing service agencies increase their effectiveness in supporting newcomers, in particular women and refugee claimants who face particular risk factors, by providing concrete strategies to improve the linkages within and between settlement agencies and between the settlement and housing sectors. Stronger linkages will benefit newcomers by ensuring that they have better and timely access to reliable and culturally sensitive housing information, and that their housing needs and challenges will be identified and more effectively addressed before they become significant...