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2015 CNS Annual Conference -
it's around the corner!We look forward to seeing the more than 300 people who have registered to attend the CNS Annual Conference taking place at the RBC Winnipeg Convention Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba from May 28-30, 2015!  To register for the conference, please click here. 
 
Award winners and finalists will be posted on the CNS website and via CNS social media in the coming weeks leading up to the Conference. Be sure to watch for the names of these very deserving individuals!

Social Activities:
  • CNS 2015 Opening Reception- A "Journey to Churchill"
The opening reception of the CNS 2015 Annual Conference will be held on Thursday, May 28, 2015, from 7:00 to 11:00 pm at the Assiniboine Park Zoo. “Journey to Churchill” is the most comprehensive northern species exhibit of its kind in the world. Join with colleagues and enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres as you explore the exhibits, including the “Aurora Borealis Theatre”, and the “Sea Ice Passage”, a tunnel that allows you to walk under water and watch polar bears and seals swimming above you. For more information on the “Journey to Churchill”, click here.
 
  • Guided Tour of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights - Friday, May 29, 2015, 7:00 to 8:30pm
The first national museum located outside of Ottawa-Hull, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is an architectural marvel and home to galleries “dedicated to the evolution, celebration and future of human rights”.  The guided tour will take you on a human rights journey and allow you to discover the Museum’s inspiring and diverse content. For more information on the museum, click here.
 
Note to delegates: the Museum for Human Rights is a two minute walk from the Children's Museum so attending both events will be easy!
 
  • A Taste of Manitoba
On Friday, May 29, 2015 from 8:30 to 11:30 pm, hosted by the trainees of the Canadian Nutrition Society, this event will allow participants to taste local food and drink within the whimsical environment of the newly renovated Children’s Museum.  In order to encourage a greater sense of community, the event will be free of charge to all trainees, but open to all other delegates for a nominal charge. For more information on the Children’s Museum, click here.
 
Pre-Conference WorkshopsDon't miss this excellent line up of workshops taking place on May 28, 2015 at the RBC Convention Centre, Winnipeg, MB, from 8:30am to 6:00pm
  • Food for Health Workshop
The 2015 Food for Health Workshop builds on a series of workshops to enhance the health of Canadians by better understanding the challenges and opportunities across the continuum from the producer to processor, manufacturer, retailer, researcher, healthcare professional, government to consumer. The 2015 workshop specifically builds on last year's Public-Private-Partnerships (PPP) and how they can be effective for knowledge creation. This year we will examine how PPP can move and translate knowledge to educate consumers and stakeholders.
  • Trainees in Nutrition Symposium
Organized by trainees for trainees, this symposium will focus on developing and strengthening professional skills for those engaged in nutrition research, teaching and knowledge translation.  Activities will consist of presentations by experts and thought leaders, as well as networking skills workshops. It will be capped off with a networking session with professionals from across the spectrum of academia, industry, government/non-government organizations.
  • New Developments in the Management of Obesity Workshop
Obesity management remains an important if not challenging goal, both for the general population who struggle to maintain healthy body weights, and for health professionals who have the burden to find solutions. In the field of nutrition, research progress in diet-based management of obesity has enhanced our understanding related to the vulnerability of some obesity-prone individuals, to identify and characterize unsuspected determinants of appetite control problems and body weight gain, and to develop functional foods that will enhance satiety. From a clinical standpoint, research advances have allowed us to define, in a more realistic manner, the limits of weight-reducing programs and the characteristics of individuals who are apparently resistant to proposed dietary interventions. This workshop will document these issues while also providing an update of the current status of the Canadian population in relation to obesity. Additionally, the workshop will cover potential new intervention guidelines for the management of obesity.

The CNS Annual General MeetingThe Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Nutrition Society/Société Canadienne de nutrition will be held at the RBC Winnipeg Convention Centre, Room 4, 375 York Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3J3, Canada on Saturday the 30th day of May 2015 at 5:30pm CDT.  We hope to see all our CNS members present.
 
Annual Awards BanquetDon’t miss out on the CNS Annual Awards Banquet that will take place on Saturday, May 30 at the Winnipeg Convention Centre - where some of great leaders will receive deserved recognition for their excellent contribution to the CNS and our profession.  A pre-banquet reception will take place at 18:30-19:00 followed by our dinner banquet.
 Post-Conference Workshop: Lipid Nutrition and Metabolism in Human HealthMay 31-June 1, 2015, University of Manitoba
 
The lipids research community from the “Red River Region” of Manitoba and North Dakota, in partnership with the Canadian Nutrition Society, has organized a workshop designed to explore the relationships between lipid nutrition, lipid metabolism, and human health.  Beyond their classical roles as energy substrates and structural components of cell membranes, lipids are now recognized as important signaling molecules and as regulators of enzymatic pathways within cells.  Dietary fats and oils, whether from plant or animal sources, significantly influence lipid physiology within cells, leading to profound health effects.
 
The workshop will include opportunities for attendees to present their research in both oral and poster format.  Furthermore, opportunity exists for full manuscripts (reviews or original work) derived from the workshop to be published in a special supplement to the journal “Lipids”, as part of the journal’s 50th Anniversary.
 
