Dr. Hardware (she/her/hers) is a Professor & Coordinator in the School of Early Childhood, at George Brown College. She also consults on and designs workshops pertaining to anti-racism, student and community engagement as well as diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice.

Before being hired at George Brown, she was a Research Project Lead with the Child Development Institute, where she developed resources for the Stop Now And Plan program and a Visiting Scholar at Memorial University of Newfoundland’s (MUN) Faculty of Education. Shawnee holds a PhD in Language, Culture and Teaching from York University and an M.Ed. in Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Studies from MUN. Her interests include student engagement, youth civic engagement, and curriculum development from an anti-racist and culturally responsive lens.