Grant: Operating Grant - HIV/AIDS CBR Program - Indigenous

Sex is Sacred. The Two-Spirit Program at the Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC) has piloted a Medicine Bundle for Sexual Health Testing primarily within colonial British Columbia. The Medicine Bundle is the combination of Indigenous knowledge, teaching and medicines with Western sexual health testing. We have shared our learning at Two-Spirit gatherings across Turtle Island and at local, provincial, national and international conferences, with great interest from local Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer community members, Elders, Knowledge Keepers and Indigenous community organizations. This project will expand and adapt the Medicine Bundle to nations outside of colonial British Columbia within so-called Canada, who each have their own unique and distinct cultural approaches. These differences will be reflected in their relationship with the land, Indigenous medicines and what they choose to include in their Medicine Bundles.