aes26 International Evaluation Conference

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Jak James

Community First Development

Systems and Information Coordinator

National Org. Based in Perth

https://communityfirstdevelopment.org.au

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About me

A Proud Gundungurra Koori Man, raised on Ngarigo Country for Six generations and have now been calling Whadjuk Noongar Boodja (Perth) home for the last 10 years.
I am the Systems and Information Coordinator at Community First Development, supporting the organisation through digital systems, information management and process improvement ensuring that Communities ICIP remains safe and secure at all times. I am also an alumni member of the Australian Evaluation Society's Emerging Indigenous Evaluators Program from the AES 2025 Conference in Canberra, with a strong interest in Indigenous evaluation, community-led development and culturally informed approaches to learning and evidence.

11:00am ACST

Measuring what matters: Culturally responsive evaluation of a statewide ECEC strategy Rooms 1+2Deb Moyle • Phillip Belling

2:30pm ACST

Beyond Symbolic Inclusion - Building a Collective Mandate for Indigenous-Led Understanding Measurement Evaluation & Learning (UMEL) Hall 2Rick Cummings • Corinne Hodson • Jess Yamaguchi • Liz Wren • Slade Sibosado • Gulwanyung Moran

4:00pm ACST

Cultural Wisdom and Story Gathering: a participatory reflection session Rooms 1+2John Gilbert • Jessi Gidgup-Lovett • Duncan Rintoul Making space for influence: Danjoo Koorliny and decolonising evaluation to measure systems change Waterfront 3Stuart Raetz • Doyen Radcliffe

4:30pm ACST

Two-way learning through evaluation: An innovative Indigenous-led initiative enacting developmental evaluation at the cultural interface Waterfront 3Stuart Raetz • Samantha Togni • Robyn Napurrurla Lawson • David Japanangka McCormack • Verona Nungarrayi Jurrah • Joyce Napaljarri Herbert

10:30am ACST

"Yalalamirri mala-djarr’yun – “and then we check” Understanding and sensemaking the Yolŋu way" Hall 2Rod Reeve • Joy Bulkanhawuy Dhamarranḏji • Maminydjama Maymuru • Wuṯpurruŋu Wunuŋmurra

11:30am ACST

Walking in Two Worlds: evaluating First Nations programs in the public sector Hall 2Rod Reeve • Anna Rasalingam (She/Her) • Daniel Maher

1:30pm ACST

Walking alongside each other at the pace of trust: how evaluation is only the destination Waterfront 3Mardi Grundy • Skye Gooch • Rebecca Steunenberg

2:00pm ACST

An open discussion on research and evaluation that works for remote communities Waterfront 3Mardi Grundy • Jillian Marsh • Laura Bird • Kate Dixon

3:30pm ACST

Culturally Governed Evaluation: Reframing First Nations Engagement from Consultation and Co-design to Governance Hall 2Zoe Enticott • Sarah Jane Springer • Catherine Boekel

10:30am ACST

Making space, valuing place: in and through higher education evaluation Waterfront 3Kira Duggan • Nathan Towney • Matt Lumb • Monica McKenzie

11:30am ACST

Ignites Waterfront 2Victoria Pilbeam • Toby Black • Sunet Jordaan • Emily Maher • Cath Cooper • Linda Gyorki • Ramakrishna Chondur • Tennele Shields

1:30pm ACST

Making the invisible visible: Aboriginal ways of working in evaluation Waterfront 3Trina O'Donnell • Laura Dent • Stacey Boota