Amelia is a registered dietitian with NH's regional Population Health Nutrition team. Her work centres on the food security portfolio and in part supports communities to achieve sustainable, accessible, and acceptable food systems. Amelia frames her food security work in people-centred ways, and considers the complex feelings and relationships people have with their food, body and "health". Amelia lives works and plays in Fort St John (as a guest on the land of the Dane-za and on Treaty 8 territory) with her partner, daughter, and chocolate lab.
I work in a Northern Health Primary Care clinic, and a lot has changed with COVID-19. Over the last few months, the waiting room, which is usually bustling, has been fairly quiet as many in-person cli...
The newest edition of Canada’s Food Guide focuses on the “hows” of eating just as much as the “whats.” One of the recommendations is to eat meals with others – but what does that mean for ...
Sharing a meal with others Season's Eatings! With the holidays just around the corner, I start to grow homesick for my home on the East Coast. I often catch myself daydreaming about my family's lon...
Benefits of plant-based eating Plant-based eating has become one of the largest food and health trends of the past few years, which, as a dietitian, I’m delighted to see. Aside from being delicio...
I'm not originally from Northern BC, but having grown up in St. John's, Newfoundland, I can relate to long winters, short summers, and the month we've renamed “June-uary” back home. Since leaving ...
