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 scholar with diverse professional experiences. She is a co-founder of Ridge Road Training & Consulting, Inc., with her husband and mom. Kiera began her journey in Indigenous educational research as an academic, where she was Assistant Professor of Indigenous Education at York University. Since then, she has returned to her roots as a community-based researcher, where she can prioritize ethics and community needs to make meaningful change. 

Kiera is a recognized expert in Indigenous educational research and methodologies across Canada. She specializes in curriculum and resource development, professional development facilitation, and redefining the frameworks and discourses we use within Indigenous educational landscapes. She is deeply passionate about facilitating conversations for change, where she takes immense joy and pride in keynote presentations and workshop facilitation. 

Kiera completed her PhD in Curriculum Studies at the University of British Columbia, and her Masters of Arts in Education at the University of Ottawa. She is a leading Indigenous curriculum theorist, where she is has published on ethics in Indigenous education, redefining reconciliation, oral histories in curriculum, and Haudenosaunee ancestral knowledges as conceptual framing for education. 

As a certified K-8 teacher, as well as experienced university professor (York University, University of British Columbia, University of Ottawa), Kiera's project and research expertise includes curriculum development on the history of colonization, the legacy of Indian residential schools, treaties, reconciliation and reconciliatory pedagogies, and land acknowledgements.

She is a proud mom of a two year old, Gregory Rorennahronken, who is full of life and wisdom.