We offer four categories of expertise
Eko Nomos provides a range of research and policy development services to government and non-profit organizations.
Centre for Democratic Studies, Queen’s University, 2008
Eko Nomos conducted primary research to assess how considerations for vulnerable populations are built into emergency response planning protocols.
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 2007
Eko Nomos researched practices for evaluation of policy development and worked with the Department of Public Policy at CAMH to develop an approach for building its internal evaluation capacity. Link to Paper
City of Toronto and United Way of Greater Toronto; Harm Reduction Research Project, 2004
This two-year harm reduction collaborative research was conducted with six Toronto agencies providing harm reduction services. Eko Nomos worked with agencies, assessing the effectiveness of their harm reduction strategies, identifying elements of effective practice and evaluating participant outcomes. We facilitated a series of workshops designed to involve the agencies in developing planning frameworks, projecting participant outcomes, devising indicators of success and planning the implementation of the learning strategy. Additionally, we provided on-site consultation and support to assist agencies in implementing the research strategy. Link to paper
Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI); Individual Development Accounts (IDA) Programs, 2000-2001
IDAs assist low income individuals in saving for education, training or housing. Canada sponsored the world's largest a national demonstration project of IDAs for training and education. Eko Nomos worked on three projects related to the research, design and implementation of that demonstration project.
- Research of asset-based social policy in Canada on behalf of Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI)
- IDA program design and curriculum development with a demonstration program through Women and Rural Economic Development (WRED)
- Toronto IDA Consortium partnership research and support on behalf of SEDI. Our Consumer research contributed to a feasibility assessment for a national IDA demonstration.
Ontario Women's Directorate - Career Resources Project, 2000
For this research project, exploring the best approaches for the Ontario government to promote women's and girls' access to career development resources in Ontario, we prepared a paper that provided the government with options for effectively providing career planning resources.
National Women's Reference Group to the Canadian Labour Force Development Board, 1998-2000
Eko Nomos acted as the principal investigator for a research project assessing the impact of changes in legislation on: women's participation in training programs: women's organizations and their clients, and; funding allocation to training programs.