Elizabeth Newcombe
Executive Director, Vancouver Island Crisis Society (since 1992)
Treasurer and Past President, Crisis Line Association of BC (CLABC)
elizabeth[at]vicrisis.ca
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Lyndsay Wells
Public Education Program Coordinator
Facilitator:
• Regional Support for Suicide Bereavement Support
• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
• Crisis Intervention Skills Training (CIST)
• GRASP High School Training (Growth, Resiliency, Acknowledgement, Suicide Awareness, Prevention and Planning)
• Suicide Awareness and Response Workshop
• Customized training workshops
• Published in International Journal of Child, Youth & Family Studies (Vol. 5, No. 1 – 2014):
• Connection and Relational Engagement in a Youth Suicide Prevention Program
lyndsay[at]vicrisis.ca
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Karen Vandersluis
Crisis Line Training Coordinator
Trainer, Crisis Line Volunteering
Facilitator, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
karen[at]vicrisis.ca
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Debbi Mahaffy
Crisis Line Services Manager / Trainer
Trainer, Crisis Line Volunteering
Facilitator, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
debbi[at]vicrisis.ca
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Heather Owen
Promotions & Community Relations Coordinator
Facilitator:
• Regional Support for Suicide Bereavement Support
• Crisis Intervention Skills Training (CIST)
• GRASP High School Training (Growth, Resiliency, Acknowledgement, Suicide Awareness, Prevention and Planning)
• Suicide Awareness and Response Workshop
• Customized training workshops
• Facilitator, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
heather[at]vicrisis.ca
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Lucie Cermakova
Crisis Line Coordinator of Volunteers
lucie[at]vicrisis.ca
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Kristina Reynolds
Administrative Assistant
kristina[at]vicrisis.ca
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Matt Dunae
Community Education Training Assistant
mattd[at]vicrisis.ca
Shawna Gibbs
Crisis Line Training Assistant
shawna[at]vicrisis.ca
Joanne Hogan
Office and Website Manager
joanneh[at]vicrisis.ca
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