Kenisha Bynoe

Nadia Kenisha Bynoe has been teaching for several years in the Toronto District School Board as a French Immersion Kindergarten educator and presently services many schools as an Early Reading Coach. She currently instructs the Kindergarten and Reading Additional Qualification course at York University and the Elementary Teacher Federation of Ontario. Kenisha 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 and anti-bias based approaches to teaching and learning that foster play in the Early Years. Kenisha is an Educational Consultant for Coaches Corner EY. Connect with Kenisha on twitter @booklamations and @coachescornerey.