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SUMMARY:Diabetes Educator Course - Vancouver\, BC
DESCRIPTION:Diabetes Educator Course\nBest Western Plus Chateau Granville\, Vancouver\, BC\nApril 29th – May 1st\, 2019 \n  \nThis comprehensive three-day course is for health professionals who face diabetes in their practice. Through interactive presentations and case-study discussions with a variety of experts\, we cover the newest approaches to diabetes management. Our goal is to update your understanding of the complexities of diabetes care\, and have you learn effective approaches to educate those affected by diabetes. \nWe will cover the latest Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines. \nThis course is not specifically designed as preparation for the Canadian CDE examination\, however it will serve as an excellent review in your preparation to become a Certified Diabetes Educator. The next CDECB exam is Saturday\, May 25\, 2019. \nThis course is eligible for credit toward your Canadian Diabetes Educator Certification Maintenance Credit Portfolio. For more information\, please visit the Canadian Diabetes Educator Certification Board website at cdecb.ca. Members of the Canadian Society of Nutrition Management can also earn CE points. \n  \nRegistration is $795+GST ($834.75) and includes: \n\nSyllabus containing detailed handouts\n2 lunches\, 1 dinner\, and daily morning and afternoon refreshment breaks\nCertificate of Attendance\n\n  \nFor more information and to register follow the below link: \nhttps://kinghooper.com/program/diabetes-educator-course-vancouver-april-2019/
URL:https://phabc.org/event/diabetes-educator-course-vancouver-bc/
LOCATION:Best Western Plus Chateau Granville Hotel\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
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SUMMARY:2019 National Farm to School Conference\, Victoria BC
DESCRIPTION:PHABC is pleased to be the local host agency of the\nFarm to Cafeteria Canada’s\n2019 National Farm to School Conference\n \n\n\n\nMay 15th – 17th\, 2019\nVictoria Conference Centre\n720 Douglas Street\, Victoria\, BC\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nOverview\n\nVictoria\, BC May 15 – 17\, 2019 Join us as we INSPIRE\, INNOVATE & organize for IMPACT to close the distance between farm and fork and bring more healthy\, local & sustainable foods to the minds & plates of students\, from pre-school to campus! \n\n\n\n\n\nBuilding on Changing the Menu: 2015 School Food Conference\, the first-ever national school food conference in Canada\, with its focus on strengthening partnerships\, and celebrating and inspiring action\, the 2019 National Farm to School Conference will emphasize scaling-up efforts and evaluating impacts of farm and local food to school activities happening across Canada – putting more healthy\, local and sustainable foods on the minds and plates of all students. This three-day event will feature field trips to inspirational projects in British Columbia\, world-class keynote speakers\, presentations\, workshops and networking opportunities. \n  \n\nWho should attend?\nThe conference will gather over 400 expected participants from across Canada and beyond our borders\, including representatives from: \n\nPre-school\, school and campus communities: Campus faculty and administrators\, procurement officers\, chefs\, early childhood educators\, teachers\, principals\, parents\, students\, school district and school board representatives; school food program coordinators and funders\nNon-governmental organizations:Farm to school\, school food and student nutrition\, after-school food programs\, food security\, sustainable food systems\, healthy schools and communities\, food literacy\, and food sovereignty\nIndigenous communities: Elders\, knowledge keepers\, stewards of the land and students\nSchool food supply chains: Rural and urban farmers\, fishers\, pickers and harvesters; food processors\, suppliers and distributors; caterers\, chefs; school and community-based gardeners\, and representatives from farmers’ markets and community food hubs\nPolicy makers: Government officials at various jurisdictional levels\, particularly from education\, advanced education\, health\, agriculture and environmental sectors\nResearchers and evaluation staff: Studying school food\, student nutrition\, and sustainable food systems\nHealth professionals: Dietitians\, environmental health officers\, public health inspectors\, community developers\, and school nurses\nAnd more: Anyone interested in the health and sustainability of people\, place\, and the planet is invited!