Campaigns & Special Events

Speaking of Food and Healthy Living Award: Excellence in Consumer Nutrition Communication

The Speaking of Food and Healthy Living Award is an annual award program that honours initiatives that support Canadians in their quest to eat healthier and be more active. Created by the Dietitians of Canada and Kraft Canada, the award reflects the commitment of both sponsoring organizations to recognize and promote the importance of accurate and up-to-date nutrition and physical activity information, and to supporting Canadians in their efforts to understand and apply sound healthy living messages.

About the Awards

The Award was developed in 1997 in response to the Speaking of Food and Healthy Eating: A Consumer Perspective report, which revealed that Canadians wanted to eat healthier but were confused by conflicting and difficult to understand nutrition messages. Today, the award also reflects the importance of physical activity. A followup report was also created in 2004/2005 called Speaking of Food and Healthy Living Children and Healthy Weights: Parents' Perspective, a pivotal report that revealed the realities of parents trying to help their kids attain healthy weights.

Call for entry in English (PDF format) - Deadline for submission is Friday, February 26, 2010

Bulletin d’inscription en français (en format PDF) – La date limite d’inscription est le vendredi 26 février 2010

 

2009 Winners

 

The 2009 winners. From left to right: Jill Thibodeau, Julie Lau, Mary Ellen Prange, Carolyn Chu

The 2009 winners. From left to right: Jill Thibodeau, Julie Lau, Mary Ellen Prange, Carolyn Chu

National Winner

Fuel Up For Fun

In 2009, The Fuel Up For Fun program, from Central and Southern Ontario, was selected as the national winner.

Click here to listen to an interview with Mary Ellen Prange, RD

Click here to read more about the Fuel Up For Fun resource

English (PDF) Français (PDF)

Regional Winners

British Columbia

Health Check BC
Dining Program

Click here to listen to an interview with
Julie Lau, RD

Click here to read more about the Health Check BC Dining Program

English (PDF) Français (PDF)
Alberta & the Territories

Healthy Preschoolers; A guide to Writing Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies & Procedures

Click here to listen to an interview with
Jill Thibodeau, RD

Click here to read more about the Healthy Preschoolers Manual

English (PDF) Français (PDF)
Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and North-Western Ontario

Nutrition Positive

Click here to listen to an interview with
Carolyn Chu, RD

Click here to read more about the Nutrition Positive Program

English (PDF) Français (PDF)

Previous Recipients

Summaries of the awardwinning programs from the past 10 years are available. Dietitians of Canada and Kraft Canada encourage you to learn more about them, plus adapt and tailor them to your needs. For a full overview of all award recipient programs, you can download them here:


Last updated January 28, 2010.