Nutrition education initiatives

As part of Nutrition North Canada, Indigenous Services Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada fund and support culturally appropriate retail and community-based nutrition education activities in all eligible isolated northern communities. These activities focus on increasing knowledge of healthy eating, developing skills in selecting and preparing healthy store-bought and traditional or country food, and building on existing community-based activities. Communities decide which nutrition education activities to offer based on their needs and priorities. They include:

• nutrition workshops
• healthy cooking classes for all ages
• in-store sampling of healthy food
• knowledge and skill building related to traditional or country food harvesting and preparation
• gardening
• training of community workers
• the development of local nutrition education materials