Nancy Bleck, Slanay Sp’ak’wus, is an artist, photographer, educator, and co-founder of the Uts’am/Witness project (1997–2007). She became the first artist-in-residence at the Roundhouse Community Centre in Vancouver, teaches at Emily Carr University, and is a recipient of the YMCA’s Women of Distinction Award for her work on Uts’am/Witness.