Doris Fortin: Executive Director of Policy and Partnerships
“My role with ECCC is grounded in analytical thinking. It is motivating to see that the work I am doing helps to bring options and solutions to the table.”
Dr. Doris Fortin’s two greatest passions are science and the environment, and every day those two passions form the basis of her work. Ensuring that policy and decision-making are informed by science is essential to her role as Executive Director of Policy and Partnerships.
Over her 7 years with ECCC, Doris has remained committed to collaborative problem solving as a way to find the best possible solutions. Recently, she was part of a Canadian team who succeeded in bringing forward environmental sustainability considerations in the establishment of the World Meteorological Organization’s global basic observing network to support weather forecasting and early warning of hydro-meteorological hazards around the world.
Throughout her career, Doris has seen science acknowledged as a key input to policy and decision-making. This has continued to inspire her to make a difference through her work, with the ultimate goal of serving Canadians through sound and strategic policy and partnerships.
Here are a few random facts about Doris:
- If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? I want to go back to Iceland and would love to spend some time in Barcelona.
- If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be? It’s a tie between spaghetti with olive oil, garlic, and pepper flakes or tofu and cauliflower curry.
- If you could go back in time, what year would you travel to? I would travel to the 1950s, to meet my grandmothers who had interesting life experiences as young women and mothers.
- What are your hobbies? I run and I read lots of books.
- If you were a super-hero, what powers would you have? Healing.
- What form of public transportation do you prefer? (air, boat, train, bus, car, etc.) Walking.
- What's your favourite zoo animal? Penguins.
- Summer or winter? Summer.
- What's your favourite fast food chain? Any fries truck.
- Where do you see yourself in 10 years? I hope to still be serving Canadians and enjoying the company of my son who will be 18 years old in 10 years.