Meeting / Club
tlfisk@ns.sympatico.ca
“April is Wellness Month' Meeting
We have two guest speakers lined up. Jillian Keddy-Welsh and Elizabeth Johnston.
Elizabeth M. Johnston, PhD, FDC, PDt, received her PhD from the University of British Columbia after having obtained her B.Sc. (HEc) from Acadia University and MS from Cornell University. She was the Director of the School of Nutrition and Dietetics and Director, Centre for Sensory Research of Foods, Acadia University for many years until her retirement in 2009. In 1989 she became a Charter Fellow of Dietitians of Canada and in 1991 she received the Nova Scotia Dietetic Association Merit Award for outstanding contribution to the profession. Her teaching and research interests are in nutrition throughout the lifespan especially maternal and infant nutrition and nutrition and disease prevention. She has been invited as a World Health Organization consultant to the United Nations System’s Forum on Nutrition in Geneva, Switzerland and participated in the Pakistan Fortification Project that added folic acid and iron to wheat to reduce neural tube defects in infants and anemia in mothers. She has published in various journals including the Journal of Nutrition, the American and Canadian Dietetic Association Journals, the Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science and the Canadian Journal of Public Health.
Jillian Keddy-Welsh: I have grown up in the Valley, spending most of my life in Kentville. I attended KCA and moved to NKEC when it opened. I had no idea what I wanted to do after high school but eventually found my way to Walmart working part time. After 2 years working in all parts of the store (mostly the Customer Service desk) I found a full time job in the Vision Centre. Where I found my "calling" as an optician. I have been in the Vision Centre for the last 3 years, 2 of those as a student optician. I am almost finished the distance program through the Norther Alberta Institute of Technology and hope to have my dispensing opticians license by summer.
I would like to talk a bit on a few subjects regarding vision. Overall eye health, the importance of regular eye exams. A few eye diseases such as glaucoma, cataracts, age related muscular degeneration. A little on eye health for children and also sun awareness and your eyes. I will also talk a little about who an optician is and what we do.
Please respect our No Scent policy.
Display tables available for members only, please pre-book.
Please reply to Linda Levy Fisk at tlfisk@ns.sympatico.ca to RSVP for attendance
Please respect our No Scent policy.
Display tables available for members only, please pre-book.
tlfisk@ns.sympatico.ca
“April is Wellness Month' Meeting
We have two guest speakers lined up. Jillian Keddy-Welsh and Elizabeth Johnston.
Elizabeth M. Johnston, PhD, FDC, PDt, received her PhD from the University of British Columbia after having obtained her B.Sc. (HEc) from Acadia University and MS from Cornell University. She was the Director of the School of Nutrition and Dietetics and Director, Centre for Sensory Research of Foods, Acadia University for many years until her retirement in 2009. In 1989 she became a Charter Fellow of Dietitians of Canada and in 1991 she received the Nova Scotia Dietetic Association Merit Award for outstanding contribution to the profession. Her teaching and research interests are in nutrition throughout the lifespan especially maternal and infant nutrition and nutrition and disease prevention. She has been invited as a World Health Organization consultant to the United Nations System’s Forum on Nutrition in Geneva, Switzerland and participated in the Pakistan Fortification Project that added folic acid and iron to wheat to reduce neural tube defects in infants and anemia in mothers. She has published in various journals including the Journal of Nutrition, the American and Canadian Dietetic Association Journals, the Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science and the Canadian Journal of Public Health.
Jillian Keddy-Welsh: I have grown up in the Valley, spending most of my life in Kentville. I attended KCA and moved to NKEC when it opened. I had no idea what I wanted to do after high school but eventually found my way to Walmart working part time. After 2 years working in all parts of the store (mostly the Customer Service desk) I found a full time job in the Vision Centre. Where I found my "calling" as an optician. I have been in the Vision Centre for the last 3 years, 2 of those as a student optician. I am almost finished the distance program through the Norther Alberta Institute of Technology and hope to have my dispensing opticians license by summer.
I would like to talk a bit on a few subjects regarding vision. Overall eye health, the importance of regular eye exams. A few eye diseases such as glaucoma, cataracts, age related muscular degeneration. A little on eye health for children and also sun awareness and your eyes. I will also talk a little about who an optician is and what we do.
Please respect our No Scent policy.
Display tables available for members only, please pre-book.
Please reply to Linda Levy Fisk at tlfisk@ns.sympatico.ca to RSVP for attendance
Please respect our No Scent policy.
Display tables available for members only, please pre-book.
Pricing & Tickets
Pricing: Members and 1st Time Guests no charge. Others $5.00 at the door.
Kentville, Nova Scotia
info@kingsriversidecourt.com
902-679-1993
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