Jill has received her designation of Certified Nutritional Practitioner from The Institute of Holistic Nutrition and is registered with the International Organization of Nutritional Consultants (IONC) as a Registered Nutritional and Orthomolecular Practitioner. She is also a graduate of Queen’s University where she earned a Bachelor of Physical and Health Education as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. Additionally, Jill has been certified by the Hans Selye Foundation and The Canadian Institute of Stress as a Stress and Wellness Consultant.

Jill’s nutritional consulting practice is based on her philosophy that each individual is metabolically distinct and unique. She seeks to identify the root cause of a client’s health concern and works with whole foods, supplements and herbs to help bring the client’s health into balance. Jill is certified as a First Line Therapy TM Lifestyle Educator and utilizes bioimpedence analysis (BIA) to assist in body composition analysis and treatment.

In conjunction with her practice and clinic work, Jill is a nutrition and lifestyle writer who has authored dozens of articles for publications such as Alive Magazine, More Magazine, Today’s Parent, Ski Canada Magazine, IHR Magazine, Wal-Mart and IDA and Guardian Drug Stores. Jill is also the author of the book Easy Gourmet Baby Food, published by Robert Rose.

Jill has been a faculty member of the Institute of Holistic Nutrition since 2005 and currently teaches the Nutritional Symptomology and Professional Practice courses at both the Toronto and Mississauga campuses.