Professional Activities

In addition to consulting projects, Laura L’Heureux is involved in a variety of professional activities:

Professional association membership and service:

• Canadian Evaluation Society (Current President of the Alberta Chapter, Vice President of the Alberta Chapter from 2003-2006, Co-coordinator for professional development events in Calgary from 2005-2006, Website Coordinator of the Alberta Chapter from 2004-2005, member since 1998)
• American Evaluation Association (member since 2003)
• Human Resources Association of Calgary (associate member since 2004)

Evaluation training workshops and presentations:

• Evaluating Your Partnership. Development and presentation of an overview of why it is important to evaluate a partnership, how to evaluate a partnership, and how to use the findings to improve a partnership. Presented on behalf of the Alberta Children and Youth Initiative Cross Sector Training Opportunity Video Conference Series, February 10, 2006, Calgary.
• Canadian Evaluation Society: Essential Skills Series Modules 1 and 2. Co-development and presentation of an introductory full-day workshop on understanding program evaluation and building evaluation frameworks, including logic models. Presented March 7, 2005 (Calgary, with Dr. Gail V. Barrington), January 29, 2004 (Calgary, with Agnes Dallison) and October 10, 2003 (Edmonton, with Dr. Gail V. Barrington).

Journal article:

• How do you evaluate a network? A Canadian child and youth health network experience.
  Popp, J. K., L’Heureux, L. N., Dolinski, C. M., Adair, C. E., Tough, S. C., Casebeer, A. L., Douglas-England, K. L. & Morrison, C. C. (2005). Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 20(3), 123-150.

Conference presentations:

• Navigating for change in the health care web : Advocating for LGBTTQ health and wellness within professional associations and regulatory bodies.
  Nagra, N. & L’Heureux, L. N. (2005, November). Workshop presented at the 2nd annual conference of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition, Halifax, NS, Canada.
• Intermediate consulting skills: A self-help fair.
  Barrington, G. V., Doino-Ingersoll, J., McGuire, M., Bowen, K. A., L’Heureux, L. N., Bingle, C. & Harrington, M. J. (2005, October). Think tank session presented at the 2005 Joint Conference of the Canadian Evaluation Society and the , Toronto, ON, Canada.
• How do you evaluate a network? A child and youth health network experience.
  Dolinski, C. M., L’Heureux, L. N., Popp, J. K., Douglas-England, K. L., Casebeer, A. L., Adair, C. E., Morrison, C. C. & Tough, S. C. (2005, October). Paper presented at the 2005 Joint Conference of the Canadian Evaluation Society and the American Evaluation Association, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• Evaluating a network : Experience of the Southern Alberta Child & Youth Health Network.
  Popp, J. K., L’Heureux, L. N. & Dolinski, C. M. (2005, October). Poster session presented at the 4th annual conference of the Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres, St. John’s, NL, Canada.
• Outreach services: Enhancing paediatric care in southern Alberta
  Young, S., L’Heureux, L. N., Popp, J. K. & Scott, B. (2005, October). Outreach services : Poster session presented at the 4th annual conference of the Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres, St. John’s, NL, Canada.
• Assessing the outputs and outcomes of Alberta’s Health Research Fund.
  Magnan, J., L’Heureux, L., Taylor, M. & Thornley, R. (2004, May). Poster session presented at the 1st annual conference of the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research, Montreal, QC, Canada.
• Compiling an inventory of diversity initiatives at the University of Saskatchewan.
  L’Heureux, L. N. & Grant, P. R. (2001, May). Poster session presented at the 21st annual conference of the Canadian Evaluation Society, Banff, AB, Canada.
• Information technology: Assessing needs at the University of Saskatchewan.
  L’Heureux, L. N. & Chiste, P. (2001, May). Poster session presented at the 21st annual conference of the Canadian Evaluation Society, Banff, AB, Canada.