Rebecca Fortin

Class of 2017

Rebecca Fortin, Hon BSc., University of Waterloo; MHSc., University of Toronto. Rebecca is a Public Health professional who specializes in the discipline of Health Promotion. She has worked with Canadian universities, government, and NGOs at local, provincial, and national levels. Rebecca’s Masters research with the National Film Board of Canada documented experiences of young mothers with homelessness. She worked most recently as a senior-level adviser for Peel Public Health, Ontario’s second largest public-health-unit located west of Toronto. She volunteers as a Board of Directors with International Teams Canada, and is the founding Chair of Health Promotion Canada. Rebecca is also a fine-arts photographer.

Clippings

  • 2017
  • CBC

‘All they have to manage pain is their prescription pad’: Doctors on front line of opioid crisis

  • 2017
  • TVO

Canada’s vaccine problem

  • 2017
  • TVO

Therapy Gets off the Couch

  • 2017
  • TVO

Better mental health care may be as simple as an easier referral process

  • 2017
  • CIUT 89.5 FM

TIME ZONES

  • 2017
  • CIUT 89.5 FM

TIME ZONES

  • 2017
  • Quartz

Canada is betting on a universal basic income to help cities gutted by manufacturing job loss

  • 2017
  • National Post

The upside of the Fort McMurray wildfire: The city finally has enough housing

  • 2017
  • TVO

When the honeymoon ends: Syrian refugees face new challenges as they begin their second year in Canada

  • 2017
  • National Post

Basic income pilot coming to Ontario

  • 2017
  • National Post

Ontario report touting basic income likely to target middle-aged women, disabled adults for most help