Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
2024 McCall MacBain Loran Scholar
Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific
Kira trains and competes as a member of McMaster University’s Nordic cross-country ski team. She is an emergency medical responder with the McMaster Emergency First Response Team, where she responds to physical and mental health emergencies on campus. Kira applies her lived experience to her role as a student researcher in the field of pediatric rheumatology, working to improve the quality of life for young people with rheumatic diseases. She is also passionate about climate activism and worked on a project determining the repercussions of wildfire evacuations in her home territory.
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