Acknowledgements
The authors and contributors who worked on the Intersectional Sexualized Violence project are grateful to live, work, and be in relation with people from across many traditional and unceded territories, covering all regions of British Columbia. We are honoured to live on this land and are committed to reconciliation, decolonization, and building relationships in our communities and schools.
The Medicine of the Berry Patch: A Guide for B.C. Post-Secondary Institutions to Support Indigenous Students was a collaboration between the public post-secondary institutions of British Columbia, BCcampus, B.C. Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills, and Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) as part of the Intersectional Sexualized Violence Project.
We would like to thank the Intersectional Sexualized Violence Advisory Group for their leadership, dedication, and passion for this project.
We would like to thank all members of the Indigenous Student Resource Working Group, who worked hard to create content and enhance this resource to ensure that it reflects the guiding principles of the Intersectional Sexualized Violence project.
Thank you to the First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC) and Métis Nation of British Columbia (MNBC) for their guidance and support throughout the review and revision of this resource and supporting videos.
Thank you to Dr. Natalie Clark, who conducted the environmental scan that informed this resource. The analogy of the berry patch as an ecosystem to support First Nations, Métis, and Inuit survivors of sexualized violence draws from her work. With gratitude, we raise our hands to her invitation to a different perspective in approaches to care.
BCcampus would like to extend our deepest gratitude to Jewell Gillies, who was the curriculum writer for this resource and who narrated all the videos. Thank you for sharing your family and cultural background, traditional teachings, and expertise in supporting survivors of sexualized violence. These are challenging topics that often resurface uncomfortable feelings and challenge us to step into our healing journey proactively.
