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Sharon Karsten

PROJECT DIRECTOR & COMMUNITY ENGAGED RESEARCHER

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Dr. Sharon Karsten is a cultural and community development researcher and practitioner, as well as a Faculty Member and Health Research BC Scholar at Vancouver Island University. She completed her PhD through Simon Fraser University’s School of Communication—focusing on cultural policy, cultural mapping, and community transformation. After serving for 8 years as Executive Director of the Comox Valley Art Gallery where she oversaw extensive growth, Karsten initiated Walk With Me in 2019 in partnership with community. The project represents a life’s work in accumulation of capacities. Throughout her career, Karsten has served in leadership roles within cultural organizations, championing and developing programs rooted in anti-oppression and systems-change. 

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We are grateful to the Kómoks peoples, including the Pentlatch, Sathloot, Satsitla and Ieeksen on who’s unceeded territory we live, work and play. ​

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We are thankful to the Coast Salish, Nuu-chah-nulth, and Kwak'wala peoples and visitors on Vancouver Island for supporting Walk With Me in our work.

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