ABOUT

Welcome to Volition Vocational. We are located in Penticton, BC, and serve clients in the Okanagan Valley and British Columbia. It's our calling to serve people who experience barriers and limitations in daily life due to health conditions, disabilities, impairments, illnesses, and injuries. We collaborate and partner with you to improve your functioning, remove or overcome barriers, accommodate limitations, and address your unmet needs and goals. During the process, we assist you on your journey of accessing, maintaining, or returning to work. We provide tools that empower you to decide on and commit to taking action toward achieving your career, employment, and work goals.

Evan Johnson is the founder and owner of Volition Vocational. He was motivated to start the company because of his journey and lived experience with the challenges of adapting to health conditions, coping with limitations, and overcoming barriers to achieving vocational goals for quality of life. He is an American Canadian with mixed European and Indigenous Sonoran (southern Arizona and northwestern Mexico region) ancestry. He acknowledges all his family relations and lineage in over twelve world regions. He is a son and grandson of multiple generations of Veterans of the Armed Forces.

Evan is registered as a Certified Vocational Rehabilitation Professional (CVRP TSA), #1584, with the College of Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals. He is a professional member of the Vocational Rehabilitation Association of Canada and the Canadian Assessment, Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Society (CAVEWAS). He has over twenty years of combined experience in management, health, law, social, community, and government service occupations, including serving in the line of duty as a law enforcement ranger and emergency first responder. He holds a Master of Public Administration, Bachelor of Arts, and Diploma in Counselling. As an international student, he studied in a graduate-level Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy program where he completed 375 hours of supervised clinical fieldwork. His counsellor training included 770-hours of post-secondary education in counselling psychology courses, with over 200 hours of direct client contact and 40 hours of supervision. He is a Certified Health Coach with the American Council on Exercise.

Whether you’re searching for employment, needing support with staying in your current job, or returning to work after recovering from a health or medical condition, we hope to be your resource for vocational rehabilitation services. We will assist you with overcoming barriers to work, improving your functioning, and participating in vocational activities to achieve your career, employment, and work goals. We believe this will have a positive impact on your health, independence, and quality of life. Contact us today for a consultation and find out how we can serve you.