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NOVEMBER 2014
CNS-SCN 2015 Winnipeg Annual Meeting Mark your calendars for the next CNS Annual Meeting scheduled for May 28-30, 2015 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Dr. James House is heading the local organizing committee. The annual meeting brings together Canadian nutritionists, scientists and health professionals together for the latest nutrition practice reviews, research and networking opportunities. PROGRAM. An exciting program is being developed in tandem with membership submissions and a preliminary program will be announced soon. This is truly a member content driven meeting, which reflects the diversity and richness of the expertise from across Canada. AWARDS. Watch out for the call for awards coming soon. Start thinking about colleagues and students that you believe are deserving of the various awards. ABSTRACTS. We want you to submit your best research to the annual meeting. Accepted abstracts that are submitted by the deadline will be published in APNM. The Call for Abstracts will be available in December. Stay tuned! Mark Your Calendars: Saturday, January 10, 2015 at the Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel, 525 Bay Street, Toronto, ON. The Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS) is pleased to provide attendees and especially trainees with an opportunity to highlight and present their research on protein nutrition and human health. Also, posters related to any area of nutrition and health research are welcome. This is an opportunity to showcase local talent. Presenters do not need to submit original research and may present recent posters. Abstracts submission deadline: November 30, 2014. Please register by December 11, 2014 to receive discounted registration fees. For more information on the 2015 Protein Conference, please visit the following webpage: http://cns-scn.ca/proteinconference/overview. Meet Andrea Grantham: New CNS Executive Director.
To support the Government’s goal of increasing access by all children and youth in active, after school programs, Andrea was asked by the Public Health Agency of Canada to lead a multi-year initiative, including the selection and funding to relevant NGOs in an effort to help the government meet its 2015 Canadian Physical Activity Targets. She also worked in partnership with stakeholders to develop Active Canada 20/20, a physical activity strategy and change agenda for Canada. In 2010 and 2011, the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) named Andrea to Canada’s Most Influential Women List. This award highlights the leadership, strength and accomplishments of Canadian women who made a significant impact in sport and physical activity. She also received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medallion in 2012 for her leadership within the sport and physical activity community. Welcome Andrea! New features on the CNS-SCN website
New Canadian resource now available! Canadian Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI) website has now launched! Founded in 1985, the Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI) is committed to helping athletes optimize their health and performance through research and education in hydration and nutrition science. GSSI scientists study the effects of nutrition on the human body before, during and after exercise. For more than two decades, hundreds of amateur, elite and professional athletes have participated in testing with GSSI and in studies with university research partners around the world. GSSI's headquarter lab, mobile and satellite laboratories and on the field testing enable GSSI to do leading research with the aim to provide athletes with advice and products that help their performance and achieve their goals. For more information, please GSSI’s website at: http://www.gssiweb.org/en-ca/ Journal News: Applied Physiology, Nutrition & Metabolism (APNM) Don’t forget that as a CNS member you have free access to the APNM Journal. Head over to the Education Section of the CNS website and enter your member credentials to have full access to all APNM articles such as this e-First article: It is time to revisit current dietary recommendations for saturated fat. Benoît Lamarche, Patrick Couture. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, Published on the web 8 October 2014, 10.1139/apnm-2014-0141 ... this newly published Review article Nutritional and health benefits of pulses. Adriana N. Mudryj, Nancy Yu, Harold M. Aukema. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 2014, 39(11): 1197-1204, 10.1139/apnm-2013-0557 …and this new “Editor’s Choice” article: Beyond muscle hypertrophy: why dietary protein in important for endurance athletes. Daniel Moore, Donny Camera, Jose Areta, John Hawley. