NUTRITION RESOURCE CENTRE
The Nutrition Resource Centre is an initiative of the Ontario Public Health Association and is funded through the Community and Health Promotion Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care.
Purpose and Goals
The purpose of the Nutrition
Resource Centre is to systematically coordinate and communicate,
primarily to nutrition practitioners in Boards of Health and Community
Health Centres in Ontario, with and about designated provincial
nutrition initiatives and relevant technical program resources.
The goal of the Nutrition Resource Centre is to increase the capacity of nutrition practitioners in communities across Ontario to implement nutrition programs and strategies in a health promotion context.
Overview
In the spring of 1999, the
Ontario Public Health Association received funding to establish
a Nutrition Resource Project, now the Nutrition Resource Centre (NRC). The NRC was established to work towards increasing the level of coordinated provincial support of
nutrition promotion programming, resource development and dissemination
and technical support services, such as training and consultation. To this
end, a Nutrition Resource Group
was formed to serve a strategic advisory role to the NRC and to act as
a forum for sharing provincial strategies, identifying gaps and connecting
to the developing Ontario Health Promotion Resource System. Membership
in the Nutrition Resource Group consists of representatives
from key provincial organizations and programs in nutrition promotion.
The NRC is committed to increasing the capacity of nutrition practitioners in communities across Ontario to implement nutrition programs and strategies in a health promotion context.
To date, operations of the NRC have been directed to the provincial coordination and management of the Food Steps and Healthy Eating programs. In April 2001, the NRC also began managing Eat Smart! and the Community Food Advisor Programs. Go to the "Programs" section for more informaton.
During its first operational year, the NRC developed An Overview of Ontario Nutrition Promotion Programs and a Directory of Nutrition Contacts and Services (Public & Community Health, Government, Food Industry, Non-Profit agencies and organizations). Projects currently underway include Current Abstracts in Nutrition Promotion and What Works in Nutrition Promotion.
Close working relationships have, or are in the process of being developed with many key organizations including the Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health (OSNPPH), the Community Dietitians in Health Centres Network (Dietitians of Canada Practice Group), Cancer Care Ontario and various health promotion resource centres in Ontario. In addition, the NRC has been invited to act as a clearinghouse for national nutrition resources (i.e. Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating resource materials and the Heart Smart Cooking Course).
Nutrition Resource Centre Contacts
Nutrition
Resource Centre
468 Queen Street East, Ste. 202
Toronto, Ontario M5A 1T7
Fax: (416) 367-2844
Colleen
Logue Sarah O'Brien Kathleen
Orth
Manager
Phone: (416) 367-3313 ext. 225
Email: [email protected]
Coordinator, Provincial Programs
Phone: (416) 367-3313 ext. 231
Email: [email protected]
Project Assistant
Phone: (416) 367-3313 ext. 222
Email: [email protected]