Heather Burke, BA, MA is Métis with ancestral ties to the former Red River Settlement, a historical Métis community. She has Indigenous and European ancestry on her father’s side and English and American ancestry on her mother’s side. Heather is a Learning Facilitator in the Office of Indigenous Education and Engagement at VIU in partnership with the EleV program. Heather works to centre and amplify Indigenous voice by sharing the promising practices and teachings we have received from Indigenous learners, communities, families, the VIU community, and other learning partners as a way to be accountable to these groups and honour the responsibility to be transparent and authentic in our work together.