Team Member

Employment Facilitator

anairenp@uvic.ca

canassist@uvic.ca

Anairen Payne is an Employment Facilitator with CanAssist’s Job Journey program. He works with individuals from all walks of life with the aim of supporting, facilitating, and empowering participants along their journey toward sustainable and enjoyable employment.

Before CanAssist, Anairen worked with a variety of people in several other positions, including Youth Housing Support, after school care, education assistance, numerous retail jobs, and even quality assurance in the video game industry. Anairen brings humour with him almost every day, and he adores eliciting laughter and joy in others.

When Anairen isn’t at work, he spends time creating art in a variety of ways, though often, he creates digital works using numerous programs and techniques on his computer. Art means the world to Anairen and he relishes the opportunities in life where he can utilize his creative passions in new and exciting ways.

I am privileged and honored to live and work on the lands of the lək̓ʷəŋən (the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations) and W̱SÁNEĆ (the Tsartlip, Pauquachin, Tsawout, Tseycum, and Malahat Nations) Peoples. As an uninvited guest on these lands, I acknowledge and respect the history and culture of those this land truly belongs to. I hope to do my part in the dismantling of colonialism and building a better more equitable future.