Meet the VAST volunteers and interpreters, past and present. These hardworking and compassionate individuals help VAST in supporting Refugee mental health in BC and beyond.
Volunteers
Aleksandra Djordjevic – Research & Documentation Center
Dana Shuster – Psychologist
Jhevoi Melville – Social Worker
Joelle Schaffer – Administration
Justin Bains – Social Media
Mackenzie Do – Administration
Rahila Farooq – Research & Documentation Center
Minoo Asadi – Clinical Counsellor
Jamal Nabavi – Clinical Counsellor
Naaz Shekhon – Social Media
Max Norton – Research & Documentation Center
Dana Shuster – Psychologist
Jhevoi Melville – Social Worker
Joelle Schaffer – Administration
Justin Bains – Social Media
Mackenzie Do – Administration
Rahila Farooq – Research & Documentation Center
Minoo Asadi – Clinical Counsellor
Jamal Nabavi – Clinical Counsellor
Naaz Shekhon – Social Media
Max Norton – Research & Documentation Center
Amelia Dangerfield – Communications
Interpreters
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- Huda Alawad – Arabic
- Jan Huang – Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese)
- Golmehr Kazari – Farsi
- Maryam Esmaeilzadeh – Farsi / Kurdish
- Carolina Aguirre – Spanish
- Alejandra Rodriguez – Spanish
- Omar Al-Jameel – Arabic
- Francis Nowactynski – French
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Mustafa
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Yara
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Jorge
- Rubina
- Sasha
- Anas
- Omid
- Nasyar
- Amenah
- Souad
- Crystal.
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Past Volunteers
Since 1986, VAST has had hundreds of committed, skillful volunteers helping to bring our mission to life. Below is a short alphabetical list of some of our volunteers. If you have been a volunteer in the past, we would love to hear from you, please reach out to our ED: frank@vast-vancouver.ca
- Iyabo Abass-Opere
- Eva Aboud
- Amiri Abouzar
- Monica Aguado
- Abdul-Aziz Al-RUBAYE
- Alana
- Huda Al-Saedy
- Angelica Alejandra
- Abdulamir Ali
- Shahla Ali
- Mehmet Ali Can
- Mohammad Alimardan
- Siham Alkhashief
- Dina Aloi
- Beatriz Alvarez
- Anitha Amarnath
- Suhair Amin
- Abouzar Amiri
- Emma Andrews
- Neda Ansari
- Eduardo Aragon
- Anderson Araújo de Miranda
- Barbara Arnold
- Jose Luis Ayala Alavez
- Puneh Erfan Bahrami
- Dr. Robert J. Baker
- Mamoud Ghafele Bashi
- Peter Baza
- Fabiola Bazo
- Peter Bazovsky
- Melissa Beedle
- Gholamreza Behboudi
- Carmen Bellows
- Laura Best
- Patricia P Blendal
- Conrad Bowden
- Pamela Bromley
- Bediako Buahene
- Dawit Likasa Bulcha
- Eduardo Bureos
- Pablo Bustos
- Alper Caglayan
- Shannon Caldwell
- Jackie Challis
- Alex Charlton
- Donna Chen
- Brian Chittock
- Beverley Como
- Craig Costantino
- Manuela Costantino
- Paul Coulter
- Claudette Court
- Devyn Cousineau
- Joanne Crandall
- Marilyn Crystal
- Janice Cywinski
- Guergen Dankwort
- Nooshin Daya
- Dr. Yaya de Andrade
- Ruben del Muro
- Anna Derbis
- Michael Dhaliwal
- Christina Dhami
- Amrit Dhatt
- Mira Dodig
- Taraneh Erfan
- Hassan Erfan
- Mahshid Esfandiari
- Adriana Espinoza
- Danilo Estrada
- Denise Faccini
- Shokoh Filom
- Mehriar Filom
- Adrian Fine
- Noreen Finerty
- Duane Fontaine
- Carol Forcier
- Rosie Forth
- Teya France
- Fran Gallo
- Dr. Soma Ganesan
- Jodie Gauthier
- Sareh Geary
- Davood Ghavami
- Genesis Gonzales-Leang
- Oscar Gonzalez
- Brian Green
- Rita Green
- Irene Guinand
- Tamara Guyon
- Masoud Habibian
- Matias Hacker
- Elizabeth Hafeli
- Saif Hammed
- Gail Harmer
- Hamid Hashemi
- Erik Hellgren
- Michael Wilkins Ho
- Negar Hooshmand
