About Us

Our Team
Our Collective
Our Funders


Our Team

Communications Coordinator

Stephanie (she/her) is our new Communications Coordinator. She can be reached at communications@vfwomenscentre.com

Community Kitchen Team

Lusia (she/her), our Kitchen Manager can be contacted at 667-2693 or email: kitchen@vfwomenscentre.com.

Svietlana (she/her), Sihame (she/her), Oumayma(she/her) and Lusia (she/her) make up our Community Kitchen team.

Drop-In and Rural Pregnant Mom's Suite Team
Jenna(she/her) is our Drop-In Coordinator dropin@vfwomenscentre.com  

Jordan (she/her) and Sam(she/her) make up our core Drop-In team and can be reached at (867) 667-2693 ext. 1 during Drop-In hours. 

Bookings and inquiries for our Rural Pregnant Mom's Suite are also facilitated by the Drop-In team and can be made via the contacts above.

Executive Director

Megan (she/her), our ED, can be reached at (867) 336-2693 and at executivedirector@vfwomenscentre.com

Healthy Babies Healthy Futures Team

Camille(she/her) is our Healthy Babies, Healthy Families Coordinator. Camille can be reached at cell # (867) 667-4134 and at: cpnp@vfwomenscentre.com

Suietlana (she/her pronouns) is our support to Healthy Babies Healthy Futures team and can be reached at: hmhbpeer@vfwomenscentre.com 

Women's Advocate

Olimpia (she/her), our Women's Advocate can be reached at (867) 667-2693 ext. 2, cell # (867) 336-1962, and at: womensadvocate@vfwomenscentre.com

Shauna Byers(sher/her) is our Indigenous Gender Based Voilence Frontline Worker.

Sisterhood Support Circle: 

Belen is our Sisterhood Lived Experience Coordinator, she can be reached at Sisterhood@vfwomenscentre.com

Youth Outreach Coordinator
Jane (she/her) our Youth Outreach Coordinator, can be reached at youthoutreach@vfwomenscentre.com

Jane is working on 3 projects: a Young Feminists Club, a future Sexual Health Education Hub, and Next Gen Men in Yukon.

Various Volunteers 
We LOVE our volunteers! See our 'Get Involved' tab if you'd like to help out.

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Our Collective

The Victoria Faulkner Women's Centre is governed by a Board of Directors.

Board of Directors

Amanda - Chair

Francis – Treasurer

Cindy and Elena are our Directors. 

For information about joining our Board of Directors, contact us.
 

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Our Funders

Our funding comes from a diverse mix of grants and sponsorships from all levels of governments, foundations, organizations, and individuals.

Government of Canada

  • Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Canada Summer Jobs
  • Justice Canada
  • Reaching Home
  • CIRNAC
  • WAGE-Women and Gender Equality Canada

Yukon Government

  • Women’s Directorate
  • Department of Justice
  • Health and Social Services Insured Health and Hearing Services
  • Community Development Fund
  • Advanced Education
  • Employment and Training Services
  • STEP
  • SCP


City of Whitehorse

  • Recreation Fund
  • Municipal Services Grant
  • Environment Grant


Foundations

  • Canadian Women’s Foundation
  • Rotary Rendezvous
  • Lions Club
  • Second Harvest Food Rescue

We also receive donations and discounts from many individuals, groups, and companies.
A HUGE thank you to our most frequent, or most recent, donors: 

  • Grizzly Pigs Farm
  • Yukon Tech Inc.
  • NGC Builders
  • G&P Distributing
  • Bean North
  • Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters
  • Superstore
  • Shopper's Drug Mart
  • Wykes Independent Grocers
  • Due North Maternity & Baby
  • Second Harvest Food Rescue
  • Java Connection
  • Riverside Bakery
  • Save on Foods
  • Love2Thrift
  • Nakai Theatre
  • Winterlong Brewing
  • Tru Earth
  • Yukon First Nations Educational Directorate
  • 'Sierra's Seniors group' - Copper Ridge Place
  • Artist Maya Rosenberg
  • and individual donors!
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