Jackie Dickinson

Jackie Dickinson

Executive Director, Whistler Community Services Society

Jackie is the Executive Director of the Whistler Community Services Society (WCSS), a non-profit organization that addresses the Whistler community's social and emotional wellness needs. Jackie initially joined the WCSS as an Outreach Worker in 2009 and worked in a variety of roles until she assumed her current role as Executive Director.

In 2022, Jackie and her team at the WCSS, in partnership with local health care and community service providers, received the Rural Coordination Centre of BC's Community Health Award for their outstanding response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jackie has previous experience as a high school teacher and Drug and Alcohol Educator, and has been trained in Mental Health First Aid and Critical Incident Debriefing as a frontline outreach worker. She has been a resident of Whistler since 2007, settling down in this beautiful resort community with her husband to raise two adventurous boys.

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