Lauren

Kushnier

MSc, Lakehead

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Lauren is currently a Master’s of Science student in the Psychological Science program at Lakehead University. Her research focuses on adverse childhood experiences and wellness in First Nations individuals. She has an undergraduate degree in psychology, as well as political science, with a minor in pre-law. She is currently working as a research assistant contributing to the environmental scan of culturally responsive evaluation.

Land Acknowledgement

The Evaluation Capacity Network is housed at the University of Alberta, primarily located on the territory of the Néhiyaw (Cree), Niitsitapi (Blackfoot), Métis, Nakoda (Stoney), Dene, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and Anishinaabe (Ojibway/Saulteaux), lands that are now known as part of Treaties 6, 7 and 8 and homeland of the Métis. The University of Alberta respects the sovereignty, lands, histories, languages, knowledge systems and cultures of all First Nations, Métis and Inuit nations.