Amanda Wand

Amanda Wand is the Director of Programs and Operations at Nankind, an Ontario nonprofit closing a critical gap in cancer care by supporting children and families through a parent’s cancer journey. Nankind’s hybrid model pairs trained volunteers with a small professional team to build a circle of support around both children and parents. Amanda leads this family-centred, trauma-informed programming, which uses medical play and creative approaches to help children understand and process a parent’s diagnosis.Amanda brings over a decade of experience in youth programming and operations. As Director of Global Program Operations at an international charity, she directed a 35-person multidisciplinary team delivering youth wellbeing, social-emotional learning, and trauma-informed leadership programs to more than 250,000 participants annually across North America. She has also led child protection training and organization-wide facilitator training on supporting youth through crisis and emotion