Canada

Education

International

Partners

Professional Practice

• Community Dietitians Trusted Food and Nutrition Experts
  Role Paper of the Dietitians of Canada Community Dietitians in Health Centres Network (March 2004)
• The Role of the Registered Dietitian in Primary Health Care - A National Perspective

Reference Materials

• CIHR English-French Lexicon
  This lexicon, developed to promote consistency in communications throughout CIHR, was designed mainly for writers and translators at CIHR. It contains single and multiple-word entries pertaining to the CIHR community, as well as the most commonly used official titles and names of current federal programs and initiatives. The lexicon contains more than 1700 entries that can be found in TERMIUM Plus®, the Government of Canada's linguistic data bank.



• Lexique anglais-français des IRSC
  Ce lexique, qui vise à favoriser l'uniformité linguistique dans les communications aux IRSC, est destiné surtout aux rédacteurs et aux traducteurs de l'organisme. Il regroupe les termes, les expressions et les appellations officielles des postes, programmes et projets fédéraux les plus couramment utilisés aux IRSC. Le lexique comprend plus de 1700 entrées qui se trouvent dans TERMIUM Plus®, la banque de données linguistiques du gouvernement du Canada.



• National Centre for Health Marketing, Plain Language Thesaurus for Health Communications (PDF: 225 KB)
  
  
• A Systemic Approach to Commuunity Food Security: A Role for Public Health (2002)
  Community Food Security: "A situation in which all community residents obtain a safe, culturally acceptable, nutritionally adequate diet through a sustainable food system that maximizes self-reliance and social justice." (Hamm MW and Bellows AC. JNEB 2003;35:37-43.)
  
  This position paper. prepared by the OPHA Food Security Workgroup, descibes the goals, partners, actions, scope and history of a systemic approach to community food security. The paper includes a survey of 32 Ontario public health units to determine what CFS work is being carried out and what further action and resources are needed. Also listed are key resources for community food security, most of which can be accessed on-line.