NRC Webinar to Explore Food Literacy and Dietary Resilience in Youth
Posted: September 26, 2018
Categories: Edible Education Network / GoodFoodBites / Webinars
As part of their Unpacking Food Literacy series, the Nutrition Resource Centre (NRC) is gearing up for the 2018 Fall Forum with a new webinar, Exploring Food Literacy and Dietary Resilience in Youth: What does “Being Good with Food” Mean to Them?
The series is designed to capture best practices in food literacy program delivery, described by researchers and community practitioners about their target populations and communities. The webinar will explore the concept of food literacy and dietary resilience as it relates to young people, paying particular attention to working with young people living with disadvantage.
The webinar will be pre-recorded and then made available to registrants shortly before 12 p.m. on Thursday, October 11, 2018.
Participants are encouraged to submit questions prior to the webinar so that they can be addressed by the presenter. Please include your question when you register and/or submit directly to Lynn Roblin at lroblin@opha.on.ca.
Speaker: Danielle Gallegos (BSc., Grad Dip Diet & Nut., PhD, FDAA)
Danielle Gallegos is a social nutritionist and Professor at Queensland University of Technology where she is the discipline leader for nutrition and dietetics and the Director for International Engagement and Recruitment. She currently coordinates Dietetic Honours students. She is a Fellow of the Dietitians Association of Australia and has worked in all areas of nutrition and dietetics including acute care, foodservice, private practice and for the last 15 years in public health nutrition.
For more information and to register please visit the NRC webpage here.