Victoria Stuart, Ph.D.
Board advisor
Chair, Communications Committee
Project lead
Dignity Seniors Society
Ph.D., 2000, University of Victoria (Biology, specialization: molecular genetics)
Board advisor and Chair, Communications Committee | former Board member (2024-2025)
Co-Chair and B.C. Representative, Senior Pride Network Canada / Réseau de la Fierté des personnes aînées du Canada (SPNC/RFAC)
Project co-Lead, "Building 2S/LGBTQIA+ Seniors’ Social Inclusion through Collaborative Community Leadership"
Anchor Partner Organizations: DSS, and Ribbon Community
A 2S/LGBTQIA+ senior / trans woman, Victoria is dedicated to affecting systemic change that creates culturally appropriate services for 2S/LGBTQIA+ seniors across British Columbia (DSS) and Canada (SPNC/RFAC).
In her personal life Victoria advocates for universal human rights and social justice through independent research. That research documents wealth, power, and influence driving social issues, including conservative ideologies, erosion of democracy, environmental health, ecological destruction … with a more recent focus on transphobia and transgenocide.
Originally from Nova Scotia, Victoria resides on the traditional, ancestral and unceded / stolen territories of the Coast Salish peoples - the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
In her spare time, Victoria and her long-time partner, Carm (cis; she/her/hers), enjoy cooking, exercise, socializing, and music.