Conference 2017

The 2017 SAFE Conference was a huge success!

Thank you to our presenters, sponsors, attendees, and volunteers!

Keynote Bio:

Sarah Hunt (PhD) is a Two-Spirit scholar from the Kwagiulth community of the Kwakwaka'wakw nation. She is an assistant professor at UBC in the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, and

her scholarship builds on more than 15 years of community-based research, education and advocacy. Sarah's research uses a strengths-based approach in examining issues facing Indigenous youth, Two-Spirit people, women and families, including the health and social impacts of colonization and everyday forms of resistance to colonialism. She has published popular and scholarly reports and articles on Indigenous gender relations, Two-Spirit health, violence, justice and a range of other issues of concern to Indigenous communities.