Sam Loppie (she/her) is Executive Director of the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre; privileged to work closely with the programs and people who support survivors of sexualized violence, their families and community.

Sam is an uninvited visitor on the territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən people, now known as the Songhees and Esquimalt nations, and the W̱SÁNEĆ people on whose land she has worked and lived for the last 9 years. Originally from Nova Scotia, she gained a Masters Degree in Sociology from Dalhousie University, located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq. She has spent the last 10 years in management and leadership roles over a variety of sectors including sexual health, human resources and anti-violence work.

She is dedicated to collaborative leadership that uplifts the voices of people around her and strives to highlight the knowledge and experience of voices who are most often silent or silenced. As a queer woman with mixed ancestry, she recognizes her heritage as Black Nova Scotian, Acadian settler and honours distant roots in Mi’kmaq communities. She is grateful to be involved in the the trans-LINK Canada Project and support in the effort to enhance care for trans survivors of sexual assault.