About me
Dawn Fortune is a Health Promotion Facilitator (HPF) with the Healthy Schools (HS) team with Alberta Health Services. The HS team’s role is to develop partnerships with stakeholders to affect policy change, leverage resources, increase capacity, and plan effective, coordinated, province-wide programs to improve the health of school-aged children. The work of the team is guided by the Comprehensive School Health (CSH) approach, which can be used to improve health and education outcomes, such as healthy eating, active living and positive mental health among school-aged children and youth. Dawn is a Registered Dietitian and has worked in this area for 14 years. She has a passion for nutrition, health and healthy school communities.