\n\n\n\n  \nFeatured Speakers\nWe are excited to announce our featured speakers and master of ceremonies for 2019\, listed below. \nDr. Theresa Healy – Adjunct Professor\, Environmental Planning\, University of Northern BC\,  Master of Ceremonies \nCarolyn Webb – Coordinator\, Sustain Ontario’s Edible Education Network\, Assistant Master of Ceremonies \nAnupama Joshi – Executive Director\, Blue Sky Funders Forum \nArzeena Hamir – Agronomist & Organic Farmer\, Amara Farm \nDr. Kim Raine – Professor & Associate Dean (Research)\, School of Public Health\, University of Alberta \nMichael Ableman – Co-founder & Director\, Sole Food Street Farms \nScott Graham – Credentialed Evaluator\, Canadian Evaluation Society \nDr. Wayne Roberts – International Food Policy Consultant \nto learn more about each speaker check out their speaker bios \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEarly bird rate: $250 + GST– no longer available \nStandard rate: $325 + GST – available March 16\, 2019 while quantities last! \nRegistration fees includes access to all sessions and workshops May 16th and 17th\, lunch on both days\, as well as snacks and coffee. Registration rate does not include any field trips. \nClick here to register. \n  \n\n\n\n  \nField Trips\n\n\n\n\nWe’re pleased to be offering 6 exciting and diverse pre-conference field trips! Tickets are going very fast\, so please sign up early if you would like to join us on the trip. All Field trips take place on the first day of the conference: Wednesday May 15th\, 2019. Buses leave from and return to the Victoria Convention Center.\n\nWild Harvest Foraging Workshop and Coastal School Visit – Sooke Area\nFull day – $50 (SOLD OUT)\nFocus: This trip will explore the linkages between student food literacy\, wild foods and forest stewardship\, including a visit to a school with a thriving local foods program and a foraging hike on the southern tip of Vancouver Island.\nSalt Spring Island Farm to School Tour – Salt Spring Island\nFull day – $100 (SOLD OUT)\nFocus: This trip offers an opportunity to explore an island-wide approach to Farm to School\, including tours of projects based in schools and in the farming community – each contributing to one of the most vibrant and inspiring sustainable food systems in B.C. We will stop in at two different unique farms\, with guest speakers and lunch being catered by a farm-to-table focused chef. We are also excited to announce that Dan Jason\, author and seed saver\, will join us for a discussion over lunch.\nIndigenous Foodscapes\nFull day $50 (SOLD OUT)\nFocus: This trip will highlight approaches to Indigenous food sovereignty and ecosystem restoration by exploring connections to the land and language. It will highlight Indigenous youth engagement in reclaiming spaces and growing the next generation of leaders. We are excited to be invited for a tour of PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW̱ to start the day.\nUrban Food Systems Walking Tour – Victoria\n10 am – 2 pm $15 (SOLD OUT) – Expect to walk appx 3 km in total during the tour.\nFocus:This walking tour will showcase sustainable food systems in urban schools and how youth can be empowered through food by exploring a number of innovative\, urban school food initiatives including the value of partnerships between schools and with small-scale urban producers. This walking tour will be hosted by Farm to School BC\, CRFAIR\, and LifeCycles Project – leaders in food security and youth engagement in Victoria.\nIntegrated Sustainable Food Systems for Students – Cowichan Valley\n9am – 4pm / $75 (Maximum Capacity: 45)\nFocus:This trip will provide an opportunity to visit the incredibly unique and innovative OUR ECO Village in the Cowichan Valley to explore holistic approaches to education through applied permaculture\, and integrated systems. This field trip will touch on topics such as farming in the face of climate change\, cob construction\, green technology and sustainable animal husbandry.\nGrowing in the City: Urban Farming and Campus Food Initiatives\n9am – 1pm / $40 (Maximum Capacity: 40)\nFocus: This trip will explore sustainable food systems in Victoria’s campus and urban settings; including the UVIC campus garden and food bank\, procurement and food literacy initiatives\, and urban farming for local businesses at TOPSOIL\, an innovative urban agriculture model ideal for schools with limited space. Come explore the diverse ways in which community-based food procurement can transform our food systems! Oh\, did we mention we will be driving around in an Eco-bus???\n\n\nAll field trips include lunch\, and transportation via bus\, and/or ferry unless otherwise noted. A minimum number of registrants are needed for each tour. If capacity is not reached one week prior to the tour\, the field trip will be cancelled and you will be refunded.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDraft Program\nWe are excited to release the program for the upcoming conference\, follow the link below to see the full schedule \nhttps://farmtoschoolconference2019.ca/program/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nFor all the latest conference information please check our website:\nhttp://farmtoschoolconference2019.ca
URL:https://phabc.org/event/farm-to-cafeteria-canada-national-conference-may-15-17-2019-victoria-bc/
LOCATION:Victoria Conference Centre\, 720 Douglas Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8W 3M7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:American Institute for Cancer Research - 2019 Research Conference
