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Aleks (they/them/their and she/her/hers) is currently on the CMHA BC team that is rolling out Peer Assisted Care Teams (PACT), an alternative to police response to mental health and substance use crises, in ten communities across BC. Aleks has designed and delivered programs on EDI (equity, diversity, and inclusion), civic engagement, mental wellness, and leadership with West Coast LEAF, Battered Women’s Support Services, Check Your Head, Open Media, and Vantage Point. Their previous Board experience includes tenures with ProChoices Community Therapy Clinic and the Crisis Centre of BC. Aleks is also a trained mediator and restorative justice facilitator. They have been living in Vancouver, on the traditional and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, since childhood, when their family immigrated to Canada.
Mediate BC serves communities across the lands of many Indigenous peoples, unceded, unsurrendered, and treaty. We are committed to advancing Indigenous sovereignty, inherent rights and self-determination. In order to do this, we commit to deepening our understanding of the histories and cultures of Indigenous peoples and the ongoing effects of colonization. Further, we commit to developing meaningful dialogue and relationships founded on respect.
