Join Our Online Communities
Healthcare professionals and people living with obesity can connect with peers to learn and share via Obesity Canada's new online community hubs. OC Connect is a Mighty Networks community for [...]
UPDATE: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Managing Pediatric Obesity
Over the past few months, work has continued on updating the clinical practice guidelines for managing pediatric obesity in Canada. The group has been working with research methodologists who [...]
From Grad School and Beyond: Dr. Maryam Kebbe
Dr. Maryam Kebbe obtained her PhD in Medical Sciences from the University of Alberta’s Department of Pediatrics (Edmonton, Alberta), completed postdoctoral training in the Medical Sciences Division at the [...]
Webinar Series: Adult Obesity Guidelines: What’s New? Part 1
Registration is still available for this webinar series! If you are registering after the start date of the series, a link to the recording's will be emailed to you. [...]
CLOSED! OC-SNP Awards are Open: Nominate Someone Today!
Today’s blog post comes from Rebecca A.G. Christensen. Rebecca is a PhD Candidate in Epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. On [...]
Upcoming: OC-SNP COVID-19 Webinar
Today’s post comes from Malcolm Snow. Malcolm is a 4th year undergraduate student at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is also one of the Chapter Representatives on the OC-SNP [...]
Certified Bariatric Educator and Advancing Obesity Management Program Update
Effective June 29, 2020, the Certified Bariatric Educator program and the Advanced Obesity Management Program will be CLOSED to new applicants. The examination is being revised and updated to reflect [...]
Select 5As materials are now completely free! Only pay the shipping!
That's right, select materials are now completely free of charge - you just pay the shipping! Our No Size Fits All Brochure, Adult & Pregnancy Obesity Management Guides, and [...]
Volunteerism: 3 reasons to join the Obesity Canada Students and New Professionals
Today’s post comes from Nadia Browne. Nadia is a Registered Dietitian and a PhD candidate in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Alberta. She is also the [...]
I’ve Learned about Weight Stigma. What can I Do to Help?
By Sarah Nutter, PhD; Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Calgary; Obesity Canada EveryBODY Matters Committee After learning about “healthy weight” social messages, the ways that these messages are contradicted by [...]
Advocacy Crash Course
This blog post comes from Ian Patton, our Director of Public Advocacy and Engagement. You may reach Ian at patton@obesitynetwork.ca Today I came across this blog post from [...]
EXTENDED DEADLINE: Students and New Professionals – National Executive Elections
ATTENTION - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO AUGUST 14 The OC-SNP National Executive is a rewarding experience. We asked past and present OC-SNP National Executives, and 100% said they would [...]
