My name is Alexandra Haggis and I am a registered dietitian in North Vancouver, BC. I received my dietetics degree from McGill University and completed my clinical internship at Montreal General Hospital. Over the years, I have gained valuable experience working in both public and private healthcare with focuses in digestive health, eating disorders/disordered eating, chronic disease management, pre/post natal nutrition and more. In addition to my role in private practice, I also work at The IBD Centre of BC and an addicition recovery center Together We Can - drug and alcohol recovery and education society My goal is to provide clients with empathy and compassion while providing trusted, evidence-based nutrition care.
Recognizing the challenges of todays food environment and diet culture, I practice from a non-diet perspective. I am passionate about helping others break free from food restriction, honouring hunger cues and reaching a place where food no longer causes stress or anxiety. When working with me, you can expect to build an empowered mindset and a healthy relationship with food. As a registered dietitian, I strive to help my clients with personalized and sustainable action plans to help them achieve their nutrition goals.
My style of nutrition counselling is rooted in weight inclusivity. This means I believe that health can be achieved at any weight, shape or size. There are many non-weight related markers of health so rather than focusing on the number on the scale, let's work together to build healthy habits we know impact health and wellbeing.
My Experience
- Extensive experience in private practice, helping clients in their journey to better health
- Complex digestive health conditions helping clients overcome the pain living with a digestive disorder
- Eating disorder treatment working with high risk individuals
- Experience in addicition medicine, helping clients rehabilitate to better health and sober living
- Extensive time spent with clients helping build a healthy relationship with food and their body
My Training
- Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences, Dietetics major
- ED for RDs: Eating Disorder Education for Registered Dietitians Course
- Marci Evans Body Image Training
- Working with Adolecents and their Families in Eating Disorder Treatment: FBT-informed Nutrition Counselling for Dietitians (in progress)
- Digestive Health Centre Forum 2024
- 2024 FOOD: The Main Course to Digestive Health