Marie Brisson is a Bilingual Health Promotion Consultant.  She graduated from the University of Ottawa in nursing; she then completed a second cycle diploma in Andragogy and a diploma in Health and Safety in the workplace.  She worked in Public Health in numerous health programs and worked a few years in the private sector which makes her field of expertise very wide.

She is committed to find strategies, approaches, and activities to respond to individuals, families or communities’ needs/requirements.  She is proficient in training development and delivery, facilitation and presentations.

Sam is responsible for ensuring the day to day operations of the Health Nexus IT and telecommunications infrastructure, providing desktop support, and the database administration of the Health Nexus programs.  Sam brings with him over 12 years of diverse experience in the information technologies field.

Louise Choquette is a Bilingual Health Promotion Consultant. Her formal education is in Communications and Educational Technology. Over the past few years, she has been involved in a variety of health promotion initiatives in public health and for not-for-profit organizations in the areas of heart health, physical activity, tobacco use prevention and substance abuse prevention. Her portfolio with the Best Start Resource Centre has included services to francophones, prenatal education, cultural diversity issues, tobacco, attachment and physical activity.

Lao Gueye, Bilingual Administrative Assistant, Best Start Resource Centre

Lao Gueye is the new bilingual administrative assistant and her job focuses mainly on filing orders for resources, reporting directly to the Health Promotion Manager as well as other administrative duties. She is originally from Dakar, Senegal and lived in Chicago for eight years where she earned her Bachelor degree in Human Resource Management and years of experiences as a customer service and as an administrative assistant. She moved to Toronto just  two years ago to join her family.

Roshni Juttun integrated the Best Start team since beginning of January 2009 as Bilingual Administrative Assistant and will be providing full support in both English and French to the team, reporting directly to the Health Promotion Manager.  Backed with 6 years experience in Administrative and Human Resources acquired through numerous and reputable French companies in Mauritius, she recently moved to Canada with her family.

Penny Scott earned her BA Honours from York University with a Double Major in Sociology and Health & Society. Penny`s previous work experience included positions with many projects at Health Nexus as well as a background in corporate training and facilitation for various employers in the private sector. Most recently she worked with the Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance providing information and support to families and their primary care providers and organizing an international conference with a focus on best practices and current research in the field.   

Alison coordinates the organizational knowledge management and exchange systems and develops strategies to improve knowledge management processes and procedures. She has more than 25 years experience in research, writing, practice, and advocating for building health promotion capacity online and at local, provincial, and national levels. Alison also works half-time on an interchange with the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Best Practices Portal in Health Promotion.