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Nutrition & Schools CoP

Welcome to this Community of Practice that serves as an information and knowledge mechanism for researchers, non-governmental organizations and local agencies interested in promoting healthy eating and nutrition through school-based and school-linked programs. This community of practice (mini-network) of over 125 practitioners, researchers, government officials and others works together on: the joint planning of an annual symposium and sessions at the annual School Health conference selection of topics and speakers for webinars regular telephone conference calls/web meetings other activities organized by the lead organizations and individuals For regular updates about the activities of this CoP, we ask that you sign up with the wetpaint wiki platform (no charge, no spam), then join this wiki and set up a profile. Once you have a profile, you can choose to "watch" or "unwatch" selected pages within this web site. If you are watching a page, this wiki will send an email to your regular email box anytime that page is changed. We suggest you watch the Nutrition CoP news page and also our monthly newsletter page. But is entirely your choice, simply set the controls in your profile to determine what communications you receive from this wiki. You can even decide to leave all messages within the wiki and read them when you have the time to vist here. For more information on the Nutrition and Schools Community of Practice (CoP) contact Doug McCall at dmccall@cash-aces.ca. School Health Webinars: These are 60 minute, web/phone based seminars presented by a blend of research experts and practitioners. Each session is very topic specific (e.g. implementation of school food guidelines). More about the webinars program can be seen at: http://www.safehealthyschools.org/webinars/introduction.htm. Nutrition & Schools Symposium (April 21/08 in Ottawa-Gatineau): this day-long focused on a comprehensive approach to this issue iwas held in conjunction with the 4th annual National School Health Conference. Presentations from the symposium are noted below while the agenda is included as an attachment (see below). For more on the full symposia series and the 4th National School Health Conference see: http://www.cash-aces.ca/conference_2008/ Breakfast for Learning - National Symposium on Schools & Nutrition Marie-Claude Thibault - Ottawa's Healthy Active Schools Partnership Cathy Richards - BC School Nutrition Initiatives Joanne Gallagher - Leveraging the New Food Guide in School Nutrition Education Paul Fieldhouse - Manitoba School Nutrition Policy Paul Fieldhouse - Reporting & Evaluation Michelle Murton - Policy Implementation Michelle Murton - Monitoring Policy Implementation Lynn Sawchuk - Leveraging the Food Guide Mary McKenna - School Nutrition Policy: Are We There Yet? Meredith Hayes - Food Literacy Education Jennifer Taylor - School Nutrition Policies in PEI Jennifer Taylor - Evaluating ElementarySchool Nutrition Policies in PEI Wiki toolbox: this virtual filing cabinet presents an opportunity to continue to update/broadcast nutrition and schools related research, policy, program and practice related work underway in Canada and internationally. Contributions to this wiki by all interested is encouraged. Collaborative Maintenance of a Research/Resources List: CoP members are invited to add to the attached document (See nutrition&schools.doc below) listing key research studies, reports and evaluated programs that has been prepared from a combination of projects. The document is a real convenience for readers because almost all of the references have web links. If you have items to add to this list, simply open the document, add them and then resave the document. The Community of Practice (CoP) meets via teleconference approximately 4 times per year. Minutes and items of interested for each of these calls are attached below. For more information on this community of practice, contact Cindy Andrew at candrew@cash-aces.ca.	Announcements Read, review and add to our 200+ research reviews/articles, reports and resources in our School Nutrition Toolbox Please comment on and edit the "mini-summaries" we are adding to the toolbox. Learn more about how to edit, add and move pages as well as make comments within this wiki in our video/web tour. Plan to attend our School Nutrition Symposium in Halifax in April. More news here soon. How to use this wiki To participate in this on-line wiki-based dialogue, you can use the "Thread" button found on the bottom of each page to make comments on the content on that page. You can also make a comment directly into the Discussion Forum (found on the top navigation bar). You can also edit and add text within the page by clicking on the "Easy Edit" button. Use the commands within that Easy Edit tool to add links to other web sites or documents. You can also add other pages to the wiki by using the "Add Page" button found just below the navigation bar on the left hand side of the page. You can make the comments and edits and additions anonymously because we have left this wiki wide open to the public. If you want to let people know who made the change or suggestion, use the Join this Wiki found in the right hand side of the top navigation bar to create a little profile for your self. By joining the wiki (no charge, no spam) you can use the tools within the wiki to control the email you receive from this wiki (including none), post messages for other members and choose to "watch" or "unwatch" selected pages within the wiki.

