Be BRAVE Indigenous Youth Resource
The Be BRAVE Indigenous Youth Resources are made 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.
Indigenous Futures grow with consent culture
Call for Submissions
Be BRAVE Indigenous Youth Resource has paid opportunities for Indigenous students, Elders, Knowledge Keepers, artists, and community leaders from across Ontario. You should apply!
Indigenous Beadworkers: Paid Opportunity
We are looking for six Indigenous beadworkers to contribute both a high-resolution photo of their original beadwork and a simplified pattern for that beadwork. The photo and pattern will be part of a resource for Indigenous youth about supporting a friend in conversations about consent.
Application Due: April 13, 2026.
Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers: Paid Opportunity
We are inviting Elders and Knowledge Keepers from across Ontario to share their knowledge of plants and medicines. These teachings will root Indigenous youth in land-based knowledge when supporting peers who have been harmed.
Application Due: April 13, 2026.
Indigenous Illustrator: Paid Opportunity
We are inviting Indigenous illustrators and/or comic book artists to illustrate a story co-written by Indigenous youth and community members about supporting a peer who has been sexually harassed.
Application Due: April 13, 2026.
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.
The Be BRAVE resources aim to address, in part, the calls to action below.
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.
The Be BRAVE Indigenous Youth Resource Writing Team
Sahra Maclean
Sahra MacLean is Otipemisiwak (Métis), originally from Amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton, Alberta). She values her roles in the community as an auntie, teacher and advocate. She has worked on issues of violence prevention and missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people over the past 2 decades. Sahra has worked across the country with regional, provincial and national organizations to develop toolkits and resources that support resilience and strength-based responses to racism and the multiple and intersecting forms of violence experienced by Indigenous people. She currently works in education in Alberta, specializing in trauma-informed K-12 Indigenous education. Sahra is a full-spectrum Indigenous Doula and is passionate about reproductive and sexual rights.Sahra has two cats, Matilda and Rosie, and enjoys crafting and travelling.
Jennifer Lord
Jennifer is a passionate and proud Métis woman, wife, and mother. Her home community is Lac Ste. Anne (outside of Edmonton, AB) currently lives as a guest on the Algonquin Anishinaabeg territory. She recognizes her privilege to have had the opportunity to learn from many Knowledge Holders and Elders across Turtle Island and is grateful for these opportunities to grow her spiritual bundle. Jennifer has nearly two decades of experience applying a strength-based and culture-based lens to a variety of Indigenous issues, from gender based violence to education and health services to system navigation to decolonizing and Indigenizing frameworks. Jennifer has worked with the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC), Metis Nation of Ontario (MNO) and Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak (LFMO). She recently joined the Federal Public Service, focusing on education and health services files, where she was the co-chair of a sector-wide Indigenous Employee Circle from 2021-2024. She has studied at the University of Ottawa (B.A. in Honours History) and at Carleton University (M.A. in International Affairs). Outside of work, Jennifer volunteers as a parent advisor and delivers professional development sessions with the Ottawa Catholic School Board and the Ottawa Carleton District School Board. She also enjoys cross-country skiing, anything that involves being in or on the water and loves to travel.