• Responsible for region-wide nutritional health promotion program.• Ongoing community needs assessment to ensure all 12 communities received support for programs sensitive to specific needs.• Managed region-wide projects focused on enhancing food security and healthy eating.• Provided remote community site-visits to support community workers, sponsoring agencies, and health committees.• Lead health promotion activities including capacity building and training community workers in the implementation of nutrition education programs.• Built and maintained collaborative relationships with community health centres, CHR’s, schools, day-cares, SAO’s, and Inuit Organizations.• Planned and developed culturally appropriate nutrition education materials.• Evaluated community proposals for funding acceptance as member of Baffin Regional Review Committee.• Fore-casted regional nutrition budget and delivered financial accountability.

Provided regional leadership to implement programs of communicable disease control, environmental health, health promotion, chronic disease and injury prevention, and community development for health and wellness programs. I covered this role intermittently during this time.

Conducted RD peer practice assessments.Created assessment reports and made recommendations to Quality Assurance Committee

• Planned, developed, implemented, and evaluated nutrition programs and services for individuals and groups in both clinical and community settings.• Managed programs and staff of community development and health promotion initiatives with a focus on the determinants of health.• Administered annual project budget, including funding opportunities, proposal writing, expense tracking, and spending approvals.• Built and sustained relationships with community partners including government, business, academic, and non-profit sectors.• Facilitated meetings, workshops, and presentations to a variety of stakeholder groups.• Trained community members and colleagues in all aspects of nutrition.• Reviewed, updated, and developed policy and procedures in a collaborative environment.• Mentored and supervised international, graduate, and undergraduate students and volunteers.• Trained health professionals in effective communication skills.

• Planned, developed, implemented, and evaluated health promotion and chronic disease prevention seminars, workshops, and campaigns focused on healthy eating.• Counseled individuals, families, and groups in sound nutrition practices, healthy weights, and food security issues.

• Developed college introductory nutrition course.• Taught and mentored college students using a variety of adult learning styles.• Evaluated student work and graded assignments.