Public Safety Canada has a need for an evaluator or team of evaluators to conduct an evaluation of an innovative cyberbullying prevention or intervention initiative.
The purpose of the evaluation is to determine the effectiveness/potential effectiveness of the intervention in preventing or reducing the incidence of cyberbullying in a sample of school-aged children and youth.
Requirement SummaryPublic Safety Canada has a need for an evaluator or team of evaluators to conduct an evaluation of an innovative cyberbullying prevention or intervention initiative.
The purpose of the evaluation is to determine the effectiveness/potential effectiveness of the intervention in preventing or reducing the incidence of cyberbullying in a sample of school-aged children and youth.
Objective of the EvaluationThe key objective of the evaluation is to measure the intervention’s effectiveness in preventing or reducing the incidence of cyberbullying amongst Canadian children and youth.
Specifically, the evaluation will:
Provide a detailed description of the innovative cyberbullying prevention or intervention program including a Program Logic Model and Theory of Change;
Assess the extent to which the intervention was implemented as intended;
Conduct an outcome evaluation of a cyberbullying intervention;
Utilize rigorous quantitative methods including pre-, post, and follow-up testing, use of a comparison or equivalent design that allows for there to be valid results related to how the outcomes can be attributed to the intervention;
Utilize qualitative methods (e.g., interviews, focus groups, case studies) in order to triangulate results with the quantitative data;
Provide a descriptive cost analysis of the intervention;
Identify lessons learned, exploring what worked well, what did not work as well, and make recommendations to strengthen the intervention for the benefit of others interested in implementing an intervention of this nature in the future.
4. Period of Work
The period of the Contract is from August 2, 2016 to November 20, 2017.
