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August 17, 2025Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation

Relational Systems and the Principles of Self-Determination, Reciprocity, and Mutual Benefit: Enacting Indigenous Ways of Knowing in the Evaluation of an Indigenous Health Research Network in the Province of British Columbia, Canada

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TETara ErbJGJimena GarciaKSKrista Stelkia

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Overview

Analysis of indigenous evaluation frameworks reveals key themes in self-determination and reciprocity.

Key Points

  • Indigenous evaluation emphasizes relational systems thinking, self-determination, and mutual benefit.
  • The analysis identified four themes: addressing power dynamics, using indigenous methods, redefining metrics, and focusing on process.
  • Content analysis with indigenous literature scan highlighted the importance of cultural principles in evaluation frameworks.
  • The findings support enhancing future directions of indigenous evaluation frameworks, indicating a need for culturally grounded approaches.

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Erb et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c2366fb210217d647746d0https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe-2024-0036
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