NUTRITION AND HEALTH STATUS OF NEW CANADIANS: READINESS FOR CULTURALLY

APPROPRIATE CARE

Nutrition and Health Status of New Canadians: Readiness for Culturally Appropriate Care is a one day thematic conference that will take place on March 21, 2018 as a pre-conference event to the 20th Annual Metropolis Conference that is taking place from March 22-24, 2018 at the Westin Calgary.

Please join us to learn from some of the leading researchers, service providers and policy makers in the field of immigration health – and to engage in sharing perspectives on the challenges and opportunities regarding food security, nutritional health and access to healthcare services.

Learning Objectives

At the close of this symposium, participants will be able to:

• Describe the nutrition and health status of recent immigrant and refugee children and their families

• Understand the food security status of refugees, as a basic human right in association with other social determinants of health, compared to Canadians and recent immigrants

• Explain culturally appreciate care in the field of nutrition and health

• Identify challenges and facilitators toward access to culturally appropriate nutrition and healthcare services by newcomers.

Register today – www.cns-scn.ca

MARCH 21

2018Westin CalgaryCalgary Alberta

8:00 am REGISTRATION OPENS, NETWORKING

8:30 am - 8:45 am Welcome Conference Chair, Hassan Vatanparast, PhD and CNS President, David Ma, PhD

MORNING SESSION8:45 am - 9:15 am Why Focus on Nutrition and Health Status of NewcomersKeynote Speaker: Hassan Vatanparast, PhD, University of Saskatchewan

9:15 am - 10:15 am WORKSHOP #1 Perspectives on Culturally Sensitive Nutritional Care - Cultural Competency in Dietetic Education – Link: Linking Immigrants with Nutritional KnowledgeModerated by: Christine Nisbet, RD, MSc and Mahasti Khakpour, MSc, PhD(c), University of Saskatchewan

COFFEE BREAK / NETWORKING10:45 am – 11:30 am Food Security Status of Refugees in Canada: A Social PerspectiveSpeaker: Bruce Newbold, PhD, McMaster University

11:30 am - 12:15 pm WORKSHOP #2 Social Integration and Food Security – Where are we at? Focusing on policies and community-based initiativesModerated by: Mahasti Khakpour

LUNCH / NETWORKING 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm Nutrition Transition and Acculturation Among MigrantsSpeaker: Malek Batal, PhD, Université de Montréal

1:45 pm - 2:15 pm Socio-cultural Determinants of Food Security in the Countries of Resettlement & ReintegrationSpeaker: Mahasti Khakpour

2:15 pm - 2:50 pm WORKSHOP #3Syrian Refugees – Nutritional Health, Acting Local, National and InternationalModerated by: Hassan Vatanparast, Mahasti Khakpour and Malek Batal

COFFEE BREAK / NETWORKING 3:10 pm - 3:40 pm Access to Nutritional Care by Newcomers to CanadaSpeaker: Ginny Lane, PhD, RD, Senior Policy Advisor, Government of Saskatchewan

3:40 pm - 4:10 pm Mother and Child Nutritional Health in Black Newcomer Families - A Community-based InitiativeSpeaker: Rosanne Blanchet, PhD, RD - University of Alberta

4:25 pm - 4:55 pm WORKSHOP #4 Professional Dietetic Practice in Multicultural SettingsModerated by: Rosanne Blanchet and Ginny Lane

5:00 pm Concluding Remarks Hassan Vatanparast

NUTRITION AND HEALTH STATUS OF NEW CANADIANS: READINESS FOR CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE CARE

SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMMARCH 21, 2018

Draft: Subject to change

NUTRITION AND HEALTH STATUS OF NEW CANADIANS: READINESS FOR CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE CARE is taking place thanks to collaboration from:

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