Our Team
Cultivating a
Resilient, Youth-Centered
Employment Network
B2FBC is an employment program for youth (16 to 30 years old) on income assistance. Administered by the Public Health Association of BC (PHABC), the program is dedicated to supporting youth on income assistance to establish career pathways within the food systems sector through job skills training and employment opportunities.
Operating throughout British Columbia, our team collaborates with youth, local businesses, and community organizations to establish viable pathways into meaningful employment. Our work is focused on helping unemployed youth into meaningful employment which in turn helps to strengthening regional food systems, promoting environmental stewardship, and fostering sustainable community relationships.
Our broader mission is to cultivate a resilient, youth-centered employment network that strengthens local communities and deepens our collective care for the land and environment.
We provide participants with comprehensive, hands-on training, professional mentorship, and employment readiness support. By connecting youth with local opportunities, B2FBC equips them with the practical skills, confidence, and experience necessary to advance their careers.
Meet the
B2FBC Team
Dr. Shannon Turner (she/her)
Executive Director
PHABC
Dr. Shannon Turner, MSc, PhD, is grateful to live and work on the traditional and unceded territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) peoples, known today as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.
Shannon is the Executive Director of the Public Health Association of British Columbia and has more than 35 years of experience in public health practice, healthy public policy, health promotion, program and project management, strategic planning, health informatics, quality assurance, risk management, logistics and accounting, as well as conducting research on digital communication and citizen engagement.
Aside from her extensive academic credentials, Shannon has a wide range of experience from both the public and private sector. Shannon is currently serving as Co-Chair of Prevention of Violence Canada, and served as Chair of the World Health Organization Vaccine Safety Net from 2019-2023.
Shannon has a number of years of service as an advocate for public health at the regional, provincial and national levels. The University of Hawaii named Shannon to the Delta Omega Society for outstanding contribution to public health.
In 2017, she was awarded the Honorary Life Membership Award by the Canadian Public Health Association for being an exemplar practitioner scholar and has been a stalwart advocate for public health and health equity throughout her career. In 2009, she was presented with the President’s Award by the Public Health Association of BC for her work in rebuilding and renewing the association. In 2008, she was awarded the James M. Robinson Award (UBC Public Health) for her significant contributions to public health.
Richard Han (he/him)
Senior Director of Public Health and Community Engagement
PHABC
Richard Han gratefully lives, works and raises his family on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Semiahmoo, Katzie, Kwikwetlem, Kwantlen, Qayqayt, and Tsawwassen First Nations.
Richard is the Senior Director of Public and Planetary Health at the Public Health Association of BC (PHABC), where he leads strategic initiatives that advance equity, youth leadership, food systems transformation, and climate-resilient communities.
With over 15 years of experience across governments, philanthropy, and the nonprofit sector, he works at the intersection of policy, systems change, and community-rooted innovation. His approach centres relational leadership, lived experience, and shifting power toward communities most impacted by systemic inequities.
Richard holds a Master of Public Policy from Simon Fraser University and is also on the board of BC Poverty Reduction Coalition. As a husband and father, Richard has little spare time — but when he does, he dedicates it to making meaningful memories with his family, often centered around good food.
Selenna Ho (she/her)
Communications Director
PHABC
Selenna is grateful to live, work and play on the ancestral, traditional and unceded Indigenous territory of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/ Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.
As PHABC’s first Communications Director, Selenna leads the strategic development, vision and implementation of PHABC’s communications foundation and evolution. Selenna’s media expertise spans over ten years, with experiences in academia, magazines, radio, news and non-profit communications.
She is the first person to have won both the prestigious Jack Webster and the Ruth Hancock awards, among many other academic awards. Selenna has also been published in both national and international anthologies and has won awards for her poetry.
Alongside media work, Selenna has also done crisis work in women’s centres and organizations dedicated to educating the public on youth sexual exploitation and gang violence.
Outside of work, Selenna continues to express creativity through ballet, contemporary dance, drawing, yoga and meditation.
Owen Stride (he/him)
Provincial Manager
Bridge to Future BC
Owen Stride is a senior program and regional management leader based in Vancouver, BC, with over 25 years of experience across talent acquisition, employment technology, and the non-profit sector.
He specializes in bridging the gap between high-level government policy and community impact, having managed funding portfolios exceeding $2 million and secured long-term federal contracts with ISED and the BC Ministry of Social Development & Poverty Reduction (SDPR).
Over a career that includes leadership roles at Kiwassa Neighbourhood House, NPower Canada, and YWCA Metro Vancouver, Owen has designed and scaled functional, CARF-accredited service models that translate complex ministry requirements into successful participant outcomes.
As an equity-informed leader, he remains dedicated to utilizing data-driven solutions and JEDI principles to dismantle systemic barriers and build sustainable employment pathways for youth and under-represented groups.
Roanne Whitticase (she/her)
Regional Lead – Prince George
Bridge to Future BC
Roanne Whitticase lives on the traditional, unceded territory of the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation, where she gratefully grows and harvests food and is nourished by the lands and waters.
Roanne is the Community Food Systems Development Officer working with the Community Food Systems Development team to support and guide food systems transformation projects taking place across BC.
Roanne holds a Bachelors in Community and Population Health, and runs a cooperative market garden farm in community with other local growers. She is also a member of the Everyone at The Table food collective in Prince George, BC. Her spare time is filled with the endless wonders that northern forests and communities provide with her partner and her dogs.
Dr. Jyoti Singh (she/her)
Regional Lead – Lower Mainland
Bridge to Future BC
Dr. Jyoti Singh gratefully lives and works on the traditional territory of the Musqueam, Tsawwassen, and Kwantlen peoples. She holds a PhD in English from Rhodes University.
Jyoti brings over 15 years of experience in communications, digital marketing, educational publishing, and research to her role as Regional Lead – Lower Mainland for Bridge to Future BC. She has spent her career at the intersection of storytelling and systems change, helping people whose value has been overlooked find the language, confidence, and connections to move forward.
Jyoti has delivered career readiness programming for participants facing significant employment barriers while building partnerships with employers and community organizations across the Lower Mainland. She has coached over 250 professionals through the Canadian job search process, with a particular focus on populations navigating a labour market not built with them in mind.
Outside of work, Jyoti is a certified Master Trainer, Health Coach, and Yoga and Pilates Instructor, and she is currently studying plant-based cooking. She brings that same commitment to health and wellbeing into her professional life, believing that food, movement, and meaningful work are all connected to how people thrive.
