{"id":82811,"date":"2015-11-27T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=82811"},"modified":"2024-11-16T15:37:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T15:37:01","slug":"chief-karen-ogen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=82811","title":{"rendered":"Karen Ogen, chief of Wet’suwet’en First Nation, joins Resource Works Advisory Council –"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Resource Works welcomes Chief Karen Ogen to the Resource Works Advisory Council<\/a>, a body that supports the work of our non-profit society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief Ogen is of Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en ancestry and belongs to the Git\u2019dim\u2019den clan house of Spo\u2019x. She comes from the Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en community outside of Burns Lake,. Her background is predominantly in the social work field as a frontline worker, life skills coach, program director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief Ogen has 25 years of experience in the social work field. She has taught at UNBC as an Instructor for the Social Work & First Nations course at the Terrace, Fort St. John and Prince George campuses. She has a masters degree in social work. She is passionate about doing community development within her community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The role of the advisory council is to provide strategic guidance to the Resource Works Society as it formulates research and communications programs. The group meets quarterly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Chief Ogen has spoken courageously of the challenge for First Nations leaders to get away from what she called ‘administering poverty’,” said Stewart Muir, executive director of Resource Works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As we work to enlarge knowledge about the benefits of a responsible resource economy, we hope to learn more from Chief Ogen about how all residents can participate in achieving shared prosperity.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is her recent appearance on the Higher Ground show:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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