DESCRIPTION:AICR 2019 Research Conference\non\nDiet\, Obesity\, Physical Activity and Cancer\nMay 15-17\, 2019\nThe Carolina Inn\n211 Pittsboro St\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, USA\n  \nAbout the Conference:\nThe AICR Research Conference is a unique forum that brings together researchers and health professionals for a three-day scientific program that will address the latest research\, the greatest current challenges and controversies\, and highlight the impact of research on populations at risk and cancer patients. \nThe AICR 2019 Research Conference will take place May 15-17\, 2019 at The Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill\, NC. \n  \nWho Attends:\nBasic scientists\, clinical investigators\, epidemiologists\, dietitians\, nutritionists\, policy makers and other health professionals interested in food\, nutrition\, physical activity and weight management in relation to cancer. \n  \n2019 Scientific Program Committee:\nAICR is honored that the following individuals have agreed to serve on the 2019 Scientific Program Committee: \n\n\n\nWendy Demark-Wahnefried\, PhD\, RD (Chair)\nUniversity of Alabama-Birmingham\n\n\nStephen D. Hursting. PhD\, MPH (Chair)\nUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\n\n\nNigel Brockton\, PhD\nAmerican Institute for Cancer Research\n\n\nScott Bultman\, PhD\nUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\n\n\nAndrew J. Dannenberg\, MD\nCornell University\n\n\nJennifer Ligibel\, MD\nDana-Farber Cancer Institute\n\n\nJill Reedy\, PhD\, MPH\, RD\nNational Cancer Institute\n\n\nKerri Winters-Stone\, PhD\nOregon Health & Science University\n\n\n\n  \n2019 Program:\nThe 2019 AICR Research Conference will feature an exciting program that will address the latest research\, the greatest current challenges and controversies\, and highlight the impact of diet\, obesity\, physical activity on cancer risk and outcomes. Join fellow scientists\, researchers\, health professionals and dietitians to hear about the latest research in these areas: \n\nBeyond BMI: New data and new technologies for assessing body composition\nDissemination and implementation science: Getting Americans moving and eating better\nMitigating adverse effects of cancer and its treatment through diet\, exercise and weight management\nThe convergence of oncology with lifestyle\n\n…and much more! View the Conference at a Glance or to check out other interesting topics that will be covered at this year’s meeting. The Full Program\, including speakers and more detailed information\, can be found here.\n  \n  \nPosters Abstract Submission Guidelines:\nAbstract submissions are now open. Please click here to access the online application and submit your poster. \nShare your research with conference delegates by presenting a poster. All posters must be related to cancer\, with a focus on diet\, overweight/obesity and physical activity. Poster abstracts must be submitted through our online submission service. A non-refundable processing fee of $50 will be charged for each abstract submission. Abstracts must be paid for electronically and in full at the time of submission. \nPoster Award: If you are a post-doctoral scholar\, you may elect to have your poster entered in the John A. Milner poster competition. Only applicants who will be in a post-doctoral position at the time of the conference are eligible for this competition. You must indicate\, during the poster abstract submission process\, that you would like your poster to be considered for this competition. A limited number of abstracts may be selected for oral presentations. Please indicate if you would like your abstract to be considered for selection as an oral presentation. \n  \nRegistration:\nRegistration for the AICR 2019 Research Conference will be available on the following schedule: \n\nEarly bird registration is now open. Click here to register now! \nEarly bird registration will close on April 15th\, 2019. Advance registration will be available through May 14\, 2019\n\nWalk-in registrations are welcome \n  \nFees:\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Type \n\n\nEarly Bird\nthrough April 15th \n\n\nRegular\nafter April 15th \n\n\n\nFull\n\n$545USD \n\n\n$645USD \n\n\n\nStudent (Full Time)*\n\n$345USD \n\n\n$395USD \n\n\n\nOne-Day**\n\n$345USD \n\n\n$395USD \n\n\n\n\n*Students must be prepared to show a full-time student ID at registration. Post-doctoral scholars do not qualify for the student rate\n**One-Day registration is for those who plan to attend only one day of the conference. Those planning to attend more than one day of the conference must select Full Registration. \n  \n  \nTo learn more and register\, click here or copy the link below into your web browser\nhttp://www.aicr.org/research/conference/aicr-research-conference-2019.html
URL:https://phabc.org/event/american-institute-for-cancer-research-2019-research-conference/
LOCATION:The Carolina Inn\, 211 Pittsboro St\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27516\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="American Institute for Cancer Research":MAILTO:research@aicr.org
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