* Promotes cultural safety, ensures relationships are non-harmful and avoids cultural appropriation
* Wholistic community events
* Decolonized approach to research, community capacity, and policy development
* Wholistic approaches to social justice matters concerning Indigenous people
* Relationship building and repairing of past harms associated with colonialism, including research and child welfare.
* Identifies colonialism as a health determinant
* Trauma-informed and understands the impacts of intergenerational trauma
* Residential school descendant
* Seeks social change and community empowerment
* Advocacy