Siobhan Barker

Siobhan Barker (sha-von/Sio/they/she) is of a stolen people living in solidarity on the stolen, unceded, and ancestral land of the Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish, Musqueam, Hwlitsum, Katzie, Kwantlen, Kwikwetlem, Matsqui, Qayqayt, Semiahmoo, Tsawwassen, and Stó:lō Nations. Sio is a published, nationally recognized, bilingual, equity and accessibility consultant, spokesperson, storyteller, and community organizer. Sio advocates recognizing the impact of intersectionalities in moving toward equity, decolonizing practices, and collective liberation. As a non-binary person of mixed ancestry living with disability, they recognize and value the intersection of identities that inform disability justice, artistic practice, change-making, and honouring ancestral teachings. Sio is a big bodied, caramel coloured, 6 foot 2 inch person of mixed Indigenous African Caribbean Latinx European ancestry, with two-toned brown curly shoulder-length hair. A jaunty dimple in their left cheek with wise and sometimes mischievous cocoa-coloured eyes.