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Members

The North Shore Welcoming Action Committee is comprised of approximately 30 members representing a wide variety of community agencies including education, parks, recreation and culture, libraries, Cities, volunteerism, and multi-purpose agencies. The NSWAC is co-chaired by the Executive Directors of the North Shore Multicultural Society, Elizabeth Jones, and the North Shore Neighbourhood House. The project is also supported by a Project Coordinator, Jody Johnson. With funding from the Welcoming and Inclusive Communities and Workplaces program (WICWP), the NSWAC is working to engage additional members to ensure that the membership is truly representative of all sectors of the communities of the North Shore.

The following lists the members and the agencies they represent. The agencies are hyperlinked; click the agency names to visit their websites.

Arleta Beckett  
Manager, Community Development, Youth, Families + Seniors 604 921 3404; 604 362 1270
District of West Vancouver abeckett@westvancouver.ca 

Beth Beeching  
Coordinator 604 785 4260
Literacy Now Committee bbeeching@cdo.capilanou.ca

Breann Specht   
Community Developer 604 802 0962
Coastal HSDA [North Shore]
Vancouver Coastal Health
breann.specht@vch.ca

Carolyn Neilson  
Manager 604 988-3766
YWCA One Stop Career Shop cneilson@ywcavan.org

Cheryl McBride  
Manager, Administration, Recreation and Facilities 604 987 8138
North Shore Neighbourhood House cmcbride@nsnh.bc.ca

Chris Kennedy  
Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Schools 604 981 1000
West Vancouver School District ckennedy@sd45.bc.ca

Cristina Rucci  
Social Planner 604-990-2274
District of North Vancouver ruccic@dnv.org

Elizabeth Jones  
Executive Director 604 988 2931
North Shore Multicultural Society elizabethj@nsms.ca

Fareshteh Kashefi  
Multicultural Services Librarian 604 998 3476
North Vancouver City Library fkashefi@cnv.org

Heather Scoular  
Director of Library Services 604 998 5800
North Vancouver District Library scoularh@nvdpl.ca

Jane Watkins  
Chief Librarian 604 998 3450
North Vancouver Public Library jwatkins@cnv.org

Jenny Benedict  
Director of Library Services 604 925 7424
West Vancouver Memorial Library jbenedict@westvanlibrary.ca

Jody Johnson  
Project Coordinator 778 808 6252
North Shore WAC jody.johnson@shaw.ca

Julia Staub-French  
Director of Clinical Programs 604 988 5281
Family Services of the North Shore jsfrench@familyservices.bc.ca

June Maynard  
Manager, Parent & Child Resources  
North Shore Community Resources June.maynard@nscr.bc.ca

Laurie Kohl  
Counsellor / Coordinator  
Family Services of the North Shore kohl@familyservices.bc.ca

Liz Chase   
Project Coordinator Welcoming Neighbourhoods 604 980 6670
North Shore Neighbourhood House lchase@nsnh.bc.ca

Nancy Hollstedt   
Manager, Information & Volunteer Programs 604 982 3311; 604 985 7138
North Shore Community Resources Nancy.hollstedt@nscr.bc.ca

Pat Hodgson  
Professor Community Development and Outreach 604 209 4439
Community Development and Outreach Department Capilano University phodgson@capilanou.ca

Paul Penner  
Community Planner 604 983 7381
City of North Vancouver ppenner@cnv.org

Richard White  
Director, Community Development Department  
City of North Vancouver rwhite@cnv.org

Tara Matsuzaki  
Librarian 604 925 7440
West Vancouver Memorial Library tmatsuzaki@westvanlibrary.ca

Trisha Andrew 604 290 3041
North Shore Neighbourhood House tandrew@nsnh.bc.ca