Projects & Programs Team

Nicole has been in the sport industry for just under a decade. From a young age, she’s been involved in sport and is passionate about making it a safe space for all involved.

Leanne Butler is a dynamic, analytical, and team-oriented professional with extensive experience providing strategic leadership and advice in policing, emergency response, and other direct accountability roles. 

Rosie spent her entire developing life immersed in Rhythmic Gymnastics where she captained her team to become the first Canadian Rhythmic Gymnastics group to compete at an Olympic Games. During her career, she battled with the idea of coming out in a hyper-feminized sport where image and appearance were paramount and where athletes were judged in ways that were often subjective and biased. She retired after the Olympic Games in London 2012 and moved on to dedicate the next 10 years of her life spreading messages of inclusion, specifically in regards to 2SLGBTQ+ inclusion in sport.

John has worked as a retail Loss Prevention manager with a focus on Safety and Security in the workplace through the creation of procedures, auditing, and investigations. He has also been also a sport enthusiast since childhood and believes in fair play for all.

Taylyr has spent over a decade working with Olympic and Paralympic athletes within both National and Multi-Sport Organizations. As a former athlete, turned coach and manager, she truly believes in the power of sport and knows sport can be both safe and high performing. A natural relationship builder, Taylyr knows that trust and integrity are key for genuine relationships. Taylyr was also selected by the Canadian Olympic Committee as part of their Women Emerging Leaders Development Program in 2019.

Ryan has been involved in sport for their entire life and is passionate about how safe sport and equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) intersect within sport.

Sports have always played an integral part of Nicole’s life, as a fan of professional sports, a coach or player of organized sports and as a devoted soccer, swimming and special needs hockey parent.

Julie is a passionate sport leader with a comprehensive understanding of the Canadian sport system acquired over three decades of working in university sport and in national and multisport organizations. She has had the privilege of supporting Team Canada at eight hockey world championships, six Olympic Games and two Pan American Games as the Director of Female Hockey for Hockey Canada, as a Manager of Team Services for the Canadian Olympic Committee and as the Chief Sport Officer for Canada Artistic Swimming. Julie is also a Chartered Professional Coach certified at Level 4 NCCP (Hockey) who coached women’s ice hockey for 25 years at the university, provincial and national level.

Julie’s passion and dedication comes from her genuine desire to empower people to be the best version of themselves. She imagines a world where individuals are passionate about what they do, feel safe in their environment so they can execute, with excellence, to the best of their ability and are fulfilled every day by what they have accomplished, both individually and as members of a team.

Samantha (she, her, hers and elle) is a conflict management consultant, fully insured mediator, facilitator and community connector in the SafeSport and sport sector in Canada.

David Jones, O.O.M., LL.M., began his policing career in 1982 as a volunteer Reserve Police officer with the NWPD, and working through the years to become the 21st Chief Constable for the NWPD in March 2011. In April 2019 Chief Jones was selected as the new Chief Officer of the Metro Vancouver Transit Police overseeing policing and security for public transportation within the Metro Vancouver Region.