April 2017: The Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) has engaged Kelly Sears in partnership with Communications MDR to conduct the Evaluation of the OMDC Film Fund, which provides development and production financing to Ontario’s feature film producers. The purpose is to assess the effectiveness of the Film Fund and identify any suggested improvements. The evaluation [...]
February 2017: The Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) has engaged Kelly Sears in partnership with Communications MDR to conduct the Evaluation of the OMDC Industry Development Program, which offers financial and strategic support to established trade and event organizations undertaking initiatives that provide business growth and development opportunities for Ontario cultural media companies. The purpose [...]
January 2017: The Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying (OCL) has engaged Kelly Sears and Beechwood Consulting & Research to conduct an Evaluation of the OCL’s Outreach and Education program. The evaluation will involve a considerable amount of fact-finding, including interviews with consultant and in-house lobbyists and public office holders, along with a comparative analysis [...]
September 2016: The Department of Canadian Heritage publishes the Evaluation of the Movable Cultural Property Program (MCPP), carried out by Kelly Sears Consulting Group in collaboration with the department’s Evaluation Services Directorate. The MCPP delivers several activities, including certifications of cultural property for income tax purposes. The report is available here
June 2016: The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC) awards BBMD Consulting a contract to assess the “Electronic Surgical Synoptic Quality Initiative” (ESSQUI). Garry Sears of Kelly Sears Consulting Group is a Senior Evaluation Specialist on the project team. The goal of ESSQUI is to enable oncology surgeons to electronically capture surgery reporting (to replace traditional [...]
June 2016: The Canadian Space Agency publishes the Evaluation of Canada’s participation in the International Space Station program conducted by Kelly Sears, focused on the Assembly and Maintenance Operations Program (including Canadarm2 and the “Dextre” robot). The report is available here
