Lindsay Somers

Lindsay Somers

Community organizer

Community organizer Lindsay Somers has over 15 years' experience in coaching, communications, community engagement and program development.

She owned and operated her own boutique training studio in the Exchange District for nearly a decade, developing a community approach to wellness.

She connects people to the city through her programs: Learn to Run, Learn to Skate, Learn to Bike and Brown Bag Bocce Ball and can even manage to bring people outside for curling draws at -40 C in the heart of the Exchange District. She’s organized pop-up community hip hop classes, lunch time skate dates, singles bike rides and even led people for a hike and chef-catered picnic in the Whiteshell.

Lindsay recently worked with CancerCare Manitoba on the longitudinal population health study The Manitoba Tomorrow Project tracking people for over 50 years and studying the collective determinants of population health outcomes.

Lindsay has worked with The Forks, Exchange District BIZ, ParticipACTION and CancerCare Manitoba developing content, programs and events.