Jo Chrona

Jo Chrona is a speaker, education consultant, Indigenous education advocate, and author of Wayi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies: An Act for Reconciliation and Anti-Racist Education (2022). Jo is Ganhada (Raven) of Waap (House) K’oom of the Kitsumkalum First Nation, a Ts'msyen community in British Columbia, and also has European ancestry. She currently lives on Salt Spring Island, traditional territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ (Tsawout) and Quw’utsun.

Jo’s professional experience includes over 25 years teaching in both the K-12 and post-secondary systems in BC, working as a Policy Analyst and Curriculum Manager for the First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC), an Advisor to the BC Ministry of Education, and a Faculty Associate in Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) Teacher Education Program.

Jo has also been involved in curriculum development and resource writing, professional learning through inquiry networks, and Indigenous education. She participated in various aspects of educational transformation in BC’s K-12 system and development of Indigenous education policies, as well as managed and contributed to the development of authentic Indigenous teacher resource guides.

Jo has a Bachelor of Arts from SFU, a Diploma in Education and Master’s Degree in Educational Technology from the University of British Columbia (UBC), and completed UBC’s Transformative Educational Leadership Program (TELP). She maintains her BC Teacher Certification.

In between consulting and providing professional learning sessions that focus on the intersections of Indigenous and anti-racist education, how Indigenous-informed pedagogies create stronger educational experiences for all, and how high-expectations relationships can help move us forward, she is currently examining the connections between the First Peoples Principles of Learning, equity, and assessment.

Dr. Shelley Moore

Based in British Columbia, Canada, Dr. Shelley Moore is a highly sought-after inclusive education researcher, teacher, consultant and storyteller. She has worked with school districts and community organizations around the world. Her research explores how to support teachers to design for all learners in grade level academic classrooms that include students with intellectual disabilities using strength based and responsive approaches. Shelley completed her undergraduate degree in Special Education at the University of Alberta, her Masters at Simon Fraser University, and her Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia.

Shelley is grateful to live on the traditional, unceded, and ancestral territory of Squamish First Nation, specifically Nex̱wlélex̱wm, also known as Bowen Island, with her wife, their two daughters and Irish Terrier.