ABOUT
Experience
Coordination Projects & Volunteering
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Stó:lō Territory as a Family Support worker to a Delegated Social Worker with 23 communities. In community Community Development Worker for 4 years understanding the Child and Family Services, Community Care and Elders Advisory Committees.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Provincial Coordinator and Special Events 203 BC First Nations in Preparedness and Response & Big Bar Land Slide
Mental Health and Wellness Coordinator - Nlaka'pamux Health Services Creating Healthy Communities
EOC Director - Lytton Creek Wildfire 2021
Emergency Capacity Coordinator - 31 Mainland Coast Salish Communities
PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR
Cowichan 2008 Spirit Pole, Emergency Management and Special Events and Provincial Indigenous Sports and competitions.
GATHERINGS - Elders and Youth
1. Honoured to support 7 Annual BC Elders Gatherings and co-chair, Chair from 35th to Coordinator of the 40th.
2. Death Protocols in First Nations Communities for first responders in Stó:lō Territory.
3. Watching Young Eagles Soar Gathering.
4. Fraser Region Youth Team BC Soccer to Gold Medal winners 2017 NAIG.
5. Numerous workshops and celebrations and community events.
Dianne Garner
My Journey
Weytk, I am member of the Adams Lake te Secwépemc Nation. I am a guest residing in the Stó:lō Territory in Chilliwack. I was raised with my adoptive parents and twin brother on a small farm in Matsqui.
I have a daughter who is also an Adams Lake community member and an archaeologist. My son is a Union Bar community member and owner of Riverside Contractors.
I began my role as a Community Development worker 30 years ago in the Stó:lō Territory. I have coordinated many different projects and community events throughout BC and Canada. In addition built relationships with many First Nations communities and partners in Emergency Planning and Response.
I am honoured and grateful for all the Elders and Knowledge Keepers who have supported me reconnecting with my culture. So many have provided me with guidance, experience and respect in each project or event in my roles and responsibilities to date.