Karen Restoule is a Senior Fellow in Indigenous economy and governance at Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Canada's only truly national public policy think tank. Karen is a public affairs professional with Crestview Strategy. Previously, she served Indigenous leaders advancing innovative policy solutions to legacy challenges. She also led Ontario’s administrative justice system as a public sector executive.

A graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School’s Intensive Program in Aboriginal Lands, Resources, and Government and University of Ottawa’s Common Law, Karen was the youngest graduate to be inducted into the Honours Society for making significant contributions to society. In 2018, she was named Public Policy Forum’s Prime Ministers of Canada Fellow.

Karen appears regularly as a guest speaker on national radio, podcasts, conferences, and is a contributing writer at The Hub–a preeminent Canadian digital news outlet committed to independent analysis. She co-founded BOLD Realities, to advance the industry-Indigenous relationship. In 2018, they co-launched whose.land, a web-based app about Indigenous lands and treaties. Karen is Anishinaabe from Dokis First Nation.