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 2014, 39(9): 987-997, 10.1139/apnm-2013-0591. APNM's Clinical Corner Clinical Corner is a peer-reviewed publication found in Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism (APNM) designed to deliver practical nutrition-focused information to health care professionals. CNS Members can access all Clinical Corner articles for free. To check out a few that have been published, click here. Interested in submitting a Clinical Corner publication? Click here to find out how. ESPEN Life Long Learning (LLL) Program Calling all clinicians! Have you heard about the ESPEN LLL Program? The Life Long Learning (LLL) program in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism is an extremely effective educational program for medical doctors and health specialists, including registered dietitians, nurses and pharmacists offering training on-line and at live courses, by variety of innovative training methodologies and resources. The LLL program in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism is based on an Educational curriculum offering 120 training modules (100 are already available on-line) created and peer reviewed by recognized European experts. The Modules are freely accessible on-line after registration (Create new account at LLLnutrition.com) Live courses provide intensive training and certification. Annual schedule of live courses is announced as Future Live Courses at LLLnutrition.com and on the ESPEN website. Did you know that CNS has hosted LLL live courses at its last 2 CNS Annual Meetings? CNS will once again be hosting a Live LLL learning event at the upcoming 2015 Annual Meeting in Winnipeg. Stay tuned for more information but be sure to check out the LLL online modules before then! Should I Eat Cheese? In a recent Time magazine article, http://time.com/3532516/cheese-health-benefits/, five nutrition experts answer the following question: « Should I Eat Cheese? ». Recent research from Dr. Iwona Rudkowska has helped inform this discussion: http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/apnm-2014-0154#.VGDNovmG98F. Student News CNS-SCN @ Mount Saint Vincent University – Presentation by Dr. Jones CNS-SCN@MSVU recently hosted an educational event for over 60 attendees where Dr. Peter Jones, Director of the Richardson Centre for Functional Food and Nutraceuticals, presented on the findings of some of his latest research to a diverse crowd of MSVU faculty and students, community members, and representatives from Dalhousie University. The talk, entitled “Inter-Individual Variability of the Cardio-Metabolic Risk Factors Response to Dietary Bioactive Compounds: Probing the Reason Why,” explored the reasons for differences in changes in blood cholesterol levels between non- or adverse-responders and positive-responders to three common functional food additives, namely plant sterols, omega 3 fatty acids, and fibre. While the data is still in the preliminary stages, the evidence is compelling enough to suggest that variations in specific gene expressions may be used to determine who will be classified as a non- or adverse-responder to these functional foods. As adverse-responders, specifically, saw a rise in blood cholesterol, this research has the potential to affect how functional foods are recommended in the future. Dr. Jones presentation was a great first event for the 2014/2015 school year at MSVU, and helped promote the ongoing advances in nutrition research as well as the efficacy of CNS. CNS-SCN Student Executive would also like to announce our newest Student Representative Audrée-Anne Dumas. Welcome Audrée-Anne! Canadian Nutrition Society Food for Health Foundation The Board of Directors of the CNS Food for Health Foundation is pleased to announce that the Foundation has been registered as a charitable organization by the Canada Revenue Agency, and was officially launched at the CNS Annual Meeting in St. John's, NL, on June 7, 2014. The Canadian Nutrition Society Food for Health Foundation has been incorporated as a Foundation to promote research in the science and practice of nutrition, and to disseminate sound information about nutrition to those in the field, policy makers and the public. For more information on the CNS Food for Health Foundation and how to make a donation, please visit the CNS website. Call for APNM PhD Dissertation Abstracts: Have you recently completed a PhD or have a student who has done so? If so, APNM invites you to submit your dissertation abstract along with a summary of where you are at post-doctoral studies for publication in our journal. Abstracts can be submitted directly to the editorial office via email: apnm@uoguelph.ca. Follow CNS on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. If you have a LinkedIn account, join CNS-SCN on LinkedIn by searching for the GROUP, CNS-SCN. You can also contact davidma@uoguelph.ca. Follow CNS on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/canadiannutritionsociety or on Twitter via @CNS_SCN Job Postings on CNS-SCN Website: Check out recent additions to the Careers section of the CNS website. Posting of jobs continues to be free. If anything crosses your desk to forward along, consider forwarding it to CNS (Maya Villeneuve) for posting. We want to make CNS the place to go for those offering and seeking careers in the Nutritional Sciences. If you have enjoyed this issue of the CNS-SCN Members' Update, please pass it on to a colleague who might find it interesting. The monthly update will also be found on the website at http://cns-scn.ca for a month prior to archiving. 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Andrea Grantham has played an executive leadership role in the health and physical activity and sector in many capacities for close to 25 years, among them working to influence greater government focus on the issue of chronic disease prevention through healthy living and physical activity. She worked closely with all levels of government, NGOs, corporate partners, and other key stakeholders. She was CEO of Physical and Health Education Canada (PHE Canada) and provided leadership and secretariat services to the Coalition for Active living and the Sport Matters Group. She was a regular presenter to Standing Committees, Ministers of Health/Secretary of State (Sport), MPs, Senators and other government officials speaking to the issue of preventative strategies as important areas of focus for government investment.