Karen Delver

aski kapimohtet iskwew nicikason onihcikiskwapiwinihk ochi! Karen is nehiyaw iskwew (Cree woman) originally from Saddle Lake Cree Nation; she is a mother, grandmother and a daughter of residential school survivors. Karen joined the SILR team in February 2023 and is the SILR Project Coordinator. She has years of work experience with Indigenous peoples off and on reserve in diverse capacities; government, education and training, community engagement and research. Karen is grateful to have a unique educational background in MEd in Indigenous Peoples Education Policy with the University of Alberta and a Bachelor’s in Leadership and Management with Blue Quills University; her learning path was rooted in Indigenous epistemologies balanced with Western education theories.