Funding announcements – Food Rx Fund Food Rx: COVID-19 Patient Food Security Fund, from the Nourish initiative, will provide targeted funding over the next three months so that health care organizations can increase their capacity to meet the needs of their patients for whom the pandemic has created, or is exacerbating, food insecurity. […]
Learn moreThe McConnell Foundation has partnered with HealthCareCAN on the COVID-19 Frontline Healthcare Staff Support Fund. Over the next three months, support from the fund will enable projects that will help meet frontline staff needs for childcare, counselling and healthy food, along with meeting patient needs for communications support to connect with their families. Nazareth Community […]
Learn moreYou’ve made us realize that it is time for a rethink, and for courageous action. In 1946, Albert Einstein, spurred by the knowledge that the threat of nuclear annihilation meant that humanity needed to displace war as a means of resolving human conflict, ran an ad in the New York Times that read in part: […]
Learn moreThe Government of Canada launched a call for proposals on an ongoing basis under the Sustainable Development Goals Funding Program for 2019-2020 to support and leverage the work of stakeholders furthering Canada’s implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Organizations interested in receiving up to $100,000 in grant funding for one-year projects aimed at building awareness, increasing […]
Learn moreTake a close look. You may see a hospital tray… but we see a platform. McConnell’s Nourish initiative believes that food is fundamental to patient, community and planetary health and wellbeing. Join the movement: www.nourishhealthcare.ca
Learn moreAn essential step toward sustainable food systems Canada’s new Food Guide was finally released this week. The Guide goes beyond recommending what to eat, and provides simple guidance on how to eat, such as cooking from scratch when possible. Many view the Guide as an essential step towards more sustainable food systems, because of its […]
Learn moreBy Jennifer Reynolds, Food Secure Canada and Stacia Clinton, Health Care Without Harm Health care facilities are on the front line of dealing with antibiotic resistance, named a global health threat by the World Health Organization. Each year in Canada, more than 18,000 hospitalized patients acquire infections resistant to antimicrobials and the “total medical care costs associated with antimicrobial resistant infections have been estimated at $1 […]
Learn moreBy: Beth Hunter A little over a year ago, 25 Nourish Innovators from Canadian health care organizations from coast to coast to coast, gathered near a frozen lake in the Laurentians, kicking off our collective journey to change the role of food in health care. The Innovators are dieticians, food service managers, procurement directors, community food […]
Learn moreBy Jason Bilsky, CEO and President, Yukon Hospital and a member of the Nourish team. Jason Bilsky is the CEO and President of Yukon Hospital. The Yukon Hospital Corporation is participating in the Nourish Innovator program with innovator Leslie Carson, Manager of Nutrition and Food Services, and supporting participant Laura Salmon, Director, First Nations Health Programs. When […]
Learn moreThis article was originally published les Affaires on June 22, 2017. Read the original article here. In 2015, Concordia University changed food services providers, putting an end to a 13-year relationship with Chartwells. Concordia had officially joined a growing list of Quebec and Canadian institutions opting to use their purchasing power to encourage more sustainable […]
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