Glenda Jansen

Glenda Jansen has worked with Special Needs individuals for the past 12 years, and the past nine as a Special Education Assistant at an independent private school. Her last assignment included providing ongoing support to a student with FASD through grades 5 to 8, which was challenging but extremely rewarding.  In 2009, she became a “go-to” person for a man with FASD whom she continues to support, and was instrumental in his diagnosis and advocated for services, including disability and housing. The past 8.5 years, Glenda has volunteered her time doing outreach to the marginalized in the community of Richmond, building relationships with many and advocating where necessary. This began as a weekly Sunday dinner she and her husband began out of the back of their car in the centre of Richmond, and has taken her places she would never have imagined!