We Are IH: Recreation worker shares her journey to inspire peers

October 31, 2024

Name: Emma Klassen (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Recreation Activity Worker
Years of service: 1
Worksite: Apple Valley & Hawthorn Park Adult Day Services
Community: Kelowna
Ancestral territory: syilx Nation
Favourite Quote /Advice to Live By: “Do better, be better.”

Emma is a daughter, sister, auntie, social worker, counsellor and recreational therapist, and a mother to five children.

Before joining Interior Health (IH), Emma worked as a counsellor for children and youth for six years with the Westbank First Nation. She loved her counselling career, and helped people and families with addiction, suicide and their day-to-day struggles. She also served as a bail supervisor for young offenders for several years.

When she was a counsellor, she and her team created a memorandum of understanding in partnership with the Ministry of Children and Family Development to create transparency in youth care.

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