Equity in Nutrition - CNS Events & Activities

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Upcoming CNS Events

June 26, 2024 - mini virtual conference
Nourishing Diversity: Building Inclusive Teams in Nutrition and Why it Matters

Past CNS Events

May 2-4, 2024 
CNS 2024 Annual Conference - Edmonton, Alberta

• Session description: Reframing nutrition and health policy through a decolonizing lens for better balance - Myra Tait - Athabasca University and Natalie Riediger, PhD - University of Manitoba
• Session description: Food Insecurity in Inuit Nunangat: Context, Gaps, and Policy Recommendations - Lynn Blackwood, B.Sc., RD - Nunatsiavut Government and Jordyn Stafford, B.Sc. - Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services
• Session description: Dietary inequities and food insecurity among Indigenous peoples and individuals from racial/ethnic minority groups - Dana Lee Olstad, PhD, RD - University of Calgary, Rosanne Blanchet, PhD, RD - Université de Montréal and Se'era Anstruther, PhD,MPH - University of Calgary

• Travel awards available to equity deserving groups, including Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC), LGBTQ2S+ and / or people with disabilities. See:  Annual Conference Equity in Nutrition Travel Award

May 4-6, 2023 
CNS 2023 Annual Conference - Québec (Quebec) 

• Session description: Early life determinants of dietary and lifestyle behaviors - Véronique Gingras, Dt.P., PhD - Université de Montréal and Jennifer Woo Baidal, MD - Columbia University
• 2023 Annual Conference Equity in Nutrition Travel Award

January 28, 2023 
CNS 2023 Thematic Conference - Disparities in Eating Disorder Care and Research Across Race, Ethnicity and Underrepresented Populations 

• Session description: Eating Because We're Hungry or Because Something's Eating Us?: Body Image Issues and Eating Disorders in Black Women - Charlynn Small, PhD, LCP, CEDS-S - Asst. Dir. Health Promotion/Staff Psychologist, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), University of Richmond
• Session description: Wicked Bodies: A Teaching Tool for Health Professionals working with 2SLGBTQ+ People Living with Eating Disorders - Phillip Joy (he/him), PhD, PDt, MSc -Applied Human Nutrition, Mount Saint Vincent University

Recordings from past events

• Reconciliation with Indigenous peoples through nutrition research - September 27, 2023
  • Speakers: Noreen Willows, PhD, University of Alberta;  Jody Kootenay, MEd - Director of Education, Member of Alexander Research Committee, Alexander First Nation; Ashleigh Domingo, PhD - University of Waterloo; and Jade Johnson, Climate Change Project Support Associate, Cambium Indigenous Professional Services. Member of Georgina Island First Nation. Coordinator for the Georgina Island project for the William’s Treaties First Nations Food Sovereignty and Food Security Program
     
• Disparities in Eating Disorder Care and Research Across Race, Ethnicity and Underrepresented Populations - January 28, 2023
  • “Eating Because We're Hungry or Because Something's Eating Us? Body Image Issues and Eating Disorders in Black Women" - Charlynn Small, PhD, LCP, CEDS-S - Asst. Dir. Health Promotion/Staff Psychologist, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), University of Richmond
  • "Wicked Bodies: A Teaching Tool for Health Professionals working with 2SLGBTQ+ People Living with Eating Disorders" - Phillip Joy, PhD, PDt, MSc -Applied Human Nutrition, Mount Saint Vincent University
     
• Household food insecurity in Canada, Part 2: public policy responses and solutions - February 17, 2022
  • Speakers: Valerie Tarasuk, PhD (University of Toronto) and Herb Emery, PhD (University of New Brunswick)
     
• Household food insecurity in Canada, Part 1: food, nutrition, and health in the context of pervasive material deprivation - February 10, 2022
  • Speaker: Valerie Tarasuk, PhD (University of Toronto)
     
• Out of the Darkness and into the Light - September 30, 2021 
  • Speakers: Dr. Ian Mosby, PhD & Dr. Treena Wasonti:io Delormier
     
• Strengths-based nutrition interventions in Indigenous communities - March 26, 2021 
  • “Syilx-led reintroduction of sockeye salmon into the Okanagan River Basin" - Rosanne Blanchet, PhD, RD – University of Alberta and Suzanne Johnson, MSc, RD - Okanagan Salmon and Our Health
  • “The Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program (IYMP): a Peer-led Healthy Living Afterschool Program" - Kate Storey, PhD, RD - University of Alberta
     
• Cultural food security in different migrant populations in Canada - March 26, 2021 

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