Kate Ruff,
Indigenous and Anti-Colonial Approaches to Impact Measurement

Indigenous and Anti-Colonial Approaches to Impact Measurement

Principal Investigator: Kate Ruff, Accounting
Funder: CRIW Ignite!, Sprott School of Business

This literature review explores Indigenous approaches to impact measurement, a discipline rooted in the performance measurement and evaluation of social programs. While there is a significant body of work that examines how non-Indigenous researchers can appropriately evaluate impacts with and on Indigenous people, there is much less examination of if and how Indigenous organizations can adopt impact measurement in ways that are not colonial. Under the guidance of Indigenous impact measurement practitioners, this review will synthesize and critically reflect on Indigenous and anti-colonial approaches to performance measurement. The objective is to inform the development of impact measurement practice in Canada that is inclusive of, and equitable to, Indigenous communities.