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Rick Andre (he / him) born and raised to settlers in the unceded traditional territory of the Okanagan Syilx people in South Okanagan Valley, BC. He indentifys as a gay white male. He has been involved in the pride movement for a number of years. He also currently sits as the 2021 InterPride Co-Chair of Member Services as well as the President of the Kelowna Pride Society. His day job is as a General Manager of the Kanata Kelowna Hotel. He enjoys traveling both locally and internationally.

Matt Burke (He/Him) is an accountant who has been involved with the pride movement since 2014 first with Halifax Pride and then FCP. When not doing accounting or pride things he can be found training for his next marathon and cycling adventure.

Joy Polley (They/Them) is a queer, non-binary settler living in Mi’kma’ki. In their professional life, Joy assists families with respite services, develops enrichment programing and finds the gaps in community systems through outreach and engagement with lived experience experts. Joy believes that first voice wisdom is essential to providing services to any population.

Tyler Moss (He/HIm) was born and raised, and currently lives in Saskatoon, SK, but has called both Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta and Vancouver, British Columbia home along the way.  He works at and is involved in research activities at the University of Saskatchewan, as well serves on a number of provincial boards and committees relating to health care patient advocacy in the province.

Tyler's love of travelling has taken him from sea to shining sea, with many stops across our beautiful country, and beyond.  While he enjoys spending time with family and friends, he loves being the best doggy-dad to his little sidekick, Rocky.

Tyler acknowledges that he is on Treaty 6 Territory and the Homeland of the Métis.  He pays his respects to the First Nations and Métis ancestors of this place and reaffirms his relationship with the land and its people.

Jackie (she/her) is a Black African femme living and working on the occupied Coast Salish territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Peoples.

Jackie is eternally grateful to Indigenous folks who have cared for and stewarded the land since time immemorial and continue to do so.

She spends her time curating spaces for dialogue and participating in mutual aid efforts in her community. She has been intentional in dedicating time to learn her indigenous languages and speak them more often. Recently, she has been focusing on holding valuable spaces of care for Black youth and practicing resource redistribution. Jackie spends her time reveling in the optimism of Afro-futurist worlds of solidarity, joy, and Black liberation.

In her role as the new FCP Program Manager, Jackie is excited about building capacity among the team and the communities we seek to serve.

Zackary Derrick (they/them) is a white settler queer and nonbinary community organizer based in Tiohtià:ke (also known as Montreal) on stolen Kanien'kéha territory. Since 2016, Zackary has been working with various community organizations dedicated to anti-oppression. They deeply value intersectional solidarity across movements and have been involved in survivor support, gender advocacy, Indigenous solidarity work and fighting prison (in)justice.

Most recently, Zackary served as the President of the First Peoples Studies Member Association at Concordia University. They are now pursuing a Master’s degree in the School of Public Health & Social Policy at the University of Victoria where they hope to continue furthering the needs of 2SLGBTQ+ communities in the realm of health, community research and policy advocacy.  

When not in the office, Zackary enjoys board games, baking and snuggling up with their cat, Mr. Pancake. 

Nicole Utulinde (She/Her) is an Afro-Canadian Queer woman based in Tiohtià:ke (also known as Montréal) on the unceded territory of the Kanien'kéha people. Her educational background is centred around the arts (fashion and music) and has held positions ranging from customer service, insurance and administrative assistant. Outside of work Nicole is passionate about music, dance, cooking, and enjoys road trips in the summer and walks by the water.

Mikaël is a creative maven with over a decade of success in communications, design and marketing. Mikaël specializes in brand development and product creation and is always on the lookout for the latest trends in social media, web, print and video promotions.

At the beginning of his career, Mikaël apprenticed with Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida during the time of The Lion King.

Originally from Montreal, Mikaël received degrees in Photography, Commercial Illustration & Design as well as Entertainment Design. Mikaël worked as an Art Director in various Montreal Ad Agencies, as well as the Lead Designer for a national Greeting Cards & Gift wrap company.

A strong believer in the power of creating positive energy and giving back to the community, Mikaël is a filmmaker who has been educating audiences through his documentary film “Over The Rainbow” in association with Camp fYrefly, University of Alberta and ISMSS. The film highlights the importance of supporting and creating safe spaces for youth. “Over The Rainbow” premiered at 2 Alberta film festivals, and has toured western Canada over the last 3 years.

Micheal is a pop culture guru, loves documentary films and can regularly be found starring in his own version of Carpool Karaoke, belting out 80’s hits in his Kia Soul.