SFPIRG is an independent, student-funded society. To help carry out the work of the organization, SFPIRG employs four permanent unionized co-Executive Directors, who form the SFPIRG Staff Collective. Each staff member is responsible for a specific area of SFPIRG’s work, and is also responsible for the overall management of the organization. See below to learn more!
Our staff are unionised and a part of CUPE 3338.
Kalamity Hildebrandt – Director of Administration
Kalamity is a powerful force for ideas, compassion and anti-oppression commitment at SFPIRG. Formally at least somewhat trained in psychology (SFU) and law (UBC), their passion and greatest source of learning has always been grassroots organizing and community social justice education. In addition to their SFPIRG admin duties, they also facilitate and offer custom-made workshops for the SFU community; develop educational content; mentor students; supervise programs and projects; and more. In their spare time, Kalamity can be found playing D&D, reading too many articles on social media, and doing embroidery and cross-stitch.
Hannah Ghaderi – Director of Research & Education
Hannah works closely with students and really anyone who steps into our office. She thrives on community work and on various ways in which she can support and care for the members of SFPIRG. Having been a teacher for over ten years, Hannah loves to organize events and facilitate workshops for students in order to help them find calm in a chaotic world and resist the systems that actively oppress our bodies. She loves to find new ways to practice self-care and active rest both for herself and for practicing it with the community.
Noëll Cousins – Director of Engagement
First and foremost, Noëll is the child of two islands: Epekwitk and Jamaica. Her baccalaureate studies centered on economics and computer science, which, to her, are just fancy ways of saying Marxism and hacking (not to be confused with cracking;)! In her role at the SFPIRG, Noëll is responsible for supporting the development of radical student movements and politically conscious communities. Outside of the PIRG, Noëll’s energies are directed toward an entire constellation of radical futures, though its brightest stars are those of socialism, abolition, and pan-Afrikanism. Off the clock, you might find her duking it out in a heated board game, making a funky film, or beating her face to the gawds. Her door is always open to chat, so don’t be a stranger!