Grants and Contributions:
Residents in eligible communities have access to community-based nutrition education initiatives
Residents in eligible communities gain knowledge and skills to support healthy eating and are choosing and preparing healthy foods.
Belated Reporting (Funding of $999,983.00 actually awarded in Fiscal Year 2024-2025, Quarter 1)
This program supports culturally appropriate retail and community-based nutrition education initiatives to influence healthy eating in isolated northern communities, as part of the Nutrition North Canada (NNC) program led by Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC).
The objective of the program is to increase knowledge of healthy eating, support skills in the selection and preparation of healthy store-bought and traditional or country food and build on existing community-based activities.