Meet Our Team

Get to know the people that makes Kamloops Immigrant Services work

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

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Beatrice Taiwo-Jubril - Employment Counsellor

Phone Number:  (778) 470-6101, extension 119
Email:  employment@kcris.ca
Languages: English, Yoruba, Pidgin

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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

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