Dr. Amy Parent is a Nisga’a scholar from the House of Ni’isjoohl and a member of the Ganada (frog) clan in Laxgalts’ap, Nisga’a Nation. On her father’s side of the family, she is of Settler ancestry (French and German). Dr. Parent is a scholar, speaker, mentor, educator and consultant. She is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Education & Governance (Tier 2) in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University (Ph.D., UBC). She is also Co-Chair of the Indigenous Research Leadership Circle with the Tri-Council Agency (Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) and the Inaugural Associate Director for the SFU Cassidy Centre for Educational Justice. Recently, Dr. Parent was appointed as an UNESCO Co-Chair in Transforming Indigenous Knowledge Research Governance & Rematriation with Dr. Sonajharia Minz (Oroan Peoples). In this role, her scholarship and leadership uplift the vital role of matriarchal traditions in sustaining Indigenous research governance frameworks, self-determination, and unifying relationships with Indigenous rights holders globally.