Erin Leckie

Erin joined the Vantage Point team in the Education Program Lead role in September 2024 to cover a one-year parental leave. She joins us with 20 years of experience facilitating environmental education and inclusivity work, often in non-profits. Erin has worked on educational program development and delivery through various non-profit leadership roles for the last 13 years, focusing on environmental behaviour change; project ideation and management; waste, climate action, and communication; team, leadership, and culture building; and relationship to land and stewardship practices.

She is a settler of Celtic ancestry who has grown up on and fallen in love with the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, sel̓íl̓witulh, and sḵwx̱wú7mesh lands and waters, that she affectionally calls home and continues to return to. Erin has a deep desire to co-create diverse, decolonizing, and truly inclusive spaces, that intentionally questions which norms, structures, and processes we choose to support us. She is working towards fostering non-profits where everyone feels valued, while doing fulfilling, strategically impactful, and societally needed work. 

Erin continues to co-create experiential environments and programs that support ecological, individual, collective, and organizational thriving. She has been learning how to do this through roles such as: manager of programs, operations, and human resources; non-profit Executive Director; Board member; educator; facilitator; strategic advisor; and intentional collaborator. In recent years, Erin has deepened her culture change toolkit by becoming a volunteer restorative justice facilitator, completing a conflict resolution certificate focusing on collaborative negotiations, mediation, and coaching, learning more about neurodiversity and trauma, and volunteering as a board member among other advisory or facilitation positions. 

In her spare time, she can be found hosting gatherings, canoeing rivers, camping somewhere tucked away on a mountain or coastal trail, cooking, or participating in local cultural gatherings and ceremonies. 

Curious about system change models, educational best practices, nuanced and intentional relationship with the natural world, diverse worldviews, or what affects deep cultural change? Ask Erin; she’d love to geek out with you and exchange ideas, worldviews, and favourite models!