In Action

What's New

The Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition is working on a number of key initiatives on food and nutrition communication and advocacy. To view the critical pathway of activities since our inception, click here.

Plans for 2011

Educating Consumers About Sodium: Worth its Weight in Salt Web-cast
The Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition launch is June 28, 2011. The web-cast will be archived for 1 year.

We would like to acknowledge our generous partner/sponsor:

  • Partner – Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research

Home Plate: What Consumers are Eating Behind Closed Doors Web-cast
The Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition launch is March 23, 2011. The web-cast will be archived for 1 year.

We would like to acknowledge our generous sponsor:

  • Gold Sponsor - Health Check

Consultations & Meetings
CCFN participated in the Health Canada consultation on setting sodium targets.

2010 Highlights

AGM & Web-cast A New Perspective on What Consumers are Doing
The Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition launched this October 22, 2010. The web-cast is archived for 1 year.

We would like to acknowledge our generous sponsors:

  • Gold Sponsors - General Mills Corporation Canada and Dairy Farmers of Canada
  • Silver Sponsor - Turkey Farmers of Canada

Ethnographic Survey
The intriguing results of this Ethnographic Survey were presented at our AGM. To order a copy of this report click here.

We would like to acknowledge our generous partners:

  • Partners – General Mills Corporation Canada and Dairy Farmers of Canada

Consumers & Sodium: A Pinch of Understanding
The Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition & CFDR partnered on this launch April 28, 2010. The web-cast was archived for 1 year.

We would like to acknowledge our generous partner/sponsor:

  • Partner – Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research (CFDR)
  • Gold Sponsor - Dairy Farmers of Canada

Consultations & Meetings

  • CCFN was invited to the World Health Organization, Health Canada meeting on Sodium, October 2010 in Calgary.
  • CCFN was invited to the CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism & Diabetes meeting on “Advancing Food & Health Research Priorities”, November 2010 in Edmonton.
  • CCFN participated in the Health Canada consultation meeting on food allergen labelling.

Published Articles
CCFN has a number of reports being published in peer reviewed journals. Click here for details.

Reports, Watching Briefs & Fact Sheets
CCFN completed the Ethnographic Survey Report. To order your report click here for details.

Surveillance
The Journal of Education and Behavior approved the manuscript for publication by Dr. David Hammond from the University of Waterloo and Samantha Goodman on the longitudinal analysis of Tracking Nutrition Trends V VI and VII. This will be published shortly.

Archived Web-casts
We archive key events for your convenience as web-casts. To find out more and register, click here.

Watching Briefs
CCFN is commissioning key experts to develop Watching Briefs on priority topics for CCFN members, click here.

Consumer Fact Sheets
We launched the series of consumer fact sheets on priority topics. Click here.

Annual Report
To review our year at a glance click here.

Membership
For details click here.