--- title: The Latest | Duncan Field description: Duncan is a researcher, writer, and editor with a focus on supporting community organizations. He has experience creating and producing engaging content and learning materials, and maintaining online spaces for knowledge sharing. Duncan studied Psychology, Philosophy, and Law at York and Queen’s University. He has also worked in the charitable sector designing e-learning courses and building online communities of practice. --- [![20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Administration/Tamarack%20Logos/20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png?width=200&height=47&name=20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png "20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange")](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/?hsLang=en-us) # The Latest Contribute. We love to hear your thoughts, your musings and your latest work. Please share with us! 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He has experience creating and producing engaging content and learning materials, and maintaining online spaces for knowledge sharing. Duncan studied Psychology, Philosophy, and Law at York and Queen’s University. He has also worked in the charitable sector designing e-learning courses and building online communities of practice. ### Recent Posts [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Photos/Image%20Library/tyranny%20of%20metrics.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/rethinking-how-we-evaluate-use-data?hsLang=en-us) ### [Rethinking How We Evaluate and Use Data](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/rethinking-how-we-evaluate-use-data?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Duncan Field](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/duncan-field) on April 15, 2019 Everyone, regardless of whether you consider yourself an evaluator or not, uses metrics. We track our finances, look at gas mileage and so much more. In a community change context, we often find ways to track the performance of things like marketing and communications, program delivery, and budgeting. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/rethinking-how-we-evaluate-use-data?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Photos/Image%20Library/Turning%20the%20Narrative%20on%20Community%20Engagement.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/turning-the-narrative-on-community-engagement?hsLang=en-us) ### [Turning the Narrative on Community Engagement](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/turning-the-narrative-on-community-engagement?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Duncan Field](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/duncan-field) on February 28, 2019 This past month the Tamarack Institute was joined by Max Hardy, a citizen engagement expert from Australia. During his webinar Max outlined some principles and practical steps we can take to ensure that we are meaningfully engaging and empowering ordinary citizens in our community change work. 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