About Our Team
Education Program Coordinator
Allison (she/her) facilitates school-based consent education programs through the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre’s sexual violence prevention department Project Respect. She was raised in her native home of Scotland and has been a settler on the unceded Coast Salish territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ nations for 25 years.
Allison has a background in childhood education, community management and improvisational theatre. She is passionate about effective, inclusive consent education, and is also currently working as a counsellor with a focus on supporting the LGBTQ community.
Youth Program Coordinator
Anoushka (she/her) is a local to Bombay, India, where she was born and raised, before moving to the unceded territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ nations in 2023.
With a background in mental health, Anoushka is currently exploring the field of health communication, a path that has deepened her commitment to fostering inclusive networks and empowering marginalized communities, particularly within QTBIPOC spaces. Over the past five years, she has gained experience in research, community outreach, education, and service delivery within the healthcare sector.
Research Manager
Annaléa (she/her) has over 10 years of experience in program evaluation and youth participatory action research design, implementation and dissemination through her work at community-based research organizations in Alberta and BC, as well as trauma-informed practice working with youth and adults living with mental health issues and disabilities.
Community Outreach Coordinator
Eliza (she/her) is a queer femme settler. She was born and raised on the sacred and unceded lands of the Ngai Tahu and Ngati Whatua tribes of the indigenous Māori people in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Eliza’s ancestors come from Clan Gordon in the Scottish Highlands; Ireland; and she has some distant Indigenous North American ancestry – Eliza is currently on a journey of ancestral rediscovery, hence immigrating to Canada. Eliza is an intersectional feminist with 8 years experience in the sexual harm prevention and response sector, and holds current trauma-informed yoga and somatic dance practitioner certifications. Eliza has a keen interest in the human body and the nervous system; herbalism; cyclical living & womb-work; birth; and the practice of re-villaging. Outside of work you’ll find her cold-plunging; wandering through the forest; or doing contact improv!.
Prevention Co-Director
TBD
Contact:
Past Team Members
Project Respect has continually evolved and deepened its commitment to ending sexualized violence because of the valuable contributions of previous team members:
Scott Carlson, Tracey Proverbs, Alex Filippelli, Dean Mang-Wooley, quetzo herejk, Nishad Khanna, Yuka Kurokawa, Jenn Spilsted, Vince Terstappen, Whitney Archer, Tyler Mordan, Gordon O’connor, David Boffa, Billy Yu, Soumya Natarajan, Annie Banks, Paulina Hakkarainen, Susanna Guardado, Tuval Dinner, Jenny Matthews, Romina Miranda, Heidi Exner, Hannah Mang-Wooley, Alyx MacAdams, Anna McClean, Isaac Rosenberg, Kim Smith, Tanille Geib, Astri Jack, Elodie Button, Niko Mumford, Sarah Graham, Jonathan French, Imogen Barr, Elyse Kornhauser, Andres Montiel, Elicia Loiselle, Lisa Schnitzler, Amara MacFarlane, Nat Karpovskaia, Maggie Hamel-Smith Grassby, Sophie Rousseau, Ella Stolk-lachetti, Jelayna Van Dyke, Phoebe Chih, Laura Velasquez and many others!