Improving Practices and Addressing Challenges in Nutrition Care

Improving Practices and Addressing Challenges in Nutrition Care

A virtual clinical nutrition education event for nutrition professionals across Canada and beyond

Wednesday, October 21, 2026
9:00am MST - 3:30pm MT  (11:00am ET - 5:30pm ET)

Join nutrition professionals from across Canada and beyond for a virtual day of practical, evidence-informed education focused on current challenges and emerging practices in clinical nutrition care. The program will explore communicating nutrition evidence, evolving concepts in protein and muscle health, micronutrient management, ethical decision-making, implementation science and advances in enteral and parenteral nutrition. 

Western Canada Nutrition Day
Presented by Alberta Health Services in partnership with the Canadian Nutrition Society. This event welcomes participants from across Canada and beyond.

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Event Highlights

  • Communicate nutrition evidence with greater confidence.
  • Explore emerging issues in protein and micronutrient care.
  • Navigate complex ethical and clinical decisions.
  • Apply new strategies in nutrition support.
  • Translate current research into practice.

Registration & Pricing

CNS Member: $90.00 CAD + tax
Non-Member: $120.00 CAD + tax
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Draft program; subject to change.

 

Wed. Oct. 21, 2026. All times MT

9:00am - 9:05am MT
(11:00am - 11:05 am ET)
Co-Chair Welcome
Jennifer Jin, MD FRCPC VIEW BIO
Leah Gramlich, MD, FRCP VIEW BIO

Morning Sessions
9:00am - 12:00pm MT

9:05am - 9:45am MT
(11:05am - 11:45 am ET)
Keynote: Fake vs real evidence and how to shift the conversation with patients and reframe your messages to have impact
Speaker: Christopher Labos VIEW BIO  
9:45am - 10:45am MT
(11:45am - 12:45pm ET)
Controversies in Protein and Muscle - or evolving concepts (Hot Topics) 
Speakers:
Dr. James McKendry VIEW BIO
Dr. Carla Prado VIEW BIO
10:45am - 11:00am MT
(12:45pm - 1:00pm ET)
Break
11:00am - 12:00pm MT
(1:00pm - 2:00pm ET)
Micronutrients in complex patients
Speakers:
Dr. Kristen Roberts VIEW BIO
Laine Dyck VIEW BIO

Lunch
12:00pm - 12:30pm MT

12:30pm - 1:00pm MT
(2:30pm - 3:00pm ET)
Moral Distress – Decision Making in the Real World
Speaker: Monique Visser, RN, MBE, HEC-C VIEW BIO
1:00pm - 1:15pm MT
(3:00pm - 3:15pm ET)
Top Publications you should read in 2026
Speaker: Vivian Nguyen VIEW BIO
1:15pm - 1:30pm MT
(3:15pm - 3:30pm ET)
Break

Nutrition Support - Hot Topics
1:30pm - 3:15pm MT

1:30pm - 2:15pm MT
(3:30pm - 4:15pm ET)
Focus on Parenteral Nutrition
Implementation Science – Multi chamber bag Parenteral nutrition in Alberta 
Speakers:
Marlis Atkins VIEW BIO 
Lisa Martin VIEW BIO
2:15pm - 3:15pm MT
(4:15pm - 5:15pm ET)
Focus on Enteral Nutrition
Advances in enteral access
Speaker: Shirley Pasky VIEW BIO
Enteral Nutrition Solutions
Speaker: Kelsey Russell-Murray, RD, MSc  VIEW BIO
3:15pm - 3:30pm MT
(5:15pm - 5:30pm ET)
Closing Comments

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