Erin Whitmore

Director at Large (2025-2027)

Erin Whitmore is a strategic leader with extensive experience in non-profit management at both the national and community levels. As the Executive Director of the Ending Violence Association of Canada from 2019 to 2024, Erin shaped and led the organization’s advocacy efforts aimed at building a unified, coordinated voice to address sexual violence in Canada. Prior to this role, Erin served as a Senior Researcher for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. She has also worked in research and policy analyst roles with the New Brunswick Women’s Council, as well as with a variety of grassroots and community-based organizations. In these roles, she led multiple national and provincial-level community-based research projects focused on a range of gender equity issues.

Erin holds a PhD in English Literature (UNB), an MA in Canadian and Indigenous Studies (Trent), and a Master of Social Work (Dalhousie), which brings a unique interdisciplinary perspective to her work. As a registered social worker, Erin’s policy, research, and advocacy efforts are deeply informed by her extensive direct practice experience supporting survivors of sexual violence. Recognized as a subject matter expert on sexual and gender-based violence, Erin has appeared as a witness in numerous House of Commons committees and studies, as well as participated in various federal, provincial, and community-based consultations and working groups. Erin currently leads Edgework Counselling & Consulting where she continues to support individuals and organizations in identifying and promoting evidence-informed and possibility-rich solutions to complex and systemic social challenges.