Impact

We are working toward having a good life for all in St’at’imc Territory.

Our Impact

Lillooet Learns is a community development organization that creates an enduring learning community by helping people, organizations, and communities build the relationships and the confidence to work together. We create opportunities for communities to identify shared priorities, strengthen local leadership, and take collective action toward a good life for all in Northern St’át’imc Territory.

Read our latest annual report that outlines our growing impact:

2025 LLCS Annual Report
2024 LLCS Annual Report

Stronger communities are built through connection.

Education, justice, arts and culture, economic development, and community wellbeing are all connected to building socially just and economically thriving communities.

Areas of Focus

1. Social Connection & Healthy Aging

Supporting community connections through gatherings, community engagement sessions, advisory circles and committees, volunteer coordination, and inclusion of seniors and elders.

2. Community Development & Sector Collaboration

Strengthening participation, community information, economic development, and collaboration by engaging and coordinating with community members and organizations.

3. Community Justice & Decolonization

Advancing restorative approaches to community life, building culturally informed justice systems, and re-creating a decolonized way of being and living in community.

Board of Directors

This group of volunteer Board Directors governs Lillooet Learns as a non-profit organization. Lillooet Learns has a mandate of 50% St’át’imc directors serving on the board.

Charlene Kane

Charlene is a member of the Tsal-alh First Nation and currently lives with her family in the Ts’kw’aylawx First Nation community. She is a hardworking and reliable professional who is continuing to build her experience at a management and leadership level.

Over the past 15 years, Charlene has worked with First Nation organizations in a variety of roles, supporting projects at a Nation level. Her experience includes technical field and office work, administrative support, communications, engagement, project coordination, and development. She has contributed to work in health, environment, stewardship, restoration, culture and heritage, fisheries, wildlife, and strategic planning.

Charlene has a strong background in communications and project support, including website development, data and information management, research, public engagement, facilitation, and reporting on organizational successes. She is committed to ongoing learning and is actively working toward formal credentials and professional designations to strengthen her skills and contributions.

Director

Moon Moore - Tl’an’amtn

Moon's roots are deeply connected to Xwisten and Tsk’waylaxw. Her mother was Judy Thomas of Xwisten. Her grandparents were Florence Tom, also Xwisten, and Jimmy Shintah from Tsk’waylaxw. Her great-grandparents were William Tom and Annie Montgomery. Moon carries the traditional name Tl’an’amtn, given to her in the Longhouse by her great uncles and great aunts, a name that connects Moon to her ancestors, her culture, and her responsibilities to her people.

Moon is a passionate community leader and lifelong advocate for learning and teaching, always prioritizing local knowledge and empowering others through restorative approaches. In 2005 at the Chillaxin Youth Centre, she mentored youth as they completed service hours following Restorative Justice Circles. During this time, Moon formed a lasting and meaningful relationship with the Lillooet Learning Communities Society (LLCS), where she have continued to serve in leadership roles including Director, Vice Chair, and Chair, under the mentorship of Trevor and Sarah Chandler and Toby Mueller.

Moon believes deeply in restorative principles rooted in communication, honesty, and self-reflection—foundations for healing, growth, and being teachable. She proudly serve on the Lillooet Indigenous Court Steering Committee and is currently in her second term as a Councillor for Xwisten, where she holds the Education and Emergency Management portfolios. In her day job work, she is honoured to serve with the Lillooet Tribal Council as the Aboriginal Supported Child Development (ASCD) Consultant and Aboriginal Family Group Conference (AFGC) Circle Facilitator. "I remain committed to creating safe, culturally grounded, and empowering spaces for our people, especially our children and youth, while carrying forward the work of those who came before me, for the benefit of those yet to come."

Vice-Chair

Toby Mueller

Toby grew up in Toronto. Her mother was Paula Faith, a nurse and childbirth educator. Her mother’s family came to Canada from different European Jewish communities in the late 1800’s. Toby’s father was Jochen Mueller, an artist. He came to Canada from Germany after the Second World War.

Toby studied community building, arts and environmental studies in Peterborough and worked as a coordinator at the Ontario Public Interest Research Group. In1995, love brought her out west to live on a remote farm outside Lillooet. She obtained a Community Librarian Certificate equivalency through the Lillooet Area Library Association. She has worked at the library since 2010, and has been the Library Director since 2016. While living these years in St’at’imc Territory, Toby has learned a lot about what it means to live on unceded land. She was taught by family that all cultures have important knowledge, especially Indigenous people who have been living with the land for time out of mind.

Toby has served on the Board of Lillooet Learns since 2013; first as Treasurer, then Co-Chair and finally Chair since 2019. She became involved with the organization after taking the Community Justice Forum training and volunteering for Lillooet Restorative Justice. The work caught her heart and mind; Restorative processes are the art of having difficult conversations and making mistakes into chances to learn.

“It’s been an amazing process to be in this role as Lillooet Learns has grown and evolved. I am humbled and proud of the work that Lillooet Learns does, and our continued commitment to taking a restorative approach to the problems, challenges and opportunities facing us.”