Welcome to this Community of Practice that serves as an information and knowledge mechanism for researchers, non-governmental organizations and local agencies interested in promoting healthy eating and nutrition through school-based and school-linked programs.

This community of practice (mini-network) of over 125 practitioners, researchers, government officials and others works together on:

the joint planning of an annual symposium and sessions at the annual School Health conference
selection of topics and speakers for webinars
regular telephone conference calls/web meetings
other activities organized by the lead organizations and individuals

For regular updates about the activities of this CoP, we ask that you sign up with the wetpaint wiki platform (no charge, no spam), then join this wiki and set up a profile. Once you have a profile, you can choose to "watch" or "unwatch" selected pages within this web site. If you are watching a page, this wiki will send an email to your regular email box anytime that page is changed. We suggest you watch the Nutrition CoP news page and also our monthly newsletter page. But is entirely your choice, simply set the controls in your profile to determine what communications you receive from this wiki. You can even decide to leave all messages within the wiki and read them when you have the time to vist here.

For more information on the Nutrition and Schools Community of Practice (CoP) contact Doug McCall at dmccall@cash-aces.ca.

School Health Webinars: These are 60 minute, web/phone based seminars presented by a blend of research experts and practitioners. Each session is very topic specific (e.g. implementation of school food guidelines). More about the webinars program can be seen at: http://www.safehealthyschools.org/webinars/introduction.htm.

Nutrition & Schools Symposium (April 21/08 in Ottawa-Gatineau): this day-long focused on a comprehensive approach to this issue iwas held in conjunction with the 4th annual National School Health Conference. Presentations from the symposium are noted below while the agenda is included as an attachment (see below). For more on the full symposia series and the 4th National School Health Conference see: http://www.cash-aces.ca/conference_2008/

Breakfast for Learning - National Symposium on Schools & Nutrition

Marie-Claude Thibault - Ottawa's Healthy Active Schools Partnership

Cathy Richards - BC School Nutrition Initiatives

Joanne Gallagher - Leveraging the New Food Guide in School Nutrition Education

Paul Fieldhouse - Manitoba School Nutrition Policy

Paul Fieldhouse - Reporting & Evaluation

Michelle Murton - Policy Implementation

Michelle Murton - Monitoring Policy Implementation

Lynn Sawchuk - Leveraging the Food Guide

Mary McKenna - School Nutrition Policy: Are We There Yet?

Meredith Hayes - Food Literacy Education

Jennifer Taylor - School Nutrition Policies in PEI

Jennifer Taylor - Evaluating ElementarySchool Nutrition Policies in PEI

Wiki toolbox: this virtual filing cabinet presents an opportunity to continue to update/broadcast nutrition and schools related research, policy, program and practice related work underway in Canada and internationally. Contributions to this wiki by all interested is encouraged.

Collaborative Maintenance of a Research/Resources List: CoP members are invited to add to the attached document (See nutrition&schools.doc below) listing key research studies, reports and evaluated programs that has been prepared from a combination of projects. The document is a real convenience for readers because almost all of the references have web links. If you have items to add to this list, simply open the document, add them and then resave the document.

The Community of Practice (CoP) meets via teleconference approximately 4 times per year. Minutes and items of interested for each of these calls are attached below. For more information on this community of practice, contact Cindy Andrew at candrew@cash-aces.ca.

Announcements

Read, review and add to our 200+ research reviews/articles, reports and resources in our School Nutrition Toolbox
Please comment on and edit the "mini-summaries" we are adding to the toolbox. Learn more about how to edit, add and move pages as well as make comments within this wiki in our video/web tour.
Plan to attend our School Nutrition Symposium in Halifax in April. More news here soon.

How to use this wiki

To participate in this on-line wiki-based dialogue, you can use the "Thread" button found on the bottom of each page to make comments on the content on that page. You can also make a comment directly into the Discussion Forum (found on the top navigation bar). You can also edit and add text within the page by clicking on the "Easy Edit" button. Use the commands within that Easy Edit tool to add links to other web sites or documents. You can also add other pages to the wiki by using the "Add Page" button found just below the navigation bar on the left hand side of the page.

You can make the comments and edits and additions anonymously because we have left this wiki wide open to the public. If you want to let people know who made the change or suggestion, use the Join this Wiki found in the right hand side of the top navigation bar to create a little profile for your self. By joining the wiki (no charge, no spam) you can use the tools within the wiki to control the email you receive from this wiki (including none), post messages for other members and choose to "watch" or "unwatch" selected pages within the wiki.

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