Suzanne Katsi’tsiarihshion Brant (MES ’05) provides leadership and innovation in Indigenous post-secondary education at the First Nations Technical Institute (FNTI). Suzanne holds a master’s degree from York University in Environmental Studies with a focus on Indigenous post-secondary programming and a degree in Integrated Medicine. Suzanne is a current and founding board member of Honouring Indigenous Peoples. She is a past board member of: Aboriginal Institutes Consortium (Vice-Chair), St. Lawrence College Board of Governors, Prevent Cancer Now (national board), Tyendinaga Head Start program, founding board member of CKWE Tyendinaga radio, Great Lakes United (international). She is also a committee member of: Remedial Action Plan/Bay of Quinte, Environmental Advisory committee/ Mohawks of Bay of Quinte, Health Advisory committee/Mohawks of Bay of Quinte, Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force.
Suzanne has a strong commitment to Haudenosaunee language, culture and traditions. She is an accomplished visual artist and photographer who has exhibited her work at the Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford and Gallery 121, Belleville. She is a seasoned gardener and grower, specializing in Haudenosaunee traditional food systems and medicine plants. Suzanne has four incredible children and two beautiful granddaughters.