Current News
August 17, 2022
Upcoming webinar (Sept. 9): The role of 2'-FL in inflammation and its possible role in food allergy
Free registration now open! This webinar will: review clinical studies supporting the immune benefit of 2’FL, discuss pre-clinical evidence of 2’FL on food allergy and potential mechanisms of action, and describe the possible role of 2’FL HMO in enhancing oral tolerance.
August 16, 2022
Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week Oct 3-7, 2022 - webinar registration now open!
The theme for Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week 2022 is “Malnutrition Care for All" with a focus on addressing specific strategies across various healthcare settings, including pediatrics, primary & community care, long term care and acute care.
August 15, 2022
Nutrition Quality Evaluation Strengthening Tools (NUQUEST): a 3-part virtual workshop series starting Fall, 2022
NUQUEST represents a consistent and transparent approach for evaluating risk of bias issues related to dietary exposure assessment commonly encountered in human nutrition studies.
August 12, 2022
New Trainee Leadership Committee Chair!
Brock Williams, PhD (c), MSc, RD, CNSC
July 20, 2022
Supplemented foods regulations: Health Canada has published amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations (FDR) and Cannabis Regulations
A guidance document ("Supplemented foods regulations") intended to help stakeholders have a better understanding of the regulations is also available.
July 6, 2022
Notice: Improved natural health products labelling amendments published
Health Canada announces that the Regulations amending the Natural Health Products Regulations have been published in Canada Gazette, Part II.These regulations are intended to improve the labelling of natural health products by making them clear, legible, and easier to understand.
July 4, 2022
IUNS - ICN Call for late-breaking abstracts / Early Bird registration open
The Organising and Scientific Committee of the International Congress of Nutrition are calling for late-breaking abstracts; submission period runs from Aug. 1-29, 2022. 22nd IUNS-ICN (Tokyo) registration open; early bird rates available until Aug. 4, 2022.
June 30, 2022
Announcement: Front-of-package nutrition labelling
Health Canada has announced the introduction of a new mandatory front-of-package nutrition symbol on prepackaged foods high in sodium, sugars and saturated fat.
June 29, 2022
Have you seen? Our 2021/2022 Impact Report showcases the results we were able to achieve with your support
We are proud of our work this past year as we focused our efforts to grow a unique portfolio of webinars, workshops & conferences that support our mission!
June 17, 2022
The Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism (APNM) Award for Nutrition Translation
Theme for 2022: Nutrition and Immune Function. Proposal submission deadline: Thursday, June 30th, 2022