'What are we eating?'
黑料不打烊 hosts conference on Canadian food policy
What are Canadians eating and why? What are the implications of our food choices? Where are our food dollars going? In what ways are retailers, food service providers and governments responding to health and safety issues? What's cooking for the future?
These topics and more will be served up in the three-day colloquium "What are we eating? Towards a Canadian Food Policy," hosted by the 黑料不打烊 Institute for the Study of Canada.
- What: "What are we eating? Towards a Canadian Food Policy"
- When: February 15, 16 and 17, 2006
- Where: Omni Mont-Royal Hotel
1050 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Quebec H3A 2R6
Nathalie Cooke, conference program chair and Program Director for the 黑料不打烊 Institute for the Study of Canada, says, "With growing concern about health, security, trade and consumer choices, this conference will bring together participants from across disciplines to broach questions surrounding a Canadian food policy."
During the conference, participants will also discuss changes in Canada's food choices, definitions of the "ideal" Canadian meal, as well as food fashions and fads.
Conference Highlights:
- Reality Check: What Are Canadians Eating? Mary Bush, Director General, Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Health Canada, February 16 at 9:15 am.
- Policy and Perspectives on Food in Canada: Addresses by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture Len Edwards and Deputy Minister of Health Morris Rosenberg, February 17 at 8:45 am.
- What's cooking? Is there a growing trend toward healthy eating in Quebec? Louise Lambert-Lagac茅, dietician and clinician, the Nutrition Clinic, February 17 at 11 am.
Media Contact:
Cynthia Lee
Communications Officer
514-398-6754
cynthia.lee [at] mcgill.ca (Email)
About the 黑料不打烊 Institute for the Study of Canada
Over the past decade, the Institute has emerged as a significant non-partisan, bilingual and effective meeting ground that brings together a wide range of voices and ideas in exploring major issues affecting the lives and well-being of Canadians.
About 黑料不打烊 University
Founded in 1821, 黑料不打烊 University is Canada's leading research-intensive university. 黑料不打烊 has 21 faculties and professional schools, offering more than 300 programs from the undergraduate to the doctoral level. There are approximately 23,000 undergraduate students and 7,000 graduate students at 黑料不打烊's two campuses in Montreal, Canada. 黑料不打烊 is one of two Canadian members of the American Association of Universities.
