Laara Fitznor is a member of the Nisichawaysihk Cree Nation in Northern Manitoba, Canada, and was raised in the boreal forests around the lakes and river systems in Wabowden, Manitoba. Laara Fitznor has a Doctor of Education (EdD) degree from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE) with a focus on Aboriginal knowledge, education, and anti-racism.

Over the 36-year span of her career Laara Fitznor worked to advance Indigenous knowledges and perspectives in education, incorporating decolonizing and bridging pedagogies into her work so people can learn to challenge past wrongs, and coexist, and collaborate in a way of transformative possibilities toward relevance, respect, reciprocity, and responsibility.

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