Treasurer

Lauren Roberts

Ren Roberts (Polish, Welsh & Scottish) is a Planner, Facilitator and Graphic Recorder living in Upper St'át'imc territory NW of Lillooet. She has an undergraduate degree in Indigenous Environmental Studies from Trent University and a Master’s in Community and Regional Planning from UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning Master’s program, with a specialization in Indigenous Community Planning. She also recently completed a micro-credential in Truth and Reconciliation in the Workplace through Royal Roads University.

Ren has experience in Comprehensive Community Planning, health and wellness planning, strategic planning, project management, and graphic design. She has worked on projects relating to systemic redress, decolonization, Indigenous food sovereignty, Indigenous climate resilience, rights and title, Indigenous health and wellness, and more. Her passions lie in community-building, creative problem solving, reconciliation, youth leadership and land-based mentorship.

Secretary

Kim Davy

Kim Davy (Ukrainian, Scottish) is a Registered Nurse living in the St’at’imc Territory since 2002. Kim has worked full time as a Public Health Nurse in Lillooet since 2002 and has raised 3 children. She volunteers on several committees and boards in Lillooet.

She values the importance of volunteerism and being a part of creating a healthy community. She has served as a Director for the Lillooet Learns Society for almost 10 years. Kim enjoys being a part of Lillooet Learns and watching how much it has grown since she first joined when it had only Restorative Justice as the main program. Lillooet Learns brings together amazing people and creates a place of connectiveness and resources. Kim believes in life long learning and values all the programs and initiatives of Lillooet Learns.

Director

Adrianna Scotchman

Adrianna joined the board on July 21st 2026.

Bio to come soon!

Director

Lynda Sampson

Lynda raised her kids at 30 Mile Ranch, and then moved away to pursue education and a career as an instructor with Capilano University in the Lil'wat Nation. Since returning to Lillooet in 2018, Lynda has been involved in many exciting projects including literacy, restorative justice, Community Resource Network, and Elder Connect. Lynda has been a board member for Lillooet Learns over the time that the Community Connect HUB came to fruition and Better at Home was instituted. These amazing projects and the many incredible people who are involved in them have added richness and meaning to Lynda's life in retirement, and she hope to continue to serve in any way she can.

Director

Saqa7 Thevarge

Saqa7 joined the board on July 21st 2026.

Bio to come soon!

Director

Daryn Scotchman

K̓alhwá7a’lap, sDaryn Scotchman nskwátsitsa. Sekw’el’was tmuta. Nilh Eleanor Scotchman nskícez7a, nilh Francis Alec Sr.

Hello everyone, my name is Daryn Scotchman, I’m from Sekw’el’was. My mother is Eleanor Scotchman and my father is Francis Alec Sr.

Daryn has been apart of the HUB project since it started. Kim North asked her to create the HUB logo back in 2021, and in 2024 Megan asked her to be a part of the board of directors. Daryn is an artist and has been selling art pieces in the HUB store since the beginning. She has been a part of the St’át’imc grad committee since 2023. Also, Daryn helped set up various Indigenous themed and Truth & Reconciliation art shows in 2021 and 2022. Daryn is the lands office manager for the Sekw’el’was community and has been involved for many years at Splitrock Environmental.

Director

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Kind words

What Our Community Members Say

Community comes first.

Thank you for the kind words of people we have worked with on projects and programming.

Vivian Birch Jones

Squamish Lillooet Regional District

“The SLRD Area B is a funder and supporter of the Community Connect HUB, which is run by Lillooet Learns. They are partnering with local government, businesses, and non-profit organizations. I am proud and excited about the truth and reconciliation work and community sessions happening through the HUB and their team.”

Ernest Arman

Lillooet Tribal Council

“Partnering with Lillooet Learns through the Indigenous Skills, Training and Employment Program has given community members good opportunities to get training and learn job skills.”

Jacquie Rasmussen

Lillooet Regional Invasive Species Society

“LLCS is a valuable partner of the Lillooet Regional Invasive Species Society. We are grateful for the shared workspace and collaborations. We see the impact that the HUB and the LLCS programs have in our community. They are integral to supporting non-profit work that is vital to our region.”

Norm Leech

Executive Director of Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House and R.O.O.T.S (Reclaiming Our Original Traditions & Spirituality)

"I think one of the greatest gifts of being human is that we can learn just about anything. It is the natural state of the human brain to gather information. And if we can learn it, then we can believe we can do it, and with a bit of time and effort, things get done."

Sarah Chandler

Previous Director of Lillooet Learns

"Lillooet Learns has been providing culturally sensitive, trauma-informed, life-long learning opportunities for people of all ages for nearly 25 years. It is a true gift that continues to give to everyone in the Lillooet/Upper St’at’imc Region.”

Barb Veda

Kinetic Books

"We had the privilege of partnering with Lillooet Learning Communities Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving diverse local communities. Over the past year, we've transformed their financial systems from an outdated bookkeeping process to a sophisticated, organized reporting structure that enables directors to effectively analyze their funding and programs. Thanks to the input from Megan who has a clear vision and really cares. We have had the pleasure of mentoring one of their staff members. When people learn together - everyone grows stronger!"

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