CISV Victoria is excited to welcome Amy as our incoming Programmes Co-Chair, and Sophie as our incoming Co-JB Liaison, and Astrid as our Junior LJR! Welcome to the team Amy, Sophie, and Astrid!
Interested in joining the board? Check out our open positions or reach out to chair@cisvvictoria.ca to find out how!
Executive Board Members
Meet the CISV Victoria team!
Chapter Co-Chair and Communications Manager
Lilly (she/her)
CISV has such an impact on me growing up. I joined in 2010 and participated in Step Up, Interchange, Youth Meeting (delegate), and National Camp. I am honoured to give back to this organization as an adult, having been a Staff at our Youth Meeting this part summer. I’ve worn a lot of hats over the years as a member of the board, and am thrilled to be entering my second year as Chapter Co-Chair and the Communications Chair for CISV Victoria!
Chapter Co-Chair and Local Leadership Trainer
Sarah (she/her)
At the age of 14, I stumbled upon CISV, and it changed my life! I started off doing a national camp, followed by a step-up, and seminar camp, then took the reins as a leader and staff member for Villages as a grown-up. Now, I'm freshly appointed as one of the Chapter Co-Chairs and the Fund Development Chair, plus Local Leadership Trainer and I'm one of the Village Coordinators.
Senior Local Junior Representative (Sr. LJR)
Samantha(she/her)
Samantha is the Sr. LJR of CISV Victoria. Which means she helps organize the Steering Board and runs activities for the junior branch youth. Samantha has been a part of CISV for 5 years and she has made great connections through CISV and has grown her leadership skills by being on Steering and running activities for all of the incredible youth who come out to the meetings. Her favorite thing about CISV is seeing the youth grow their confidence while participating, asking questions, and even making new friends in our chapter. Samantha loves the values that CISV stands for and she tries to bring them into other aspects in her life!
Junior Local Junior Representative (Jr. LJR)
Astrid (she/they)
Astrid's first CISV camp was Sunflower camp, a national camp in Ottawa in 2022. She had her step up in Vancouver in 2023, it was fun to meet people her age from 9 other countries.
Astrid's favourite part of CISV is meeting new people and easily being able to connect with them through CISV, it’s even better when she gets to meet people from other countries as well! She's learned so much about so many countries through CISV camps, from culture and folklore to stereotypes and fun facts, it’s always so much fun to talk to people from all over the world about our countries.
Junior Branch Liaison
Leanna (she/her)
My role as Junior Branch Adult Liaison is to support our Junior Branch Steering Committee with their planning, and support them during Junior Branch meetings. I also ensure that Junior Branch just has the extra safety of an adult present during meetings, and I communicate on behalf of Junior Branch with the Adult Exec team. My experience with CISV was as a village delegate to India, and then again as a leader to a Toronto Village. My three daughters have all been involved in Junior Branch, been leaders on Steering and travelled with CISV. I love how inclusive CISV is and how easy friendship is through the shared, fun, and thoughtful activities and games.
Junior Branch Liaison
Sophie (she/her)
My experience with CISV is joining CISV Vancouver at 12 years old and participating in an Interchange in Austria, a Step Up in London Ontario and then being a junior staff at a Step Up in Vancouver. I have also been involved in the national junior board. After moving to Victoria for university, I missed having CISV in my life and decided to join CISV Victoria. I am really looking forward to working with my co-liaison, the Steering team, and the rest of the adult board.
Risk Manager
Steve (he/him)
I work to keep our CISV Victoria community safe. I help to select, train and support CISV leaders. I make sure locations are safe for CISV participants and that all adults spending time with children have valid Criminal Record Checks completed. I have been involved with CISV since 2017 when my oldest son went to Honduras for Village. The only thing I love more than learning about people, culture, language, food and music around the world is to see children and young adults experiencing these things for the first time.
Steering
CISV Victoria's youth leaders!
This is a team of youth who run the Junior Branch meetings for CISV Victoria. They are interested in taking an active role in leadership and creating fun for others, and they are passionate about CISV, sustainability, human rights, diversity, and conflict resolution. Lead by Samantha and Leanna, Steering meets twice a month for planning meetings and spending time planning and having fun together too.They lead energizers, games, activities, debriefs at meetings; welcome new members and connect with existing members. Get to know all of Steering over on the JB Victoria website!