Indigenous Peoples have always been here.
Since time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples have called the places where Ribbon Community is based home. We were founded as AIDS Vancouver on Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh lands; our office still stands on this Indigenous land today. At Ribbon Community, we honour Indigenous Peoples as past, present, and future stewards of this land, and seek to uphold Indigenous knowledge keepers and leaders in our work. As a settler-led organization, we are actively working on ensuring Indigenous people are uplifted, engaged, and part of all we do as we work to unlearn colonization and be in relationship with the Indigenous Peoples of these lands and those living with and impacted by HIV.
