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Michelle Ferris

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Executive Director at Aberdeen Health Foundation
📍 Nova Scotia, Canada

Michelle Ferris is the Executive Director of the Aberdeen Health Foundation, where she has worked for over a decade. With extensive experience in the non-profit sector, she leads the foundations strategic vision to advance population health in Pictou County by focusing on upstream health initiatives and community collaboration.

Deeply committed to her community, Michelle is passionate about supporting the local non-profit sector and fostering partnerships to address health inequities. She has a history of grassroots engagement, including co-founding a community forest project and working as an outreach director for a learning and retreat centre.

Her foundation had a "light bulb moment, " realizing that only funding hospital treatments was touching just the tip of the iceberg in terms of community health.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Executive Director
Job Level
Senior
Location
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Upstream Health Initiatives
Focuses on supporting preventative, "upstream" approaches to health that help people stay healthy, rather than only treating illness after it occurs.
Health Equity
Champions initiatives aimed at reducing barriers to healthcare, such as a project to provide virtual care access in local libraries for those without technology or internet.
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Career

Work history

6-2018
Executive Director
Aberdeen Health Foundation
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Aberdeen Health Foundation appoints new executive director. Featured in Saltwire
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Michelle Ferris, our Executive Director, will be a guest speaker at the Pictou County event. Featured in Facebook (Aberdeen Health Foundation)
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