Decolonized Education.
Advanced French Fluency.
Sun Curriculum is founded on doctoral research, an artistic journey, and two decades of public and higher education experience — supporting education professionals in forging pathways toward decolonized, community-grounded educational practices.
Foundation & Reach
Scholar
Doctoral research in Curriculum Studies, Pacific Islands Studies, and Indigenous methodologies informs every engagement. Theory meets practice in community-grounded work.
Educator
Two decades of teaching and designing curriculum, reaching thousands of learners across regions.
Artist
Creative practice in dance intersects with research, culture and teaching to inform pedagogy and curriculum.
International
Formative years in Paris, France. Scholarship and practice across Pacific Islands and Canada. Based in Vancouver, Coast Salish Territory.
Aurélia Kaililani Kinslow
M.A. · M.Ed. · Ph.D. CandidateSun Curriculum is founded on my doctoral research, artistic journey and background as an educator — a unique teaching and consulting practice that supports education professionals on their paths to fostering education experiences that are decolonized and rooted in social justice.
Lineage & Land
Aurélia's maternal lineage is Indigenous (Cherokee/Chickasaw) and African-American. Her late hānai father was Kanaka Maoli. He named her Kaililani — the hereditary name of his maternal lineage originating from Kohala, Hawaiʻi Island.
She now resides within the traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples with her family.
Language & Teaching
Born and raised in Paris, France, Aurélia grew up with native fluency in both French and English. She also learned Spanish and Reo Tahiti during her Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and studied on exchange at the Université de la Polynésie Française in Tahiti.
She has taught French to hundreds of students since the late 1990s, and currently offers tailored language lessons for committed learners seeking fluency grounded in cultural context.
Artistic Practice
Aurélia's artistic background includes a rich career in dance filled with performing, choreographing, and earning competition titles. She eventually directed Varuahine Dance Ensemble, her Tahitian dance / ʻOri Tahiti dance company on Hawaiʻi Island.
She taught dance at community, public education, and higher education levels in Hawaiʻi, California, and Vancouver.
Research & Commitment
Creativity, ingenuity, and depth — along with an intercultural and international knowledge base — complement her analysis of complex issues affecting Indigenous communities, afro-descended and migrant communities in the Pacific and North America.
Stemming from her creative practice and commitment to ʻOri Tahiti, her graduate research in Curriculum Studies at the University of British Columbia and in Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi focused on the intersections of Indigenous pedagogy and decolonization through dance, culture, and language revitalization.
Where This Work Continues
These intersecting commitments converge in Sun Curriculum's offerings — for educators, institutions, and learners seeking work that honors both intellectual rigor and lived relationship.
French Language Coaching
Tailored one-on-one instruction emphasizing register, rhetoric, and cultural fluency. For professionals relocating, preparing for diplomacy, or pursuing advanced research where precision matters.
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Curriculum inquiry and sustained partnership for organizations navigating indigenization, community-centered program design, and movement-based pedagogy. Drawing on doctoral research, Indigenous methodologies, and two decades of classroom practice.
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