Meet Our Team
Get to know the people that makes Kamloops Immigrant Services work
Executive Director
Executive Director
France Lamontagne
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101, extension 101
Email: ExecutiveDirector@kcris.ca
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Settlement & Integration Team:
Rajinder – Settlement & Integration Counsellor - Senior Advisor
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101, extension 115
Email: raj@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, Gujrati, Swahili
Min-Hsien Chang – Settlement & Integration Counsellor
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101, extension 110
Email: minhsienchang@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Taiwanese, Mandarin, Spanish, some Cantonese
Anu Kaur – Settlement & Integration Counsellor
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101, extension 109
Email: anu.kaur@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Punjabi, Hindi
Kate Cheng – Settlement Counsellor
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101, extension 111
Email: kate@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Mandarin
Erin White – Women's Empowerment Program Assistant Coordinator
Email: settlementsupport@kcris.ca
Languages: English
Yenny Yao - Community Connections Coordinator
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101, extension 116
Email: communityconnection@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Mandarin
Emily Shuttleworth - Community Connections Assistant Coordinator
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101, extension 118
Email: emily@kcris.ca
Languages: English
Darcy Gorrill – Women’s Outreach Coordinator
Phone Number: (778) 694-3884
Email: darcy@kcris.ca
Languages: English
Beatrice Taiwo-Jubril - Employment Counsellor
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101, extension 119
Email: employment@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Yoruba, Pidgin
Amy Verhey – Employer Advisor
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101, extension 104
Email: amy.verhey@kcris.ca
Languages: English
JY Li – Youth Employment Advisor (YESS)
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101, extension 113
Email: yess@kris.ca
Languages: English, Mandarin
Sage Chang – Settlement Lead
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101, extension 117
Email: sage@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Korean
Anna Ediger – Settlement Worker In Schools (SWIS)
Phone Number: (250) 377-5271
Email: swis@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Dutch
Clara Kong – Settlement Worker In Schools (SWIS)
Phone Number: (250) 682-8198
Email: clara@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin
Sam Birchall – Settlement Worker In Schools (SWIS)
Email: sam@kcris.ca
Phone Number: (778) 538-0405
Languages: English
LINC English Language Instruction Team
Lucia Mapplebeck – LINC Lead Instructor and CLBPT Assessor
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101, extension 121
Email: esl@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Spanish
Brittany Kanigan – LINC Instructor
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101, extension 121
Email: esl-brittany@kcris.ca
Languages: English
Lian Clark – LINC Instructor
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101, extension 121
Email: esl-lian@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese
Asma Koli – LINC Instructor
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101, extension 121
Email: asma@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Bangla, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu
Childminding Team
Angie Naslund – ECE Childmind Coordinator
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101, extension 107
Email: childmind@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Spanish
Anselma Ammerdorffer – Childmind Staff
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101, extension 107
Email: childmind@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Dutch
Margaret Dennison – Early Childhood Educator
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101, extension 107
Email: childmind@kcris.ca
Languages: English
Administration and Diversity Team
Jenny Tran
Special Project and HR Assistant
Email: jenny.tran@kcris.ca
Mentorship Support Worker
Email: kismentorship@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Vietnamese
Ruben Quast - Communication and Marketing Coordinator
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101 extension 106
Email: ruben@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Spanish
Shiro Abraham – Financial Assistant and Interpretation/Translation/Mentorship Coordinator
Phone Number : (778) 470-6101, extension 102
Email: finance@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Sinhalese
Sheila Morgan – Finance Manager
Phone Number : (778) 470-6101, extension 114
Email: financemanager@kcris.ca
Languages: English
Sue Northcott – Receptionist/Administration Assistant/Tutoring Coordinator
Phone Number: (778)470-6101
Email: kis@immigrantservices.ca
Languages: English
Petro Kondrashov - IT & Digital Navigator/Instructor
Phone Number: (778)470-6101 ext 123
Email: petro@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Ukrainian, Russian, some Polish
Paolo Bigit - Ukrainian Humanitarian Effort Coordinator and Diversity Outreach Coordinator
Phone Number: (778) 470-6101 extension 106
Email: paolo@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Spanish