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Professors Murray Humphries, Director of the 海角社区 Centre for Indigenous Peoples鈥 Nutrition and Environment (CINE), and Treena Delormier and Hugo Melgar-Quinonez, both from the School of Human Nutrition, will play key roles in the NFRF-T project, Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples, led by the University of A

Classified as: biodiversity, conservation, Hugo Melgar-Quinonez, Murray Humphries, Truth and Reconciliation, Treena Wasonti:io Delormier, CINE
Published on: 24 Jan 2022

La nutrition ne peut plus 锚tre que l鈥檃ffaire de femmes blanches, minces et souriantes qui mangent des pommes聽鈥 le clich茅 de la nutritionniste vue par Google Images. Un groupe de travail sur le racisme en nutrition 芦聽a 茅t茅 mis sur pied il y a quelques mois, dans la foul茅e de la mort de George Floyd et des questions qui en ont d茅coul茅聽禄, indique M茅lanie Champagne, directrice des communications de l鈥橭rdre des di茅t茅tistes-nutritionnistes du Qu茅bec. Portrait de la situation, en sept bouch茅es.

Classified as: Dietetics, nutrition, racism
Published on: 31 May 2021

The cocktail of beneficial bacteria passed from mother to infant through breast milk changes significantly over time and could act like a daily booster shot for infant immunity and metabolism.

Classified as: breast milk, bacteria, breast feeding, microbiome, mothers, infants, Emmanuel Gonzalez, Kristine Koski
Published on: 23 Feb 2021

Inter-provincial survey gauges how Canadians have accessed food during the pandemic and their perceptions of food systems

Shopping anxiety, higher food prices and individual income limitations are some of the factors making access to food challenging for Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study suggests.

Classified as: food security, School of Human Nutrition, Daiva Nielsen, covid-19, food access
Published on: 18 Dec 2020

Kate Sinclair is working at the World Food Programme, Sri Lanka while simultaneously finishing her PhD in Human Nutrition at 海角社区

December 10, was a typical day at the office for Kate Sinclair鈥 Kind of, but not really. Not by a long shot.

Classified as: food security, Nobel Peace Prize, global nutrition, Kate Sinclair
Published on: 18 Dec 2020

Macdonald Dietetics students Alyshia Guan, Asmaa Housni, Danielle Kasis Akal and Kristina Madjuga were recent Forces AVENIR award winners (health category) for their work as part of the Collaboration Interprofessionelle Montr茅alaise 脡tudiante (CIME). is an interprofessional team of medical, nursing, dietetics and social work students sharing聽the聽common goal of diminishing healthcare gaps experienced by asylum seekers in Montreal.

Classified as: e-newsletter, publucations
Published on: 4 Nov 2020
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Although Homecoming 2020 took on a different shape this year, the new virtual delivery of Masterclasses and other celebratory events gave alumni a unique opportunity to tune in to fascinating discussions on a variety of different topics, at their convenience, from the comfort of their homes.

Classified as: publications, e-newsletter
Published on: 3 Nov 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed daily life for citizens in most countries around the world. The speed at which the public had to react and adapt to government directives for physical distancing is unprecedented, causing numerous hardships in acquiring the essentials.

Classified as: e-newsletter
Published on: 14 Sep 2020

Congratulations to聽Treena Wasonti:io Delormier, School of Human Nutrition and Associate Director of the Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE), who has been awarded a Canada Research Chair Tier II in Indigenous Peoples鈥 Nutrition and Food Security.

Classified as: Canada Research Chairs
Published on: 30 Jun 2020

海角社区 researcher launches online survey to study the food shopping experiences of Quebecers during COVID-19

A 海角社区 human health expert [Daiva Nielsen, SHN] is looking for Quebecers to take her online survey to collect data about people鈥檚 food shopping experiences during the period of strict COVID-19 physical distancing measures.

Classified as: food, covid-19, shopping habits
Published on: 12 Jun 2020

A group of nutrition researchers at 海角社区 is trying to understand how the eating habits of Canadians are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Your participation to the COVIDiet study will help researchers better understand how this pandemic is affecting the eating habits of Canadians to inform public health agencies in future economic crises and isolation measures.

Classified as: covid-19, pandemic, dietary choices
Published on: 12 Jun 2020

Indigenous Peoples around the world are suffering disproportionately from the impacts of pollution. After surveying close to 700 articles covering different disciplines and regions of the world, a research team led by Helsinki University and involving 海角社区 has highlighted key factors that contribute to this situation.

Classified as: Indigenous Peoples, pollution
Published on: 1 Jun 2020

The aims to understand household experiences with food access in Quebec during the pandemic, lead by Principal Investigator Prof. Daiva Neilsen (SHN). The study is funded by a 海角社区 SSHRC Institutional Grant and MI4 Emergency COVID-19 Research Funding (ECRF) Program.

Classified as: covid-19
Published on: 20 May 2020

A team of Montreal researchers has devised a new set of criteria to better diagnose a disease that affects the elderly, sarcopenia, which causes loss of muscle mass.

The improved criteria raise hopes that physicians will be able to detect the disease in people earlier, and therefore, to recommend certain types of exercise and nutrition to stem the loss of muscle mass, say scientists at the Research Institute of the 海角社区 Health Centre.

Classified as: aging, elderly, muscle mass
Published on: 6 Sep 2019

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