Dr. Christine Webster

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Leadership Studies
- Leadership Studies
- Indigenous knowledge systems
- Inclusive, ethical, and culturally responsive research methodologies
Christine is a Nuu-chah-nulth scholar from the Ahousaht Nation. Her research focuses on weaving Indigenous knowledge systems within the fields of leadership and education. Recognizing the complexities of navigating both Indigenous and Western worldviews, Christine’s work explores the intersections of Indigenous and Western leadership theories and examines education as a vital pathway for reclamation, decolonization, and reconciliation.
Christine’s research also investigates the application of Indigenizing and decolonizing methodologies, prioritizing community-driven and culturally-rooted approaches to knowledge creation and dissemination. Through this work, she aims to contribute to the development of more inclusive, ethical, and culturally sensitive research practices that center Indigenous perspectives, while fostering cross-cultural understanding and mutual respect.
Brooks, T., Gilpin, E., Webster, C., & Pete, S. (2025). Choosing to be kin: The Emerging Indigenous Scholars Circle. Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education, 1 – 15.
Beltran, A. M., Hill, T., Webster, C., & Etmanski, C. (2024). The Words We Didn’t Speak: From DEI to Refusal, Rest, and Joy. Organization Development Review, 56(4), 17-24.
Webster, C. & Bishop, K. (2021). Reciprocal mentorship as trans-systemic knowledge: A story of an Indigenous student and a non-Indigenous academic supervisor navigating graduate research in a Canadian University. Engaged Scholar Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning, 7(1) 106–121.
Webster, C., Bishop, K., Krause, W., & Hartney, E. (2019). Buttedahl Skene Fund – Indigenous Alumni Survey (IAS) Final Report (BSF 18-02). Royal Roads University, Canada.
IED372 Indigenous Epistemologies
ED-D591 ESelected Topics in Leadership Studies: Indigenous Leadership