For more information, please consult the post-conference webpage at: http://cns-scn.ca/2015-annual-meeting/post-conference-workshop.
 

SAVE THE DATE!!!We are excited to announce that the date is set and the site is booked for the 2016 CNS Annual Conference that is taking place in Ottawa/Gatineau from May 5-7, 2016.
 
Check out our New CNS Education Portal!
On March 2, 2015, CNS launched its first education portal.  This portal will contain a growing library of videos, archived webinars, and other practical resources.
 
We have now released six presentations from our recent CNS conference, “Advances in Protein Across the Lifespan”, held on January 10, 2015 (video-taped in partnership with the Dietitians of Canada).
  • Protein Requirements in Health and Disease - by Dr. Paul Pencharz – University of Toronto
  • Protein Requirements during Growth and Development - by Dr. Rajavel Elango, University of British Columbia
  • A Protein-Based Approach to Optimizing Adaptations to Exercise - by Dr. Stuart Phillips, McMaster University
  • Protein: How Much, and What Kind Should we Eat? - by Dr. Robert Wolfe, University of Arkansas
  • Protein Requirements in Critical illness - by Dr. John Hoffer
  • Protein Nutrition in the Aging Population - by Dr. Stéphanie Chevalier 
Coming on May 18:
  • Effects of Protein Quality & Timing of Consumption on Appetite Control & Weight Management - by Dr. Heather Leidy 

All talks are available at a discounted rate for CNS Members & Students, and in celebration of our new education portal, the inaugural video by Dr. Paul Pencharz is available free of charge to CNS members. To access the CNS Education Portal, click here.
 
Watch for a growing line-up of videos that will be posted from the CNS Annual Conference!
 
Options for Consideration of Chronic Disease Endpoints for Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) - Workshop Recordings availableThe CNS was proud to be invited to attend the Options for Consideration of Chronic Disease Endpoints for Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) workshop that was held on March 10–11, 2015 and hosted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH is the nation’s medical research agency—supporting scientific studies that turn discovery into health. 
 
The CNS has posted recordings of each day of the workshop in our Education portal. Below are the direct links to each day of the conference recording.
 
·        For Day 1 recording – Click here.
·        For Day 2 recording – Click here.
 
 
CLINICAL CORNER in Applied Physiology, Nutrition and MetabolismConsider the opportunity to disseminate your expertise to others in a Clinical Corner article published in Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism.
 
Clinical Corner publications are designed to provide readers, especially practitioners, with pertinent research findings in the fields of nutritional sciences or exercise physiology 
in a condensed format.  Manuscripts must be a maximum of 2,000 words, including a brief abstract, key references, and a maximum of four key figures and/or tables.

*** The goal is to provide a clear message about how this work applies to professionals such as medical doctors, registered dietitians, nutritionists, and/or health and fitness practitioners. ***

Topics may include reviews of contemporary research and its applications, comparison of two methods or treatments, new programs, services or tools, and insights or practical approaches.  Submissions are assigned to an associate editor and undergo anonymous peer-review.
 
The Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism Award for Nutrition TranslationTheme for 2015 is Nutrition and Immunity
Are you interested in translation of nutritional knowledge? Is Nutrition and Immunity an area of expertise for you? If so, consider submitting a review that combines both aspects!
 
On an annual basis, a call for review papers is announced on a theme established by the Canadian Nutrition Society, in conjunction with the editorial board of the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism (APNM), the official journal of the Canadian Nutrition Society.  The selected author will prepare an invited review for the journal, and the manuscript will be subject to the journal’s peer-review process.  Upon notification of acceptance of the manuscript, the author will receive an honorarium of $1000.  Official recognition of the award will be made at the annual meeting of the Canadian Nutrition Society. The award is supported by Canadian Science Publishing, the publishers of APNM. Click here for more information.
 
Call for APNM PhD Dissertation Abstracts
If you have recently completed a PhD or have a student who has done so, the APNM invites you to submit your dissertation abstract along with a summary post-doctoral studies for publication in the APNM journal. Abstracts can be submitted directly to the editorial office via email.
 
Yogurt in Nutrition Initiative (YINI) – Call for YINI Research ProposalsProposals are requested for projects focused on the role of yogurt in the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases. Research focused in the following areas are particularly encouraged:
  • mechanisms of action
  • pediatric populations
  • diet quality and health parameters
For 2015, $30,000 is available to support one application. Proposed projects will be funded for up to 2 years. The competition is open to research teams from public research organizations or researchers at universities or hospitals. Applications can be from individuals, a single team or several teams in collaboration. Proposals must NOT have been previously published nor subject to patent disclosures.
 
For information on how to apply – please visit the YINI website.
 
Supported by Danone Institute International in collaboration with the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) and the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF)
 
Canadian Food Insights – Get your free subscription todayCanadian Food Insights is the official magazine of the Canadian Institute of Food Safety and Technology (CIFST).  Content is targeted at advancing food science and technology within industry, government and academia.  To access your free subscription, www.canadianfoodinsights.com.
 
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 (Andrea Grantham) for posting.  We want to make CNS the place to go for those offering and seeking careers in the Nutritional Sciences.
 
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