We cordially invite you to participate in this survey as a client who has accessed the counselling services offered by the Criminal Injuries Counselling Program (CIC). This survey is part of an evaluation being conducted by the Office of Equity and Anti-Racism (OEA), specifically to assess whether the CIC Program is equitable, accessible and culturally responsive. This brief survey will ask you to share your experience with the program and offer opportunity for you to provide feedback to help inform the evaluation process. Your participation can help identify areas for improvement and our knowledge, experience and insight will help contribute to creating recommendations for a more equitable, accessible and culturally responsive CIC program in Nova Scotia.
Deciding whether to complete this survey is completely your choice, meaning that it is voluntary. If you decide not to participate, we fully respect your decision. Under no circumstances will your application or client status with the CIC program or the offered services, currently or in the future, be impacted by your decision to participate in this evaluation. The CIC program team will not have access to your personal identifying information.
Information about the content of the survey
The estimated time to complete the survey is 60 minutes. The survey will ask seven demographic questions and eight open-ended questions. If you decide to participate, no personal information or identifiers will be collected and your survey responses will only be accessible to the OEA Evaluation Team.
Potential Risks
The nature of some of the questions may contribute to emotional or psychological distress or discomfort. At all times, we are committed to be respectful and sensitive to your needs. You have the option to skip questions based on your personal comfort level with the topics being discussed or withdraw your participation at any time.
Questions
Please contact the Lead Senior Evaluator May Ghanem (may.ghanem@novascotia.ca, (902) 219-1106) with any questions, comments, or concerns around the evaluation. We are committed to addressing your concerns before making your decision to participate in this evaluation. If you would prefer to complete the survey over the phone, we can schedule a time to complete the survey for you.
Consent
Clicking on the “Next” button is a confirmation that you have read the terms above and would like to participate in this survey. You have the option to withdraw from the survey at any time - incomplete survey data is deleted.
