Second Story Women's Centre supports women and gender-diverse people, provides
safer spaces, and advocates for social change.
safer spaces, and advocates for social change.
Stephanie Balcome
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Executive Director
Stephanie graduated from Mount Saint Vincent University in 2008 with an Advanced BA with a major in Psychology and a minor in Business. She joined Second Story in 2015 and was the Centre’s Financial Services Coordinator for a little over 7 years before becoming our Executive Director. A native of Lunenburg, Stephanie has varied experience in finance, project and people management and has always had a passion for helping people, which she has demonstrated in various volunteer roles. Stephanie's pronouns are she/her. Fun Fact: Stephanie is a proud Hockey Mom |
Aliyyah Fazil
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Program Coordinator
Aliyyah is the Program Coordinator at Second Story. Her recent education is in immigration and refugee settlement and holds a bachelor degree in film production and writing from York University. Aliyyah has worked various contracts at Second Story Women's Centre since 2018. In her current role, Aliyyah works with volunteer s, community members and other service providers to bring programming to the Centre. Fun Fact: Aliyyah once met Michael Moore. |
Morna Macdonald
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Client Navigation and Volunteer Coordinator
Morna will be working with our Clients directly, to navigate their needs and determine where we can assist. She will also work with the Volunteers, to ensure we find roles to suit their needs and skills. Morna comes from Scotland with a BA degree in Commerce, she is also a Hairdresser and a Nutrition Coach, and has a passion for keeping fit and in good health. Fun Fact : Morna loves long walks with her Labrador 'Mia'. |
Meg Sims |
Finance Coordinator
Morna will be working with our Clients directly, to navigate their needs and determine where we can assist. She will also work with the Volunteers, to ensure we find roles to suit their needs and skills. Morna comes from Scotland with a BA degree in Commerce, she is also a Hairdresser and a Nutrition Coach, and has a passion for keeping fit and in good health. Fun Fact : Morna loves long walks with her Labrador 'Mia'. |
Sally Hutchinson
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Part-time Support Counsellor
Sally's pronouns are she/her and she loves coming to work. Sally feels honoured and fortunate to work with a team of women as skilled and passionate as her sisters at SSWC. Sally is a Support Coordinator and brings with her 40+ years of working with individuals and groups focusing on the resilience, strength and creativity inherent in all. She started with the Centre in 2004 on contract, co-facilitating pre-employment programs for women and as coordinator of a Women and Gambling grant. Her role today entails sitting with women 1:1 to offer counselling for various issues. She has training in Solution-Focused Counselling, Reality Therapy Choice Theory Certification and she is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Sally believes most of her true learning has come from the women she sits with every day whose courage and resourcefulness never fails to humble her. She believes that true presence and listening deeply can do much to inspire healing. Fun Fact: Sally finds balance and fills her soul by starting most days painting and making art in her family home outside Lunenburg. |
Nicole Robson
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Support Counsellor
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Pamela Hart
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Part-time Support Counsellor
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Annette McLellan
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Part-time Support Counsellor
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Laura Keeler |
Part-time Support Counsellor
Laura (she/her) has been a part of Second Story Women's Centre since 2021, and is excited to be returning as a part-time Support Counsellor and Intake Worker. She grew up in Kespukwitk (on the South Shore of Nova Scotia) and loves spending time exploring the nooks and crannies of the area. Laura is a Registered Counselling Therapist who uses trauma-informed and somatic practices to guide her work. Her approach to counselling is creative and integrative, and she shows up curiously and honestly as a therapist. Fun fact: Laura loves playing the fiddle. |
Carly Wedge |
Support Counsellor
Carly (she/her) is currently a student at Yorkville University as a candidate for the Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology. She is near the end of her program and is currently completing her practicum as a student counsellor at Second Story. Carly is new to the South Shore and loves getting to know the wonderful community and land of Lunenburg County. She approaches her work with clients from a place of humility and unconditional positive regard, helping women and gender-diverse people to realize their own inner strength and dignity. Fun fact: Carly spent 8 years planting trees as a summer job in northern BC. |
Deirdre Connolly |
Part-time Support Counsellor
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Food Program Coordinator
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