Indigenous Sexual Futures, Episode Two: "Sexual Health is Part of My Medicine Bundle" features guests, Martin Morberg and Lane Bonertz 

In Episode Two, Doris speaks with Martin Morberg and Lane Bonertz, two phenomenal leaders who work with the Two-Spirit Program at the Community Based Research Centre (CBRC). They share the creation and developmental story of the Medicine Bundle, an innovative, culturally informed and culturally grounded HIV prevention tool geared towards Two-Spirit, Queer, and Trans Indigenous community members. When the HIV self-testing kit became widely available in Canada, the Two-Spirit leadership at the CBRC saw an opportunity to harness culture and tradition for HIV self-testing for the two-spirit community in BC. Martin and Lane also acknowledged the commitment of the CBRC who worked with local Two-Spirit leaders to establish the Two-Spirit Program within their organization. The CBRC recognized that "true reconciliation requires more than an endorsement and have made a series of commitments" to community, utilizing the Calls to Action from the TRC (https://www.cbrc.net/2spirit-program). Listen to our Podcast, this podcast went LIVE on April 12, 2023!

For more information about Indigenous Sexual Futures, and to see the BIOs of our featured guests, please visit the Feast Centre for Indigenous STBBI Research podcast website @ https://feastcentre.mcmaster.ca/podcasts 

Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge the following for their contributions towards Episode 2 of Indigenous Sexual Futures  

Guests  

Martin Morberg (Tutchone/Tlingit - Yukon)
Two-Spirit Program Coordinator - CBRC

Lane Bonertz (Blackfoot – Piikanni Nation)
Two Spirit Program Lead - CBRC 

HIV and AIDS Drum Song  

sung by Elder Marjorie Beaucage  

Host Storyteller/Producer  

Doris Peltier  

Technical Producer 

Paula Burrows - Jupiter Productions  

ISF Theme Music and Creative Sound 

Cozmic Cat, Classic Roots, Elder Gayle Pruden  

Indigenous Knowledge Advisory  

Feast Centre Council of Elders and Gathering Lodge Committee  

 
Executive Producers  

Feast Centre Co-Leads - Randall Jackson & Renée Masching  
 

Feast Centre Staff  

Will Gooding (National Director), Catherine Booker (Research Coordinator), Doris Peltier (Community Engagement Coordinator), Bridget Marsdin (Research Assistant), Esther Kim (Research Assistant), and James O’Grady (Research Assistant) 

 
Podcast Branding Design  

Compassion Creative  

 
Podcast Web Development  

Catherine Booker  

 We acknowledge our funders  

Canadian Institutes of Health Research  

Indigenous Sexual Futures is produced on the ancestral lands of the Mississauga and Haudenosaunee nations within the lands protected by the “Dish with One Spoon” wampum. We acknowledge the ancestors of this territory, and we also acknowledge the lands and territories of all our guests.  

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