Kaitlind Peters

Educational Developer, Indigenous Curriculum and Pedagogy
kpetersv@uwo.ca
519.661.2111 x84414

  

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PhD, Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of Toronto (OISE)
MEd, Queen’s University
BEd, Queen’s University
BA (Honours), Queen’s University

Kaitlind is an Indigenous educator, scholar, researcher, and Ontario Certified Teacher with experience across post-secondary, K–12, and community contexts. Her work brings together Indigenous education, curriculum and pedagogy, educational development, and community-engaged research, with a focus on teaching and curriculum transformation.

Kaitlind’s approach to educational development is relational, reflective, and responsive to community priorities. Through her work, she creates opportunities to engage with questions of positionality, representation, and ethical responsibility while fostering meaningful approaches to Indigenous teaching and learning.

Lue, K., Kuma, H., Peters, K., Gaztambide-Fernández, R., Grande, S., McGregor, D., & Yang, K. W. (2022). Relinking back to community: A kitchen-table talk on decolonization of body, place, space, speech, and tongue. Equity & Excellence in Education, 55(3), 169–182. 
https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2022.2064317

Gonzalez, L. K., McGregor, J., Pineda Flores, L. V., Rios, L., Silva, A., Peters, K., Gaztambide-Fernández, R., Morán Bonilla, P., & Carlson, M. (2021). Indigenous and Latinx youth navigating the COVID-19 pandemic: A participatory research exploration of resiliency in Tkaronto communities. in journal, 4, 64–97.
https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/incite/article/view/37162

Peters, K. (2024). Centering kinship with Black and Indigenous communities in research [Panel presentation]. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.

Peters, K., & Belcourt, A. (2021). Negotiating Indigeneity: Centering Indigenous scholars’ experiences and contributions to the perpetuation of colonial violence [Conference presentation]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education.

Peters, K., & Gaztambide-Fernández, R. (2021). The role of storytelling in building community with/for/by Latinx and Indigenous youth during COVID-19 [Conference presentation]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education.

Peters, K., Guerrero, C., & Carlson, M. (2019). Insights from the Youth Research Lab: School-based YPAR with/for/by Latinx and Indigenous youth [Alternative session]. American Educational Studies Association.

Davis, J., Morcom, L., & Peters, K. (2018). Land based education is more than a field trip [Workshop]. Hawaii International Conference on Education.