I live, and garden, in Mi'kma'ki (Nova Scotia). I have worked across Canada and abroad. My main interest is learning how to be a better relative to the more-than-human world and supporting others to do the same.
Research interests
Sacred plant medicines including psychedelics
Indigenous adult and higher education
Critical plant studies
Biodigital convergence
Traditional Knowledge and animism
Indigenous philosophy
New materialism and posthumanism
Post-structuralism
Autoethnography
Arts-informed research
Educational credentials
Ph.D. (Educational Studies) - St. Francis Xavier
M.Sc. (Mycology) - University of Northern British Columbia
B.Ed. (Indigenous Education) - Queens
B.Sc. (Agriculture, Plant Science) - Dalhousie
Williams, K., & Brant, S. (2023). Tending a vibrant world: Gift logic and sacred plant medicines. History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals, 65(1), 8-32.
Brant, S., Williams, K., Andrews, J., Hammelman, C., & Levkoe, C. (2023). Indigenous food systems and food sovereignty: A collaborative conversation from the American Association of Geographers 2022 Annual Meeting. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 12(3), 1–14.
Williams, K., Gonzáles, O., Braunstein, M. & Brant, S. (2022). Indigenous philosophy and the “psychedelic renaissance.” Anthropology of Consciousness, 33(2), 506–527.
Williams, K., & Brant, S. (2022). Indigenous perspectives on the biodigital convergence. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 18(1), 210-214.
Williams, K., & Lucas, Z. (2021). Contributions to the study of higher fungi on Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Proceedings of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science, 51(2), 299-326.
Williams, K., & Brant, S. (2021). Plant persons, more-than-human power, and institutional practices in Indigenous higher education. In V. Fletcher & A. Dare (Eds.) Intimate Relations: Communicating in the Anthropocene (pp. 197-214). Lexington Books.
Williams, K.J., Umangay, U. & Brant, S. (2020). Advancing Indigenous research sovereignty: Public administration trends and the opportunity for meaningful conversations in Canadian research governance. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 11(1).
Williams, K., & Brant, S. (2019). Good words, good food, good mind: Restoring Indigenous identities and ecologies through transformative learning. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 9(B), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2019.09B.010
Williams, K. (2019). Helianthus tuberosus, sunroot. In J. Armstrong & A. Lakind (Eds.) becoming-Botanical: A post-modern liber herbalis (pp. 64-66). Objet-a Creative Studio. Available at: http://objeta.org/becoming-botanical-digital/
Williams, K. (2014). Towards sustainable performance measurement frameworks for applied research in Canadian community colleges and institutes. College Quarterly. 17(4). Available at: http://collegequarterly.ca/2014-vol17-num04-fall/williams.html
Williams, K. (2010). Medicinal plants in Tajikistan: an alternative livelihoods option. Proceedings of the 10th International People -Plant Symposium. Acta Horticulturae. Vol. 954: 109-116.
Williams, K., and Zahran, A. (2008). Keeping the earth eggs in different baskets: The future of desert truffles in Qatar. Proceedings from the 3rd International Truffle Congress, Spoleto, Italy. Eds. Donnini, D., Baciarelli, F.L., Bencivenga, M. and Di Massione, G. 25-28 November, 2008, pp 688-693.