Department of Justice Component of Canada’s Action Plan Against Racism

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6. APPENDICES

Evaluation of Canada’s Action Plan Against Racism – Department of Justice Component

Key Informant Interview Guide (DOJ Officials)

As you know, the Evaluation Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) is conducting an evaluation of the DOJ component of Canada’s Action Plan Against Racism (CAPAR).  The purpose of the evaluation is to measure the progress and demonstrate the results of the Department’s work under CAPAR.  As part of the evaluation, we will be conducting interviews with a range of key informants involved with the Justice Component of CAPAR.

This interview will take approximately 1 to 1.5 hours. Responses to interview questions are confidential.  No individuals will be identified in the final report, and findings will be summarized in aggregate form.

Note: We have indicated which questions in the guide are most likely to apply to you and your portfolio; however we do realize that you may not be in a position to address some of the questions.  If you cannot answer a question, please let us know. Alternatively if there is a question where we have not indicated your name or portfolio, and you wish to provide a response or comment please feel free to do so.

Design and Delivery

• 1. Have there been any changes to the project funding application and selection process of the grants and contributions funding for CAPAR?

• 2. Do you see the need for any changes to the funding criteria for the departmental component of the Action Plan?  If so, what changes and why?

• 3. Has project funding for the Department’s component of CAPAR been effectively administered, managed and coordinated?  Are improvements required? If yes, can you suggest alternatives or enhancements that would improve the design or delivery of the initiative?

• 4. Does Justice Canada’s Action Plan Against Racism Steering Committee continue to be an effective mechanism for information sharing? If no, what alternative would you suggest?

Please keep in mind the departmental initiatives under CAPAR (only those which took place after January 2008) in which you have been involved when responding to the following questions:

• 5. What new knowledge and products have been generated under the Department’s component of Canada’s Action Plan Against Racism (research, policy and legal advice, projects etc.)?^[7]

• 6. How have they been disseminated? With whom have they been shared? If they haven’t been shared, why not?

• 7. What has been the uptake or adoption of materials/report recommendations, etc.?  How has this been determined?

• 8. What new challenges, if any, have there been in implementing the CAPAR activities?  How were they overcome?

Relevance

• 9. Does the Justice component of CAPAR continue to be consistent with departmental and government-wide objectives and priorities? Why or why not?

• 10. In your opinion, is there a continued need for initiatives to counter racism and discrimination in Canada? Please explain.

• 11. In what way(s) is the Justice component of CAPAR consistent with federal roles and responsibilities?

Performance (effectiveness)

• 12. How have Department of Justice activities under CAPAR in which you have been involved resulted in or made progress toward: (please provide concrete examples of ways in which these have been accomplished)

  1. an increased awareness among justice system personnel (including Department of Justice personnel) of:

     • the special needs of victims of hate crime / the effects of hate crime on individuals and communities?
     • effective interventions for perpetrators of hate crime?
     • race-based issues in the justice system?

  2. an improved understanding of the problem of overrepresentation of ethnocultural groups?

  3. an increase in networking and information sharing opportunities?

  4. the development of approaches and/or products to help victims and deliver services?

  5. sharing and implementing best practices on effective interventions for perpetrators of hate crime?

  6. the development and implementation of tools to help identify and report internet hate?

  7. the identification and implementation of new/improved approaches to service delivery for overrepresented groups?

• 13. To what extent have there been improvements in services for victims of hate crime?

• 14. In your opinion, has access to legal resources and assistance increased among overrepresented groups in the criminal justice system?

• 15. Have there been any other changes (either intended or unintended) that the CAPAR initiatives in which you have been involved have brought about to date? If yes, what are they?

Performance (efficiency and economy)

• 16. Are the Justice-led activities under CAPAR the most efficient and effective ways to address race based issues in the justice system? What are some other alternatives?

• 17. Does any of the DOJ’s work under CAPAR complement, duplicate, overlap or work at cross purposes with other government programs? If yes, which programs?

• 18. Have the justice-led activities under CAPAR been an efficient use of resources resulting in good value for money?  What changes could be implemented to make it more efficient?

• 19.  Do you have any other comments regarding the Department of Justice component of the Action Plan that you would like to add?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.

Evaluation of Canada’s Action Plan against Racism – Department of Justice Component
Key Informant Interview Guide (Outside DOJ)

As you know, the Evaluation Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) is conducting an evaluation of the DOJ component of Canada’s Action Plan Against Racism (CAPAR).  The purpose of the evaluation is to measure the progress and demonstrate the results of the Department’s work under CAPAR. As part of the evaluation, we will be conducting interviews with a range of key informants involved with the Justice Component of CAPAR.

This interview will take approximately 1 hour. Responses to interview questions are confidential.  No individuals will be identified in the final report, and findings will be summarized in aggregate form.

Note: We realize that you may not be in a position to address some of the questions. If you cannot answer a question, please let us know.

1. Tell me briefly about your organization, its context, its mandate and the programs it offers.

2. How did you learn about the Department of Justice component of Canada’s Action Plan Against Racism?

3. In your view, was the level of funding provided by the Department of Justice for your project sufficient to support your efforts?

4. What was your role in the project?

5. Who are/were the primary intended beneficiaries (target group of your project?

6. What needs of the primary beneficiaries is/was your project designed to meet?

7. What were the main strengths of your project?  What worked best?

8. What were the main weaknesses of your project?  What did not work as well as you would have liked?

9. What were the main challenges that you encountered during the course of the project? How did you overcome these challenges?

10. Overall, to what extent was your project successful in achieving its specific objectives? Please explain your answer and provide examples.

11. What was the impact of your project? If the project is still ongoing, what are the intended impacts of your project?  What changes has it brought about to date?

12. In your opinion, on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1=Not at all, 3=To some extent, and 5=To a great extent, to what extent was your project relevant to the following:

    		Relevance to your project
    		Not at all		To some extent		To a great extent
    (a)	Increasing awareness among justice system personnel and the public of the special needs of victims of hate crime / the effects of hate crime on individuals and communities?	1	2	3	4	5
    (b)	Increasing awareness among justice system personnel of effective interventions for perpetrators of hate crime?	1	2	3	4	5
    (c)	Improving understanding of the problem of overrepresentation of ethnocultural groups?	1	2	3	4	5
    (d)	Increasing networking and information sharing opportunities?	1	2	3	4	5
    (e)	Developing approaches and/or products to help victims and deliver services?	1	2	3	4	5
    (f)	Sharing and implementing best practices on effective interventions for perpetrators of hate crime?	1	2	3	4	5
    (g)	Developing and implementing tools to help identify and report internet hate?	1	2	3	4	5
    (h)	Identifying and implementing new/improved approaches to service delivery for overrepresented groups?	1	2	3	4	5

13. To what extent has your project(s) contributed to improvements in services for victims of hate crime?

14. In what way, if any, has your project(s) contributed to an increase access to legal resources and assistance among overrepresented groups in the criminal justice system?

15. Have you shared the results of your project with others?  If your project is still ongoing, do you plan to share the results of your project with others?

16. How did/will you disseminate the results of your project?

17. To whom were/will the results of your project be communicated?

18. What follow-up work/projects occurred?

19. Are there any changes or improvements you would recommend to the funding process, to better facilitate your organization gaining access to funding from the Department of Justice?

20. What would have been the impact if your project had not received funding from the Department of Justice?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.

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^[7] Only projects after December 2007 

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