Roots of Hope Evaluation Capacity-Building

CCBR, in partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada, is supporting evaluation capacity building across 20+ Roots of Hope communities through a national Community of Practice focused on community-based evaluation and learning.

This project combines foundational learning, practical application, and sustained one-on-one coaching to help communities better understand and apply evaluation in ways that reflect local priorities, strategies, and contexts.

Through a national presentation, an applied workshop, and quarterly coaching sessions over the next year, communities will be supported by a CCBR coach 1:1, to troubleshoot challenges, interpret findings, and use evaluation as a tool for ongoing learning and improvement.

As part of this work, CCBR is helping to facilitate the Roots of Hope Summit, creating opportunities to strengthen connection, collaboration, and sustainability across the Community of Practice. CCBR’s workshops will focus on relationship-building, peer learning, and evaluation support.

The project will culminate in a year-end narrative synthesis that captures evaluation practices, early evidence of impact, and cross-community learning. This work provides a practice-informed, pan-Canadian understanding of how evaluation is supporting community-driven suicide prevention efforts while strengthening long-term local evaluation capacity.