Kenisha Bynoe

Nadia Kenisha Bynoe has been teaching for several years in the Toronto District School Board as a French Immersion Kindergarten educator and is presently a seconded to the Faculty of Education at York University as a Course Director and Practicum Facilitator. She is the co-author of, “The Gift of Playful Learning”, a resource for educators that highlights culturally relevant approaches to support play-based learning in the early years. Kenisha currently instructs the Kindergarten and Reading Additional Qualification course at York University and the Elementary Teacher Federation of Ontario. She has published a few children’s books and is the author of Shades of Me, Shade of Happiness and The Right Shade for Me. These books address issues of social justice and unearth the complexities of skin complexion and shadeism. Kenisha has a Master’s of Education (M.Ed.) from the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education in the department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education and graduated from Windsor University where she earned her Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) with a focus on Urban Education and Native studies. She is passionate about fostering equity, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Anti-Bias approaches to teaching and learning that foster play in the Early Years. Kenisha is an Educational Consultant for Coaches Corner EY. Follow Kenisha on twitter @booklamations.

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