Community Data – Quick Guide

This written resource provides an summary of community data and how it can be used in your justice reinvestment initiative.

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Published May 2024

Administrative Data – Quick Guide

This written resource provides an summary of administrative data and how it can be used in your justice reinvestment initiative.

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Published May 2024

Informed Consent – Guidance & Template

This written resource provides guidance and a template on how to gain informed consent prior to gathering community data.

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Published May 2024

Sample questions for collecting community data at the start of a JR initiative – Quick Guide

This written resource provides sample questions for collecting community data at the start of a JR initiative.

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Published May 2024

This video provides First Nations perspectives on Understanding Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, including introducing the framework, practical steps to getting started, case studies from other communities and key considerations throughout the UMEL journey.

On the right, we have included timestamps of each section to support you in navigating to the topics most relevant to your community.

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Published Aug 2024

Introducing the UMEL framework
0:06 What is UMEL?
0:46 What is the U in UMEL?
4:05 What is the M in UMEL?
5:18 What is the E in UMEL?
7:54 What is the L in UMEL?

Reflections on working with UMEL
9:27 Why do you think UMEL is so important?
10:05 What are the key principles and ways of working for UMEL?
13:19 What makes UMEL different to evaluation?
16:05 What to consider when working with external data sources e.g. government data?

Examples of how other communities have used UMEL
17:21 Examples of how UMEL can build on the work communities are already doing
19:22 Examples of communities leading UMEL themselves

How to get started with UMEL in your community
22:27 Preparing for UMEL – Data Sovereignty and Governance Principles
27:55 Stakeholder and asset mapping (U)
33:08 Outcomes harvesting (M)
37:08 Using culturally appropriate evaluation tools (E)
44:28 Reflecting and adapting as you go (L)
48:42 How can Kowa Cloud support communities with UMEL?