The BR Project

Bearing Witness. Reclaiming Truth. 
A trauma-informed storytelling initiative... and one of the ways we help others.

 

We know that communication is more than messaging... it’s how we shape truth, build trust, and lead with integrity. Nowhere is this more vital than in the stories of those who have experienced harm.​ The BR Pilot Project is a specialized, survivor-centred project that supports victims and survivors in shaping and sharing their lived experiences. This project is led by Catherine Cameron, a communications executive with over three decades of experience, and a Canadian artist and art therapy practitioner with additional training in healing arts, DEIA, negotiation, conflict resolution and mediation, and workplace psychological health and safety. Catherine has also completed training in trauma-informed practice which guides how she creates safe, supportive, and empowering spaces for learning and growth. Learn more on Catherine's artist website.

​

​The BR Pilot Project Is For:

• Individuals and groups ready to share their truth and lived experience, whether
  for their own purposes, with family, legal counsel, or institutions

• Organizations and legal practices providing trauma-informed services 

• Survivors wanting to create a personal or public legacy piece (narrative, artistic work, etc.)

• Individuals and groups exploring truth as a path toward healing, accountability and justice,
  and/or collective change

 

What the BR Project Looks Like in Action

 

For Victim Services and Community Organizations:

Community organizations supporting survivors can benefit from the BR Project to offer meaningful, trauma-informed programming, including:

• Facilitated narrative and creative arts/expression groups (typically once weekly for four to eight weeks)

• Collective legacy projects, including visual art exhibits and written or audio/video storytelling

• Optional client support in preparing for media, institutional, and legal testimony

​​

For Individual Survivors:

The BR Project supports individuals in sharing their lived experiences.
Services include:

• One-on-one narrative coaching to help organize and make meaning of what happened

• Creative legacy development, such as story writing, audio/video narratives, and artwork

• Support in preparing for proceedings, public testimony, or media engagement

​

For Law Firms and Legal Practices:

Survivors navigating legal processes often carry not only complex facts, but deep emotional injuries.

When clients are overwhelmed or retraumatized, their ability to contribute to the process can suffer. The BR Project provides a unique service that strengthens client relationships and supports more effective outcomes, while reducing harm. The BR Pilot project currently offers:

• Support to help clients safely share and articulate their experiences

• Support for survivors preparing victim statements that are truthful, structured, and aligned with legal needs

• Training and consultation for legal teams on trauma-informed communication and engaging with emotionally complex client narratives
   

For Institutions Committed to Healing and Accountability:

Many institutions are being called upon to reckon with past and present harm. Survivors and communities are demanding more than apologies or policy reform, they are asking to be heard, acknowledged, and included in shaping what comes next. The BR Project supports institutions in moving beyond performative responses by embedding survivor-led storytelling into processes of accountability, building trust, and cultural change. The BR Project helps institutions:

• Collect and ethically curate survivor narratives in direct consultation with those impacted

• Co-create public storytelling or legacy art projects (e.g. exhibits, installations, written work) that honour lived experience and truth

• Facilitate leadership and staff reflection sessions to bear witness, engage with survivor testimony, and reflect on implications for institutional values, culture, and practice

​​

Why This Work Matters:

This work is about helping survivors speak not only to what happened—but to who they are, and what they choose to carry forward.

The BR Pilot Project stands for truth reclaimed, stories honoured, and voices made visible, in service of healing, connection, advocacy, and accountability and justice.

 

Connect:

To inquire about The BR Pilot Project please use the contact page.

​