CRWC Board of Directors – Compassion Roots

Board of Directors 2022-2023

A member-elected, volunteer Board of Directors governs our association, providing it with financial and strategic oversight. We are a passionate and committed team working to raise awareness and improve access to resources for physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Get to know us!

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Alex Schiebel. Director

Kelly Durr. Director

The bulk of Kelly's experiences are from the corporate industry in Toronto, where she was a sales manager and national accounts manager. After transitioning to British Columbia, Kelly worked as an Assistant Director in the film industry. Kelly has been involved in harm reduction work for the past decade and was a former supervisor at a psychedelic crisis centre. Harm reduction work is her passion, and she has found it the most rewarding and fulfilling work she has done. Kelly studies herbal medicine at Wild Seeds Herbal School, “I highly recommend anyone and everyone to check out a herbal medicine class!”.

Kelly now exclusively uses herbal medicine, and dreams of a world where people would seek herbs as remedies, instead of pharmaceuticals. “Herbs saved my life! I suffered from migraine headaches for years, and nothing was as effective in treating them as herbs”. In 2008, Kelly suffered a serious injury that left her with permanent functional impairment.“I used many services of the Wellness Centre, if not for the Wellness Centre I would not have the quality of life that I have today”.

Hilary Black. Director

Pioneer, Founder, and Advisor.

Hilary Black is a trailblazing expert in the cannabis industry and the founder of Canada's first medical cannabis organization, the BC Compassion Club in 1997. She made a significant impact on the legal cannabis landscape, changing the course of cannabis law in Canada through decades of work in advocacy, activism, communication, government relations, public relations, and capacity building.

Having served as the former Chief Advocacy Officer and the first female member of the C-suite at Canopy Growth Corporation, she executed the industry's first-ever comprehensive ESG report and spearheaded DEI and social justice and social impact initiatives, including the ground-breaking creation of the first-ever cannabis professorship to study cannabis as a tool in harm reduction to combat the opiate OD crisis.

She was awarded the prestigious Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal acknowledging her significant contribution to Canada.

Volunteering for the Board of Directors

We are looking for Board Members

The Compassion Roots Wellness Centre Society Board of Directors are individuals who are passionate about the future of holistic health in Canada. They volunteer their time and expertise to provide strategic oversight for Compassion Roots Wellness Centre Society and to contribute to its success. Joining the Board of Directors allows you to support the growth of our Society, and connect with other highly involved members.

We are poised to launch into the next phase of our extraordinary work, and we’d love to have your ideas!

Do you have any of the following skills to share?

Fundraising
Marketing
Public Relations
Branding
Experience working with non-profit societies
And most of all, Compassion!

We would love to hear from you if you have a desire to help us move forward with our mission as a volunteer board member. The time commitment to be part of our knowledgeable, friendly, hard-working, consensus-run board is 2- 4 hours per month.

If you are interested, or if you have any questions, please reach out to vera@compassionroots.com

We are excited to hear from you!

This is a healthcare herstory in the making. Help us move forward in the best ways possible.

Board of Directors 2022-2023

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Compassion Roots Wellness Centre Society