Elder Cheryl Schweizer, M.Ed.: I am from the Tl’azt’en Nation and of the Lusilyoo (frog) clan. I am a Mother to six and Grandma to 12. I garden, grow food and harvest Traditional medicine and plants, as well as hunt and fish. 

Dr. Terri Aldred, MD: I am Dakelh from the Tl’Azt’En Nation. I live, work, and play in the Lheidli T’enneh ancestral and unceded lands otherwise known as Prince George. This work is in my blood.

Harley Eagle, MA: I am of Dakota and Anishinabe heritage. I am an Indigenous cultural safety and humility facilitator and consultant residing in K’omoks territory on Vancouver Island. 

Dr. Alisa Harrison, PhD: I am a settler. I was born on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the x ʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), S ḵwx̱ wú7mesh (Squamish), səlilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. I now occupy the traditional territory of the scəw̓aθən (Tsawwassen) First Nation. I embrace my responsibility to dismantle colonial structures and interpersonal racism, and to amplify Indigenous ways of being and knowing.

Dr. Dana Hubler, MD: I am a settler to this land. I was born in the traditional territory of the Tsimshian people and am now raising my family on the lands of the K’omoks Nation. I am committed to the healing power of truth and reconciliation. 

Ievgeniia Rozhenko, MA: I am a settler to this land. I was born and grew up in Ukraine and now work and play on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the x ʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh (Squamish), səlilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) people.