- Katherine Hoover
- Kirby Huminuik
- James Hutchinson
- Heyin Insookim
- Ahmad Saleh Khary Ismail
- Mauro Jao
- Jeff
- Satpal Jheeta (Saph)
- Azadeh Joharjfard
- Susan Johnston
- Kambiz Joolaie
- Mahpareh Kadri Mokri
- Riba Kalb
- Golmehr Kazari
- Jemal Kenhar
- Hossein Kia
- Myung Hak kim
- Maureen Kirkpatrick
- Graham Kosakoski
- Selim Koyuncu
- Sebnem Koyuncu
- Niko Kozobolidis
- Freya Kristensen
- Anna Kristensen
- Greta Kubiliute
- Petros Faltamo Kurka
- Henry Kurnia
- Kie Langille
- Harvey Larochelle
- Sandra Leang
- Yaneth Ledesma
- Kathleen Lehan
- Shaina Lehan
- Jean Lempriere
- Ross Lempriere
- Sally Li
- Augusta Lokhorst
- Lise Loubert
- Leona Anyi Lu
- Jovana Lukic
- Hui Luo
- Geoff Lyon
- Kaleen M’Namara
- Clair MacGougan
- Sarah MacQueen
- Frances MacQueen
- John MacQueen
- Melia Mah
- Joseph Makom
- Norma Marcos
- Aurelie Marguerite
- Erin Marshall
- Rosana Martinez
- Mariana Martinez Vieyra
- Neazi Marzieh
- Dr. Gabor Maté
- Leigh Matthews
- Richard Mauti
- Dylan Mazur
- Carolyn McCool
- Tiffany McFadyen
- Trilby McGaw
- Kate McLean
- Dave McMurran
- Sacha Medine
- Shonee Mendoza
- Victoria Mendoza
- Dhaliwal Michael
- Michael Milligan
- Anne Mills
- Naomi Minwalla
- Jamal Mirmiran
- Yoko Mizuno
- Rahman Mofti
- Kristin Moller
- Shane D. Molyneaux
- Paige Morrow
- Ashkan Mosavatchi
- Jennifer Moss
- Arvin Mossavatchi
- Maryam Mousavian
- Ismael Mubarak
- Kathleen Muir
- Ethan Murchie
- Allison Muth
- Marisol Nacho
- Ana maria Nacif
- Eyob Naizghi
- Ahmad Nakhaei
- Marzieh Neazi
- Jeff Neff
- Mehdi Niavarani Zadeh
- Azar Niazi
- Andrea Noakes
- Talisa Nyte
- Karen O’Connor
- Paul Okhous
- Cindy Pan
- Adriane Pasa
- Valerie Patrick
- Diane Payette
- Sara Paynter
- Nevenka (Beba) Peric
- Anne Perival
- Kim Peterson
- Nilda Phillips Phillips
- Rebeca Pinca
- Nelson Pineros
- Barineka Pius Gbarazia
- Paul Plut
- Jake Pogoson
- Jill Pollack
- Antony Porcino
- Alfredo Porras
- DeeDee Poyner
- Terry Preston
- Michael Priest
- Erin Pritchard
- Tarique Qayumi
- Sarah Race
- Rahila
- Setareh Raj
- Pablo Francisco Ramirez
- Vikki Reynolds
- Christopher Richmond
- Kirstin Ridout
- Gayle Robinson
- Shirley Roburn
- Carolina Rojas
- Sandra Rose
- Saba
- Sadiq
- Taiseer Sadiq
- Fatemeh Sadri
- Eidy Sadri
- Mohamed Said
- Massoud Saidi
- Merlin Saint Germain
- Thomas Salley
- Mehri Samiee
- Astarte Sands
- Heleen Sandvik
- Harkamal Sangha
- Naoko Sasaki
- Linda Schucroft
- Stephanie Sersli
- Rosa Sevy
- Ali Shahin
- Asai Shahin
- Brooke Shakspeare
- Abisheikh Sharma
- Tricia Sharp
- Farid Sherazi
- Goli Shifteh
- Mady Sieben
- Rekha Singh
- Joshua Sohn
- Andrea Sola
- Bozena Soltys
- Gultaj Somani
- Dani Srour
- Lesley Stalker
- Irene Sternitzke
- John Steven
- Peter Stockholder
- Zool K.B. Suleman
- Magdalena Sweetgrass
- Salimeh Tabirizi
- Shalene Takara
- Carrie Taylor
- Yasmin Tayob
- Shireen Tayob Folsen
- Scott J. Tebbutt
- Aun Than
- Mariam Theophanous
- Deb Thomas
- Soraya Thomas
- Christine Thomas
- Brian Thomas Peter
- Kate Thomas-Peter
- Gordon Thompson
- Corina Tomlinson
- Eric Tse
- Adriana Tweedlie
- Azam Tyab
- Katia Tynan
- Catherine Vail
- Patrik Valerie
- Marieke Vandenhende
- Ruperto Vazques
- Felipe Vega
- Guillermo Verdecchia
- Irma Vidal
- Anna Vorobyova
- Amita Vulimiri
- Harmony Wagner
- Ali Wajir Hellabad
- Wahan Wanis
- Dana Wasserman
- Seiko Watanabe
- Sandi Watson
- Rene Weideman
- Brenda Wemp
- Ben West
- Peter Williamson
- Hassan Wojcik
- Sarah Wojcik
- Angela Wong
- Emily Wong
- Yvonne Woo
- Joseph Wosk
- Elaine Wynne
- Kay Young
- Barb Young
- Ali Yusuf
- Farhad Zandi
- Hamid Zarei
- Michelle Zhang
- Maggie Ziegler