Kendra Besanger
Director of Impact & Engagement
Pronouns: (She/Her)
As the Director of Impact and Engagement, I lead the Process, Impact, and Engagement (PIE) team. Our team provides internal support for inPath’s program coordinators and pedagogy experts by designing and implementing processes that contribute to engagement, evaluation, and project management.
For close to ten years, I have worked across sectors to create, implement and amplify community-driven initiatives that have shifted policy, nudged systems, and worked toward the creation of equitable spaces that foster connection and imagination. I believe that clear, accessible communication and participatory, emergent processes are building blocks of more equitable systems.
I am a settler who grew up in Tk’emlúps (Kamloops), in Secwepemculew territory. I understand my work with inPath as one part of a larger responsibility to challenge inequitable systems. Learning, unlearning, and creating space for youth voice are foundational to this responsibility.
I hold a master’s degree from Concordia University where I researched the ways in which community organizers collaborate to use storytelling, arts-based activism, and connection to place to drive social change. As a life-long learner, I am constantly signing up for workshops and finding new learning opportunities. I recently completed the Transformative Evaluation Landscape course with Simon Fraser University.
Much of of my time is spent outside soaking in sunshine and listening to podcasts while I walk/run/hike with my dogs.