Southwestern Public Health
Darcie Iles is an experienced public health professional currently serving as a Public Health Nurse at Southwestern Public Health since September 2020. Previous roles include Co-Chair and Team Member at the Elgin Innovation Team from October 2018 to September 2020, and Registered Nurse with the Thames Valley Family Health Team from September 2016 to September 2020. Darcie also worked as a Public Health Nurse at Keewatin Yatthe Regional Health Authority for a brief period in 2016, and as a Registered Nurse at Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance from April 2014 to April 2016, as well as at Timmins and District Hospital from 2012 to 2014. Darcie holds a degree from McMaster University, completed between 2006 and 2011.
Southwestern Public Health
Southwestern Public Health works together with its partners to ensure the health of the whole community. Formed in 2018 by the merger of Elgin St. Thomas Public Health and Oxford County Public Health, Southwestern Public Health serves a population of about 200,000 across Oxford County, Elgin County and the City of St. Thomas. Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/swpublichealth Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/sw_publichealth Our programs respond to public health emergencies; promote healthy lifestyles; help prevent injuries, illness and disease in the community; and promote positive change and social conditions that improve health in our communities. Southwestern Public Health delivers mandated programs under the Ontario Public Health Standards and is regulated by the Ontario Health Promotion and Protection Act. The health unit maintains its main sites in Woodstock and St. Thomas. For more information, visit www.swpublichealth.ca or find us on Facebook.