You are invited to the upcoming free webinar titled "Food Security and Chronic Disease". This webinar is the second one in a three-part series delivered jointly by the Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada (CDPAC) and the Public Health Agency of Canada's (PHAC) Canadian Best Practices Initiative.
 
Mark your Calendar: November 29th 2011, 1:00-2:30 PM ET
Register now: http://www.chnet-works.ca (under 'Fireside Chats')
View all the details, including plans for a follow-up knowledge exchange session: 
http://cdpac.ca/content.php?doc=227 
 
The webinar provides an opportunity to hear from and ask questions to expert speakers on: 
1. What exactly is food security, how is it linked to chronic disease, and who are the most vulnerable groups? 
»     Speaker: Mary Anne Smith, MAN, RD, PhD Candidate in Food Science Department, University of Guelph
 
2. How is the Urban Aboriginal Community Gardens Project addressing food insecurity with urban Aboriginal east Vancouverites? 
»     Speaker: Jeannie Parnell , Coordinator of the Community Garden Project, Vancouver Native Health Society
 
3. How to address the challenges of monitoring and evaluation, and a new evaluation toolkit developed specifically for food security initiatives. 
»     Speaker: Deepthi Jayatilaka, PhD, Provincial Manager of Food Security, Provincial Health Services Authority

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