All the youth that we spoke to belong to the BIMPOC community. These are some of the identities, experiences, and locations the 11 youth we spoke to shared with us.

  • Youth living on stolen, occupied, and traditional lands of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil Waututh), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem) nations and S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō) lands
  • Indigenous youth [from the Michel, Heiltsuk, Squamish, and Nuxalk First nations]
  • East Asian, South Asian, and South East Asian youth
  • Black youth
  • Brown youth
  • Two-Spirit youth
  • Nonbinary trans, gendervoid, intersex femmes, and transmasculine, and gender non-conforming youth
  • Queer, multi-sexual, grey-ace, aromantic, and/or pansexual youth
  • Youth living with HIV
  • Disabled youth
  • Neurodivergent youth
  • Youth with chronic mental illness with and without experiences in psychiatric facilities
  • Youth with chronic pain
  • Healthcare practitioners and trainees
  • Retired sex workers
  • Youth actively using substances
  • Youth who infrequently and frequently engage with public and private healthcare
  • Youth with ranging financial income and stability
  • Youth with experiences in care
  • Youth living in rural and urban communities
  • Immigrants and second-generation immigrant settlers with and without refugee parents
  • Youth who are involved in collective care, community building, disability justice, peer support, and rest as resistance