2026 - 2027 Kamloops Pride Board Applications

Age:76

Currently retired. Previously: school teacher, tax preparer, franchise director (H&R Block), Director of Training (H&R Block Canada), Director of Automation (H&R Block), District Manager (H&R Block), Product Manager - T1 (CANTAX), self-employed income tax consultant, author.

Volunteering: Kamloops Food Bank: board member, treasurer, president; Kam High Homecoming Committee: co-president; South Okanagan Immigrants Society: tax preparer; Kamloops Community and Immigrant Services: tax preparer; The Mustard Seed: tax preparer; Kamloops Pride: as needed.

Skills: Income Tax; Web programming.

Interests and Hobbies: gardening; orchid culture; bee keeping.

I am a 45 year old non-binary single mom to two amazing queer kids, ages 9 and 12. I am interested in either a general director position or in the Director of Youth Engagement position. My strengths are definitely in communications, creativity and community building. I would love to be a part of creating more opportunities for queer youth. 

I work in the community as an anti-violence counsellor/sexual abuse counsellor/art therapist for children and youth for Kamloops Sexual Abuse Counselling Centre. I have been in this field for almost 20 years. I am also a local drag king (Gene Debender). Another interest of mine is creating more opportunities for drag and other queer art forms in the community.

I do have experience being on a board of directors. I was on the board of Chase and Area Family Services for 3 years before I moved here, one year serving as president. I am with my kids four days a week so I would require some flexibility in involving my kids in events, or possibly bringing them with me to meetings. 

Thanks for considering me!

I am a late 30's gay man, serving on the Kamloops Pride Board as Treasurer for the past year. I have many years experience working in non-profit and government leadership and finance roles. I look forward to bringing my experience into a different role with Kamloops Pride.

I'm in my early 20s, and have lived in Kamloops for about 2 and a half years. I live with my fiancee Alexandria and our cat Daisy. Professionally, I'm an early childhood professional and full-spectrum Indigenous birthworker, and I own a small business called Strawberry Birthwork. I'm also enrolled at TRU, currently pursuing an Indigenous Studies certificate.

I am fluent in French and English, and practice basic Spanish, ASL, and Anishinaabemowin.

In my free time, I'm everywhere! I act in various short films, features, and theatre productions, and work occasionally as a script supervisor. I love to workout, especially with my partner. I also craft just about everything, write poetry, sing, play several instruments, and get involved in random creative projects.

I am largely motivated by wanting to create inclusive spaces of belonging, promote positive change in the community, and empower community members through education.

I am a 28-year-old working professional and artist. I am a queer woman who grew up in the Kamloops area and was lucky enough to spend my early adulthood pursuing a Fine Arts education in cities like Vancouver and Toronto. Though my background is in Performing Arts and Film Production, my practice today includes Burlesque, Fashion, Painting, Collage, Photography, Poetry, and an ever-growing number of multi-media experimentations. In my free time I freelance as a social media manager and content creator.

My interests lie in the more whimsical parts of life; the occult, mythology and folklore, the politics of aesthetic, the history of of women and their labor, vintage collecting, and throwing silly little parties to celebrate my friends and romanticize our shared experience. My Big Picture passions center community-building for queer and marginalized folks. It's my dream to live in a city that prioritizes people over profit and I want to be a part of making it happen here in every way that I can.