Dara Kelly
TERM: SEPTEMBER, 2021 - APRIL, 2022
Dr Dara Kelly is from the Leq鈥櫭�:mel First Nation, part of the St贸:l艒 Coast Salish. She is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Business at the Beedie School of Business, SFU. She teaches in the Executive MBA in Indigenous Business and Leadership program, and on Indigenous business environments within full-time and part-time MBA programs.
Dr Kelly is a recipient of the 2020 Early in Career Award for CUFA BC Distinguished Academic Awards. Her research helps fill in gaps in the literature on the economic concepts and practices of the Coast Salish and other Indigenous nations. She has presented in numerous conferences and public spaces in an effort to challenge conventional economical practices and inform positive change by drawing on knowledge of Indigenous economics. She is Co-Chair of the Indigenous Caucus at the Academy of Management and serves on the board of the Association for Economic Research of Indigenous Peoples. She conducts research using research methodology emerging from Coast Salish philosophy, protocols and worldview. A paper stemming from her thesis won the Best Paper in Sustainability Award at the Sustainability, Ethics and Entrepreneurship (SEE) Conference in Puerto Rico in February 2017.
In addition to her studies, Dara was a Researcher with the Mira Sz谩szy Research Centre for M膩ori and Pacific Economic Development at The University of Auckland Business School. Dara also has professional experience in leadership development programming and seeks to maintain collaborative research ties with Aotearoa-New Zealand in the area of Indigenous economic development.
