Jennifer Brant

Jennifer Brant, belongs to the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk Nation) with family ties to Six Nations of the Grand River Territory and Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. Jennifer is an Associate Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto and Founding Director of the Indigenous Literatures Lab. Her work focuses on Indigenous Maternal Pedagogies and creating ethical spaces for cross-cultural and anti-racist dialogue. Jennifer positions Indigenous literatures as powerful narratives that humanize Indigenous peoples through multiple calls for justice, and accountability and extends this revolutionary body of work to inspire resistance, rebirth and renewal. Jennifer's recent edited collection "Rematriating Justice: Honouring Our Missing Sisters" calls for immediate and effective responses to racialized, sexualized, and gender-based violences.