The Threshold Housing Society is delighted to announce Jo-Ann Roberts has been engaged to develop their profile and advancement efforts to meet the ever-growing demand for housing homeless youth in Greater Victoria.
Jo-Ann Roberts comes with a wealth of experience not only in her chosen profession of journalism but in community relations and networking. She is best known as the former host of the CBC Radio show All Points West between 2004 and 2014. In 2015, she was the candidate for the Green Party in Victoria. In 2013, Ms. Roberts was the Harvey Southam Lecturer in Journalism and Non-fiction at the University of Victoria. She is a former BC Director of the Canadian Media Guild and the recipient of awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association of Canada.
Her engagement with Threshold is timely as the non-profit organization responds to the growing number of homeless youth in the region. For more information, go to thresholdhousing.ca
(Printed in Times-Colonist March 11, 2016)