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My approach is deeply rooted in Indigenous perspectives and arts-based approaches, focusing on decolonization and the co-creation of meaningful initiatives.
Whether through short-term engagements or long-term partnerships, I’m committed to continuous learning, impactful storytelling, and the alignment of your aspirations with resonant, innovative ideas. Let’s co-create a future that reflects your values and vision.
Indigenous and
Decolonial Evaluation
Indigenous evaluation is a culturally rooted and responsive approach that centers Indigenous perspectives, knowledge systems, and self-determination. It prioritizes community-determined and community-led reflection and assessment methods that respect Indigenous worldviews, involve Indigenous people directly in all stages, and examine outcomes wholistically—considering spiritual, emotional, social, and cultural dimensions beyond externally imposed metrics. By integrating Indigenous ways of knowing at the outset with knowledge gathering and generation practices, this approach ensures evaluations are meaningful, empowering, and reflective of the community's own definitions of success and progress.
MY EXPERTISE
Provide comprehensive guidance for organizations transforming research and evaluation practices
Specialize in Indigenous and decolonial methodological approaches
Develop nuanced, culturally respectful frameworks centering Indigenous voices and knowledge systems
Engage in participatory and arts-based approaches to create meaningful, collaborative insights
Generate authentic understanding of community impact and progress
Governance, Research, and Learning Frameworks
Navigating complex organizational landscapes requires adaptive, culturally responsive governance and learning frameworks that embrace multiple knowledge systems. My approach integrates Indigenous perspectives with strategic design, helping organizations develop wholistic frameworks that honor Indigenous wisdoms, promote collaborative decision-making, and create responsive structures that align with community values and governance needs.
MY EXPERTISE
Co-creating governance frameworks that respect Indigenous values and embrace decolonial approaches
Designing research frameworks that are inclusive and effective
Strategic visioning to align your organization’s goals with the broader Indigenous and decolonial context
Tailoring learning frameworks to embed continuous learning and growth
Thought Leadership
Thought leadership is a dynamic intellectual practice that critically examines and challenges existing paradigms by centering Indigenous knowledge systems and diverse perspectives. It generates transformative insights that disrupt conventional Euro-Western academic discourse and inspire more nuanced, wholistic understandings of complex social, cultural, and systemic dynamics.
MY EXPERTISE
Decolonization and Indigenization
Indigenous Sovereignty
Participatory and Arts-Based Methodologies
Systems Change
Indigenous Innovation
Indigenous Birth Work
Engagement and Facilitation
Engagement and facilitation are strategic approaches to building meaningful connections, fostering dialogue, and creating collaborative spaces where diverse perspectives can intersect, interact, and generate collective understanding. These practices involve carefully designed processes that facilitate communication, bridge differences, support mutual learning, and create environments where all participants can contribute, listen, and co-create shared insights and solutions.
MY EXPERTISE
Designing workshops precisely tailored to organizational and community needs
Facilitating dynamic meetings that drive substantive, generative discussions
Establishing and nurturing vibrant communities of practice that sustain collective learning and growth
Capacity Building and Trainings
Capacity building and training are intentional, strategic processes designed to enhance individual and organizational skills, knowledge, and capabilities. These approaches involve targeted learning experiences, skill development programs, and knowledge transfer methodologies that empower participants to develop new competencies, strengthen existing abilities, and build sustainable, adaptable frameworks for personal and professional growth.
MY EXPERTISE
Indigenous Evaluation & Research Methodologies
Indigenous Innovation & System Transformation
Arts-Based Methods of Learning, Inquiry, and Reflection
Co-creation, and implementation of Decolonization Strategies
“ Whether we met online or in-person, Gladys had a way of creating a comfortable, supportive and generative space where connections and relationships flourished. Her dynamic facilitation style meant we got to the important stuff while never feeling rushed. She is genuine, thoughtful, dependable, and organized.”
Susan Glynn-Morris
Yukon University
Frequently Asked Questions
Feel free to contact me if you have any other questions.
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Evaluation is a process of learning, reflection, and accountability that helps us understand the meaning, impact, and effectiveness of a program, initiative, or system. It goes beyond measuring outcomes—it asks deeper questions about relationships, values, and how knowledge and evidence is created and shared.
We approach evaluation as a relational and story-driven practice. Grounded in Indigenous methodologies, we see evaluation as an opportunity to listen to the wisdom of communities, honor lived experiences, and support transformative change. Our work is guided by reciprocity, relational accountability, and respect for diverse ways of knowing.
Rather than relying solely on Western metrics, we engage in participatory and arts-based methods, sensemaking, and storytelling to center the voices of those most impacted. Our evaluations help organizations and communities see not just what is working, but why it matters, how it aligns with cultural values, and what shifts are needed for long-term wellbeing and systemic change.
In short, evaluation is not just about measuring—it’s about meaning-making, learning, and growing together in ways that honor both people and place.
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Indigenous evaluation centers Indigenous knowledge systems. It embodies relational accountability, respect, and reciprocity and prioritizes community voices and emphasizes storytelling and holistic approaches. In practice, it begins with and is rooted upon the worldviews, values, and practices of a specific Indigenous Nation. This includes collaborative processes, attention to cultural protocols, and a commitment to co-creating meaningful outcomes that align with community values and visions.
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Using a decolonizing approach means challenging and transforming colonial frameworks and power dynamics in evaluation. This means we start by identifying and disrupting “the ways things have always been done” within institutions and systems. It includes attention to resources, voice, policies, and human-centric paradigms. It involves centering Indigenous ways of knowing, deep listening, humility, honoring community-defined priorities, and ensuring that the process and outcomes contribute to self-determination, equity, and justice. It’s about creating space for transformative change that respects and uplifts diverse perspectives and relationships.
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Decolonizing evaluation work can be done by anyone committed to learning, unlearning, and working in respectful relationships with Indigenous communities. It requires humility, a willingness to disrupt colonial narratives, and alignment with the principles of relational accountability and reciprocity. For non-Indigenous practitioners in Indigenous spaces, it’s essential that this work is not led by you - but is supported through the gifts that you are invited to bring. This requires that you partner with and take guidance from Indigenous people, knowledge holders, and communities who are resourced to lead this work. Decolonizing evaluation must disrupt power, resources, structures, and policies that have built and maintained Euro Western institutions.
