Associate Professor Levon Blue is a member of Beausoleil First Nation in Canada and lives in Queensland, Australia. She is the HDR Coordinator at The University of Queensland in the Office of the Deputy-Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Engagement and coordinates courses within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Major. Levon was awarded a PhD in 2016 that focused on financial literacy education practices in a First Nation community in Canada. Her research area includes financial literacy education and higher education with Indigenous peoples.
Availability
Associate Professor Levon Blue is:
Available for supervision
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Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts, University of Waterloo
Masters (Coursework) of Adult Education & Training, Griffith University
Doctor of Philosophy of Financial Services (Consumer Education), Griffith University
Research impacts
My main research focuses on financial education (i.e. financial literacy education/financial capacity building/financial capabilities), specifically as experienced by Indigenous peoples in Canada and Australia including Indigenous young adults. I was drawn to this area of research due to the exploitative and predatory financial practices often targeting Indigenous peoples and the need to do something about it. Through my research I have challenged mainstream understandings of financial education, adopting a critical lens to highlight the overriding deficit approach that has been followed.
