Stephanie Holmes

Community Engagement Coordinator

Hadih, my name is Stephanie Holmes. I am from Tl’azt’en Nation — “People at the Edge of the Bay” — and I am Lhts’umusyoo (Beaver Clan). I come from strong, kind, compassionate, resilient, and resourceful people — therefore, I am.

Stephanie serves as Community Engagement Coordinator with the Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS), working on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Her work centers truth, healing, and meaningful relationship-building through community presentations, workshops, and dialogue.

With a background in youth work, mental health support in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, and addiction and wellness counselling, Stephanie brings both professional experience and lived understanding to her role. She has served as a Trauma-Informed Cultural Support Worker and Coordinator, responding to community and organizational requests for cultural and emotional support for Survivors and their families.

Stephanie co-produced IRSSS’s 2024 podcast Woven Spirit: Threads of Wisdom and has plans to continue expanding multimedia storytelling initiatives that amplify Indigenous voices, resilience, and intergenerational healing.

She is honored to do this work in service to Survivors, families, and community.