Kane's research focuses on equity in teacher education, including decolonisation.
Kane has a Diploma in Teaching, a Bachelor of Arts in geography and economics, and a postgraduate diploma in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education from James Cook University.
[3][4] Kane was elected as secretary on the International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching executive committee from 2021.
[5] Kane co-leads the Equity Knowledge Network, an Ontario Ministry of Education-funded initiative hosted at the University of Ottawa aimed at breaking down systemic barriers to inclusion for marginalised children and young people.
[6] Kane also co-leads a three-year collaboration between five universities, funded by Arctic-Net, to study education in the Inuit Nunangat jurisdiction.