Peers Victoria is an innovative, multi-service grassroots agency established by, with, and for sex workers since 1995. Through direct services and community partnerships, we provide an array of peer-focused outreach, harm reduction, housing support, education, violence prevention, and advocacy for current and former sex workers, people who use substances, Indigenous-street family, and their connected communities on Coast Salish territories known as Greater Victoria.
QomQem Coastal Connections, which operates in partnership with Peers Victoria but autonomously as a culturally driven Indigenous-led program. QomQem is a grassroots Indigenous-led outreach program that offers harm reduction and health care services to Indigenous peoples who are unhoused, precariously housed, and who may be using substances and/or alcohol.
Peers and QomQem Directors
Leigh Elliot (she/her) – Peers Executive Director
Leigh has a Master of Arts in political theory with a focus on biopolitics, agency, and the harmful conflation of human trafficking and sex work. Previous to her position as Executive Director, Leigh worked with Peers Victoria as the Operations Manager and as a researcher conducting community-based research on sex work, housing, gender-based violence and violence prevention. Leigh is a big advocate for sex worker rights and intersectional approaches to health and social service work and is honoured to be working alongside such an amazing and empowering community ❤️.
Lacey Jones (she/her) – QomQem Coastal Connections Director
Lacey is from the Snuneymuxw Nation on her mother’s side and has ancestry to Wales and Germany on her father’s side. She is a mother to two daughters and one stepson. Lacey has completed both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Victoria. She has been in the helping/support worker field for nearly seven years and has been working outreach for several years. She feels honoured and blessed to have met so many beautiful relatives and people over the years.
