Nutrition Connections May 2021 Webinars
Posted: May 5, 2021
Categories: Events / GoodFoodBites
Nutrition Connections is hosting two free webinars in May 2021, one on Racial Health Inequity & Systemic Racism in Health
and another on Implications of COVID-19 on the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program & Food Security Rates.
Racial Health Inequity & Systemic Racism in Health will take place on Thursday, May 13, from 2 – 2:45 p.m. ET. This webinar will look at how systemic racism is affecting health and the quality of healthcare delivered in Canada, with Dr. Carrie Bourassa, B.A., M.A., PhD, Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health and Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. Learn more and register for this event here.
What are the Implications of COVID-19 on the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program & Food Security Rates? will take place on Thursday, May 27, from 2 – 3 p.m. ET. This webinar will look at how COVID-19 has impacted Seasonal Agricultural Workers, farmers and their ability to hire Seasonal Agricultural Workers, and what this has meant for Canada’s food supply. The panel will also speak more broadly on food security and how it has been affected by the pandemic. Speakers include Dr. Valerie Tarasuk, Alex Chesney, Jade Guthrie and Chris Ramsaroop. Learn more and register for this event here.
Find more information on upcoming Nutrition Connections events on their website here.