The Many Truths of Food and Nutrition

The Canadian Association for Food Studies is a scholarly and community organization that promotes critical, interdisciplinary research and action in the broad area of food systems.

Canadian Association for Food Studies

A lively webinar with scholars Alissa Overend and Jennifer Brady, unpacking the contextual nature of "truth" when it comes to food.

As Oscar Wilde wrote, “the truth is rarely pure and never simple.” This deep dive into nutrition, health and wellness, science, and commercial messaging features Alissa Overend (MacEwan University) and Jennifer Brady (Mount Saint Vincent University) as they discuss:<ul><li>Alissa’s powerful new book, Shifting Food Facts: Dietary Discourse in a Post-Truth Culture</li><li>“Truths that make us mad!” (including Canada’s Food Guide, food labelling and advertising, singular food truths)</li><li>Ways for the rest of us to adapt our own understanding of nutritional science in our thinking, writing, and teaching</li></ul>Time will be allotted for questions and audience members will receive a set of practical slides for use in their own classrooms and communities.Thursday, April 29, at 11:00 am MT / 2:00 pm AT (10:00 am PT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ET / 2:30 pm NT)Registration is required. Confirmed participants will be sent a Webex link.NOTE: Your donation supports this and future webinars. Although Eventbrite does not allow for a $0.00 ticket, you can still attend free of cost. Email communications {at} foodstudies {dot} ca to register and request the link.This is the third event in the CAFS/ACÉA webinar series, addressing a broad range of food-related issues. Watch our website and social media for upcoming events!ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:Dr. Alissa Overend (she/her, they/them) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Coordinator of the Gender Studies Minor at MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta/Amiskwacîwâskahikan, Treaty 6 Territory. Her teaching and research interests include the sociology of health, food, and nutrition, social inequality, and contemporary theory. Dr. Jennifer Brady (she/her) is a Registered Dietitian and Assistant Professor in Applied Human Nutrition at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her work draws on qualitative and mixed-methods, as well as critical and feminist theory to explore intersections of food, health, and social justice.

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