Obesity Canada Summer Student Position; Social Media Coordinator
Position Summary Under the direction of Obesity Canada’s Communication Director, this position is responsible for creating engaging content for the network’s social media presence, including keeping social media channels [...]
Obesity Canada Summer Student Position; Coordinator; University of Alberta
Obesity Canada is Canada’s leading obesity charity, made up of healthcare professionals, researchers, policy makers and people with an interest in obesity. The mission of Obesity Canada is to [...]
APPLY NOW! Graduate Student Position with the University of Alberta
Project Title: The gut microbiome in children with PWS: a fiber intervention Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is the most common syndromic form of childhood obesity. Aim: determine if a fiber [...]
Pharmacotherapy for Adolescents with Obesity
Today’s post comes from Maryam Kebbe. Maryam is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Alberta. She is also the current Chair of the University of Alberta’s OC-SNP [...]
Download the Canadian Obesity Summit App!
The official program for the Summit is available as a free app for Android from Google Play and for iOS from iTunes. Engage with other delegates through the COS Mobile APP. Create a profile, make [...]
Calling Family Physicians: Help Us Understand the Impact of Patient Educational Counselling Tools
Today, we need the help of our physician members. We have listened to your feedback and made updates to the program to facilitate an easier and more effective way [...]
World Health Day
Today’s post comes from Laura Vergeer. Laura is a PhD student in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto. She is also the current Special Events [...]
Obesity Canada Public Workshop Travel Award Winners!
We have been overwhelmed with the interest and excitement for the very first Obesity Canada Public Workshop, taking place April 27, 2019 in Ottawa. We have surpassed our goal [...]
Obesity Canada Public Workshop – Program!
PUBLIC WORKSHOP PROGRAM Obesity Canada's first national Public Workshop, Saturday April 27, 2019 Come learn and engage with top experts in weight management from Obesity Canada; Canada’s leading [...]
The Leadership Workshop
Something that is not to be missed coming up at the Obesity Summit is the Leadership Workshop facilitated by the Obesity Canada Student and New Professionals (OC-SNPs) National Executive. [...]
Job Offer: Research Assistant: Montreal Behavioural Medicine Center, CIUSSS-NIM
Immediate supervisors: Dr Kim Lavoie and Dr Simon Bacon Location: CIUSSS-NIM (Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal and Clinique Rockland) Salary: In accordance with experience Starting date: As soon as [...]
Full Program for the 6th Canadian Obesity Summit!
CANADIAN OBESITY SUMMIT PROGRAM The Canadian Obesity Summit is a unique interdisciplinary conference designed to share current understanding of the causes, complications, treatments and prevention approaches for obesity. [...]
