A little bit about me.
My name is Kylie McLean (she/her) and I'm logging in from Alberta, Canada.
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Professionally my background is as a registered dietitian, though my career path so far has not stuck to a traditional dietitian route. After graduating from the University of Alberta I practiced in the area of chronic disease management with Alberta Health Services at various outpatient clinics for about a year. Though short, this time in outpatient care had a meaningful impact on the high value I put on disease prevention and health promotion in optimizing the health and well-being of individuals and communities. My next career step was to a health promotion role with the Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan, who is the benefits provider for the public education sector in Alberta. For almost four years I facilitated general health workshops and consulting to school boards in Alberta in support of the health and wellness of teachers and other education staff.
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For the past five years I having worked in the role of Well-being Advisor in the Human Resources department of a local municipality, Strathcona County. My role includes leading and coordinating workplace health promotion strategies for our approximately 2200 municipal staff. It is certainly a growing field of health promotion, as there are increasing expectations of employers to support the health and well-being of their staff. I am always looking to network and learn more about this field!
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This ePortfolio is created for course requirements within the Athabasca University, Master of Health Studies Program, but it may just live beyond.
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- Kylie
Values
Curiosity
Humility
Integrity
Respect
Balance
Positionality Statement
As a white, cisgender, millennial, middle-class, and university-educated health promotion student, I recognize that my positionality shapes my perspectives and interactions in the field of health promotion. I acknowledge that my background affords me with certain privileges, such as access to resources, education, and opportunities, that may not be available to all individuals, especially those from marginalized communities. I strive to ground my learning of health promotion foundations with an awareness of these disparities and am dedicated to spotlight the experiences of individuals from diverse and underserved backgrounds. I commit to learning and listening with humility, participate in critical self-reflection, and challenge my own biases in order to foster more inclusive and equitable health outcomes for all populations.