Dr. Kiera Brant-Birioukov

Principal Consultant & Co-Founder

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

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PhD, MA, BEd, BA, OCT

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Born and raised on the Ridge Road in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Kiera is a Mohawk educator, researcher, writer, and academic with diverse professional experiences. She is a co-founder of Ridge Road Training & Consulting, Inc., with her husband and mom. Kiera is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Curriculum & Pedagogy at York University. She is also a certified elementary teacher in Ontario and British Columbia, teacher educator, and cultural facilitator.

She has worked as consultant in Indigenous curriculum development, professional development facilitator, Indigenous resource development, grant writing, and qualitative research. Kiera has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals and book chapters on defining reconciliation, decolonization, and ethical Indigenous education.

She specializes in Indigenous curriculum and pedagogy, offering training for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples to learn about the history of colonization, the legacy of Indian residential schools, treaties, reconciliation and reconciliatory pedagoies, and land acknowledgements.