Erin Fortin is CEO and Administrator of the County of Inverness Municipal Housing Corporation (CIMHC), a municipal not-for-profit in rural Cape Breton. She was appointed to the permanent role in July 2026 after serving as Acting CEO from April of that year, and joined the organization as Director, HR Services.

CIMHC operates two long-term care homes: Inverary Manor in Port Hood and Foyer Père Fiset in the Acadian community of Chéticamp,  along with two small options homes. Together they serve approximately 142 long-term care residents and eight special-needs participants and employ roughly 225 people across the county. Erin also oversees the Foyer Père Fiset capital build.

Her work at CIMHC has centred on workforce stability and the day-to-day realities of delivering care in rural Nova Scotia. Through engaging community programs such as Grow Your Own and utilizing international recruitments and immigration pipelines under the Atlantic Immigration Program and Nova Scotia Nominee Program, endorsing permanent residency pathways for healthcare workers. and moving the organization from 16 travel staff positions to zero within seven months. She has led the organization through collective bargaining, a full employee group strike, and the operational response to an October 2025 wastewater emergency that required the evacuation of 71 residents and the relocation of 22 to partner homes.

Erin studied International Development and Political Science at Saint Mary’s University, with additional training in data analytics, business analysis, and AI for business. In 2014 she started, owned and operated Free to Be Me Caregiving in Calgary, Alberta – providing holistic therapies and respite for children and young adults with complex physical challenges

A lifelong advocate for people with disabilities at the national and international level, Erin’s community work has included crisis line counselling in Halifax, Rotary’s Camp Tidnish, and outreach in Mexico with World Vision. She is a recipient of the A.J. Fanning Citizenship Award and the Global Awareness and Leadership Award. 

Erin feels privileged to be part of a group willing to name the sector’s real problems and tackle them together rather than in isolation. She believes a strong collective voice makes for more meaningful engagement with government, and that the best long-term care in Nova Scotia will be built by providers who share openly what is working and what is not.