Charlene Burmeister

Charlene Burmeister (she/her) has over 16 years of experience in leadership roles of multiple advocacy groups, as well she is the acting PWLLE stakeholder engagement lead for the BCCDC, the lead of the PEEP Advisory Committee, Founder and former Executive Director of the Coalition of Substance Users of the North as well as a member of the NPPAC.

Charlene has years of experience in representing the interests of PWLLE in the policy making arena, bringing an understanding of how systems affect the lives of PWLLE work. As well as an understanding of how to engage with those systems in a constructive and goal-minded manner to achieve effective change for PWUDs.

Charlene has a deep knowledge of the community of people who use drugs throughout British Columbia along with a connection with PWLLE in leadership roles in all health regions. This familiarity extends to service providers, stakeholders, and decision makers within government and other agencies that impact the community of PWLLE.

Charlene resides, with gratitude on the unceded, (stolen) territory of the Lhtako Dene Nation which is colonially known as Quesnel BC.