Cecile Henderson
Program Manager, Early Words Nunavut
Cécile Henderson is the Program Manager for Early Words, Nunavut. At the beginning of her career, Cécile qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Whilst working for KPMG, she became involved in a joint KPMG/King’s College London “Maths Partners” scheme which provided numeracy mentoring to primary school children in areas of high deprivation levels. This experience sparked a keen interest in understanding the social determinants of health, and the factors which interact and influence health status, quality of life, and human dignity.
She brings twenty years of experience in public health program management, health research, and knowledge translation. Recently, she was a senior advisor in public health for the Inuulitsivik Health Centre, working with the Inuit communities on the Hudson Coast of Nunavik. She has long-standing interest and experience in public health issues affecting children, as well as sexual and mental health. She holds a Master of Science in Epidemiology from the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine of the University of Edinburgh.
Cécile is bilingual in English and French, and enjoys reading in both languages. She loved Les Impatientes by Djaïli Amadou Amal and Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee.