S01E20: Indigenous Insights: Karen Alexander

Dr. Karen Alexander is Ojibwe from the Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. She is the proud mother of four and grandmother of five. Karen’s culture as an Indigenous person is most important to her and she passes down her knowledge about how to live life ‘in a good way’ to her children and grandchildren. She has always strived to help other Indigenous people to heal and has been an addictions counselor and clinical social worker, as well as an evaluator and a researcher. Karen is most interested in making sure that Native people have programs, services, and evaluation that is appropriate to their culture. Karen’s dissertation examines the values that make us who we are as Indigenous people and the benefit of the inclusion of those values in evaluation. Most of all, Karen hopes that her research will help others to know ‘who we are’ on a deeper level.   Resources from this episode: Exploring the Use of Cultural Values in the Evaluation of Programs with Native American Tribes   The transcript from this episode can be found here.   For more visit: https://gladysrowe.com/category/indigenousinsights/  If you are loving this podcast and would like to offer support please leave a five star review and/or visit: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/InsightsPod