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New Canadian Paediatric Society-CMTF module on pediatric malnutrition!

Free access until March 31 2023

A coupon for free access to this CPD module Reducing the burden of paediatric malnutrition: Practical tools to guide care is available until March 31, 2023. 

Tackling Pediatric Malnutrition in Hospitals: getting started with screening & assessing

March 23, 12pm - 1pm EST

Registration now open for this free webinar! Learn how to implement nutrition screening and assessment in your pediatric hospital.

CMTF Summer Student Scholarship 2023

Deadline March 31 2023

Canadian Malnutrition Task Force (CMTF) is offering a Summer Student Scholarship for nutrition, medical, or allied health undergraduate students to conduct a malnutrition-related research project over a 4 month period in 2023.

National Long-Term Care Services Standard released by HSO

CAN/HSO 21001:2023 Long-Term Care Services

Health Standards Organization (HSO) released their new national Long-Term Care Services standard. CMTF’s Long Term Care and Food Working Group encourages service providers, physicians, nurses, and dietitians who work in LTC to review the new standard, as nutrition care and food services are an integral component. 

CMTF presents at Children HealthCare Canada Webinar- Feb 8 2023

SPARK Knowledge Mobilization Program

Join this webinar on Feb 8 at 11 am EST to hear CMTF’s Dr. Jessie Hulst and Roseann Nasser present on Advancing Pediatric Nutrition Care in Canadian Hospitals: An Update on the Nutrition Pathway and Malnutrition Standard.

CMTF-CNS formally commit to UN Decade of Action on Nutrition!

Creating Alliances Nationally to address Malnutrition

CMTF-CNS have launched their new initiative, CAN DReaM, to understand and advance the current policy landscape around Disease Related Malnutrition (DRM). We are looking for health policy experts who might be interested in helping us with this work. Please contact lg3@ualberta.ca if interested. 

Remembering Hélène Payette

The CNS and CMTF community is sad to share the news of the passing of Hélène Payette on January 3, 2023

On behalf of CNS/CMTF, we wish to extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends and colleagues.

Nutrition Risk Screening for Nurses

Mentoring session: Thurs. Jan. 26, 12-1pm ET

The CMTF Primary Care Working Group is holding a Community of Practice session to guide primary care and community dietitians and nurses on how to conduct Nutrition Risk Screening in their settings.

Call for Papers

Addressing Disease Related Malnutrition across healthcare settings

Building on CMTF's work in malnutrition over the last decade and the CNS Food for Health Workshop on May 5, 2022, APNM is creating a Collection of articles covering a combination of original research articles, reviews, and commentaries that focus on addressing disease-related malnutrition in hospital, community, and other settings.

Malnutrition Grand Rounds at Health Sciences North, Sudbury

Dr. Barbara Bielawska MD MSc FRCPC Assistant Professor Department of Medicine from the University of Ottawa will be presenting “Recognizing and Tackling Malnutrition” at the Health Science North Rounds on November 16 at 7:00 am EST. This event is open to all.