Jada-Gabrielle Pape is Xwelmuxw from the Saanich and Snuneymuxw Nations. She lives in East Vancouver with her fantastic 18-year-old kid and their two extroverted Pitbulls, Stuart and Sylvia. Jada is committed to walking gently in a harsh world, bringing forward the good teachings of her communities and Elders, and getting into good trouble. When she is not working on beautiful projects with the Drawing Wisdom team you can find her in her pajamas at the kitchen table collaborating on beading projects with wonderful young Indigenous Peoples.

Jada holds a BA and Master’s from UBC is a certified grief and trauma counselor, and is the founder of Courage Consulting (a decolonizing firm specializing in truth and reconciliation, DEI, and organizational transformation). Jada is also a co-founder of Drawing Wisdom where she facilitates conversations around cultural safety, directs projects, and is generally on board to dream and design any project that upholds the voices of Indigenous Communities and Peoples. And she hosts the Drawing Wisdom Video Podcast.

David is the Co-Artistic Director of Love Intersections. His work has also recently included collaborations with Primary Colours / Couleurs primaires, an initiative to decolonize the Canadian art system by putting Indigenous Arts practices at the centre, through the leadership of Indigenous artists, supported by artists of colour. David has been a filmmaker for 22 years, and more recently through Love Intersections, he has produced over 15 short films, which have screened internationally at over 60 film festivals. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Social Justice Institute at the University of British Columbia. He holds a Master of Social Sciences from the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town.