Be BRAVE Indigenous Youth Resource

Indigenous Futures Grow with Consent Culture

Every community deserves tools that reflect who they are. The Be BRAVE Indigenous Youth Resource is a suite of resources made for and with Indigenous youth and their families, for the moment when a young person discloses that they have been sexually harassed or assaulted by a peer.

This resource will be named and shaped entirely by the community it belongs to. We are working with Indigenous students, Elders, Knowledge Keepers, artists, and community leaders from across Ontario to build it.

The Be BRAVE Indigenous Youth Resource is made for and with Indidgenous community.

Every community deserves tools that reflect who they are. We're developing a BRAVE resource specifically for Indigenous youth and families.

We are looking for Elders, Knowledge Keepers, youth, and families to help us create these resources.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action (2015)

Call to Action 10.iii "Developing culturally appropriate curricula." Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action, 2015.

Call to Action 62.i "Make age-appropriate curriculum on residential schools, Treaties, and Aboriginal peoples' historical and contemporary contributions to Canada a mandatory education requirement for Kindergarten to Grade Twelve students." Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action, 2015.

A culturally safe response to calls to action:

Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (2019)

Call for Justice 3.3 "Support First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities to call on Elders, Grandmothers and other Knowledge Keepers to establish community-based trauma-informed programs for survivors of trauma and violence." Reclaiming Power and Place, National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, 2019.

Call for Justice 11.1 "We call upon all educational service providers to develop and implement awareness and education programs for Indigenous children and youth on the issue of grooming for exploitation and sexual exploitation." Reclaiming Power and Place, National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, 2019.