Kyla (she/her) joined the BCIT Faculty & Staff Association in 2013 in the newly created position of Member Engagement Officer and joined the Diversity Circles team when it was founded. In 2022, Kyla moved into a new role at BCIT as the Manager, Stakeholder Relations and continues as a co-founder of the Diversity Circles initiative. Building on her degree in Political Science and International Development Kyla has worked for social justice in both Canada and Guatemala. With almost two decades of experience in non-profit administration, governance, fundraising, engagement and communications, Kyla is an active volunteer having served on many boards and most recently was a Director with the BC Library Trustees Association (BCLTA), and the Chair of Vancouver Public Library. Kyla currently serves on the board of the Vancouver Writers Festival, the board of the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD), and – in 2017 – Kyla was selected to attend the Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference. Kyla is currently completing an MA (Interdisciplinary Studies).
Kyla is a White person of Jewish descent living on the unceded lands xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
