OUR TEAM
Binners’ Project features a core group of Binners, a Steering Committee, and eight staff members, including five binners. Binners' Project is a project on the Tides Canada Shared Platform.
OUR STAFF
Anna Godefroy - Director
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Anna Godefroy holds a Masters Degree in Law from the University Jean Moulin de Lyon, France, and a double Postgraduate Degree in Education from the University of London, UK, and the University of British Columbia, Canada. By promoting recycling as a livelihood for the poorest, she feels the Binners’ Project is a small-scale example of how urban ecology matched with social inclusion empowers communities.
Anna is the co-chair of Urban Core, a network of organisations working together towards increasing working and income-generating opportunities for low-income residents. She is also an active member of the Exchange Inner-City, a joint initiative between the City of Vancouver and local downtown eastside organisations. Watch Anna's PeckaKucha presentation here. |
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Gabby Korcheva has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Philosophy from the University of British Columbia and is a 2016 RADIUS Fellow. She is currently completing a Masters of Education degree in Adult Learning and Education at UBC.
Combining an interest in community engagement with social inclusivity and how it relates to marginalized populations, she is passionate about the intersection of environmental, economic, and social justice issues currently at play in the Binners’ Project. As the Programs Manager for the Binners’ Project, her role involves new programs design, internal systems management for ongoing programs, and carrying out the day-to-day operations of the project. |
Gabby Korcheva – Manager, Strategy & Programs Sustainability
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Davin Boutang – Manager, Programs & Outreach
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Davin Boutang grew up in Winnipeg and studied English Literature at the University of Manitoba. Fighting drug addiction and poverty for most of his life, he became embedded in the binning and vending community shortly after moving to Vancouver in 1999.
He worked at bottle depot United We Can for six years and gained expertise in navigating the local informal economy. Davin joined the Binners' Project as a binner first in 2014, and then became a staff member in 2016. He is working on an Universal cart sharing system for the Binners' Project, in partnership with the Community Economic development strategic action committee (CEDSAC), a joint initiative between the City of Vancouver and local Downtown Eastside Organisations. |
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Brianne De Man received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and English from the University of Alberta, and recently completed her Master of Public Health in Social Policy at the University of Victoria.
Brianne is passionate about social justice and creating healthier environments for our communities to live in. The Binners’ Project lives into these passions with its combined efforts in advocating for the legitimization of work for binners in Vancouver, as well as the ecological benefits binning has for the community. In her role as the Communications and Operations Coordinator, Brianne assists with the daily operations of the Binners’ Project, communications, and community engagement initiatives. |
Brianne De Man – Coordinator, Communications & Operations
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Michael Leland – Binner & Team Lead
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Michael Leland was a commercial fisherman in the Northern Territories of Canada for 20 years. He was in his early 30's when serious health problems prevented him for keeping his job.
Living in poverty and battling with addictions for most of his life, he found a sparkle when coming to a binners' meeting in 2015. He immediately joined the team with the goal of supporting younger people living on the street and having to bin in order to survive. He is now a pillars of the Binners' Project and leads the weekly binners' meetings. He is also a member of Urban Core, a network of organisations working together towards increasing working and income-generating opportunities for low-income residents. |
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Bertha Cardinal has lived in the Downtown Eastside for over 30 years. She joined Binners' Project in 2015, and although she doesn't identify as a full-time binner, many of her clothes and items in her house have been found in the ally behind her place. Bertha has grown from Binners' Project member to Team Lead to now, Community Coordinator, where she enjoys work in training binners, managing members, and helping with daily operations. |
Bertha Cardinal – Community Coordinator
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Andrew – Community Coordinator
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Andrew was born and raised in Vancouver and has done various work in the Downtown Eastside for many years. Andrew joined Binners' Project in the fall of 2016 after hearing about it from another member. He's grown from member to team lead, and now Community Coordinator. In this new role Andrew works with binner members doing training, helping to lead our weekly meetings, and managing binners at one of our Back-of-House Sorting sites. |
STEERING COMMITTE
The Binners' Project Steering Committee consists of:
Kathleen Leahy, David Lee, Lori MacIntosh, Jeanette Ageson, and Rebecca Loyo Mayo.
Learn more about the Steering Committee.
Kathleen Leahy, David Lee, Lori MacIntosh, Jeanette Ageson, and Rebecca Loyo Mayo.
Learn more about the Steering Committee.
VOLUNTEERS |
ADVISORS |
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Volunteers provide key supports in numerous areas of the Binners' Project.
Lani Brunn – Volunteer Photographer Emerson Mellado – Volunteer Web Developer Shane Frei – Volunteer Cart Designer Brandon Toews – Volunteer Program Assistant |
Advisors provide
Belinda Li – Volunteer Data Collection Advisor |
We're always looking for people to help us! Interested in volunteering? Contact us.
We also accept STUDENTS that are interested in completing their practicum with the Binners' Project!
Please reach out and tell us about yourself.
We also accept STUDENTS that are interested in completing their practicum with the Binners' Project!
Please reach out and tell us about yourself.
