Huia Tomlins-Jahnke (Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Toa Rangatira, Ngai Tahu, Ngati Hine) is Professor of Maori and Indigenous Education and Director of Te Mata o Te Tau: The Academy for Maori Research and Scholarship at Massey University. Sandra Styres is of Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk), English and French descent and resides on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. She is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Education with the Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning at OISE, University of Toronto. Her research interests specifically focus on Indigenous Land-centred philosophies and education. Spencer Lilley (Te Atiawa, Muaupoko, and Ngapuhi) is a Senior Lecturer at Te Putahi a Toi, the School of Maori Art, Knowledge, and Education at Massey University in Palmerston North, New Zealand. His research interests focus on Indigenous information behaviour. Dawn Zinga is a Canadian of several-generations-removed European descent. She is a Professor in the Department of Child and Youth Studies at Brock University. She has had the privilege of working with a number of Indigenous scholars, communities, and youth. Her research interests include Indigenous pedagogies and practices, integration of Indigenous approaches to teaching and learning in higher education, and cultural accommodation in schools.

Huia Tomlins-Jahnke is Maori and a professor at Massey University, New Zealand. Sandra Styres is of Kanien'kehá:ka, English and French descent, and an Assistant Professor at OISE, University of Toronto. Spencer Lilley is Maori and a Senior Lecturer at Massey University. Dawn Zinga is Canadian of European descent, and a Professor in the Department of Child and Youth Studies at Brock University.