Nourish Spring Webinar Learning Series

Nourishis a national community of practice for innovators shaping the future of food in health care. From Haida Gwaii, British Columbia to Gander, Newfoundland, we’ve assembled influencers from across health care who are learning and working collaboratively to develop the strategies, practices, and policies that build a food culture that nourishes patients, staff, and communities, for generations to come. The two year program launched January 2017.Nourrir la santéest une communauté nationale de pratique pour les innovateurs qui vont façonner l’avenir de l’alimentation dans les soins de santé. De l’archipel Haida Gwaii en Colombie-Britannique jusqu’à Gander à Terre-Neuve, nous avons réuni des personnes influentes du domaine de la santé qui apprennent et collaborent dans le but d’élaborer les stratégies, les pratiques et les politiques qui permettront de bâtir une culture alimentaire qui nourrira les patients, le personnel et les communautés pour des générations à venir. Ce programme de deux ans a été lancé en janvier 2017.

Nourish: the future of food in healthcare | Nourrir la santé

The Nourish cohort has identified five priority areas of work and learning for a Spring webinar series. The webinars will be designed with and for the cohort innovators (healthcare foodservice and procurement professionals), but are open to the public to share the thinking, tools, and strategies from the program with a broader audience. 
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1 | Systems mapping and the case for reconnecting food and health - Friday, March 17 @12pm EDT *COMPLETE
2 | Traditional Foods and Reconciliation  - Wednesday, March 29 @2pm EDT *COMPLETE
3 | Getting more of what you want: more powerful procurement - Friday, April 21st @1pm EDT *COMPLETE
4 | Hospitals and LTCs as Anchor Institutions: Exploring strategies to build health and wealth in our communities - Thursday, May 25th @ 1pm EDT 
5 | Myths and misunderstanding: Policy and regulatory barriers to more patient-centred food in care - *UPDATED some of these topics will be addressed in the April 21 procurement webinar. A seperate webinar dedicated to the topic may be scheduled in the future.
 
Videos of completed webinars will be available late April on www.nourishhealthcare.ca. Registrants will be emailed info to join prior to the webinar.  Please be in touch with Hayley Lapalme with any questions or feedback: hlapalme[at]mcconnellfoundation.ca. 
 
 
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<H3>4 | HOSPITALS &amp; LTCs AS ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS: EXPLORING STRATEGIES TO BUILD HEALTH AND WEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES</H3>
<H3>Thursday, May 25 @ 1pm ET</H3>
 
Presenters: Stacia Clinton, Healthcare Without Harm Jen Reynolds, Food Secure Canada Sandra Hamilton, Consultant Wendy Smith, MEALsource Hayley Lapalme, Nourish
 
How can hospitals and long term care homes build the health and wealth of their patients, staff, and communities through the food they source and serve? This webinar will explore American and Canadian examples of leadership to position  institutions as anchors of wellbeing for the populations they serve. 
 
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<H3>1 | SYSTEMS MAPPING AND THE CASE FOR RECONNECTING FOOD AND HEALTH  * COMPLETE</H3>
<H3>Friday, March 17 @ 12pm ET</H3>
 
Presenters: Melanie Goodchild, Turtle Island Institute Jen Reynolds, Food Secure Canada Hayley Lapalme, Nourish Beth Hunter, McConnell Foundation
 
This discussion-based webinar will explore the potential of systems mapping as a tool to understand systems and to design better interventions. We will introduce the basics of beginning to draw your own systems maps. The Nourish team will share the maps drawn to interpret the (dis)connection between food and health/care, and will explore the insights and opportunities that emerged from those maps. Participants will be invited to respond to the maps and discuss patterns they observe in their work. 
For some background, Donella Meadows' <A HREF="http://www.ess.inpe.br/courses/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:user:andre.zopelari:thinking_in_systems_a_primer.pdf" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Thinking in Systems: A Primer </A>is a wonderful resource - and we just discovered, is available online! If you want to cut to the chase, Chapter 6: Leverage Points (p.145) packs a good punch and is one of the most practical chapters. 
 
Learning Objectives
i) Discuss the potential of systems mapping as a tool to understand systems and to design better interventions.
ii) Introduce some basic concepts of systems thinking and systems mapping. (Note: Done well, systems mapping is hard! This will be an introduction.)
iii) Apply the concepts of mapping to an existing map produced by the Nourish team. 
iv) Encourage participants to engage with the maps by sharing insights, surfacing assumptions, and contributing new interpretations. 
 
 
<H3>2 | TRADITIONAL FOODS AND RECONCILIATION * COMPLETE</H3>
Wednesday, March 29 @2pm EDT
How does reconciliation fit into the work of strengthening the connection between food, culture, and health? This webinar will hear from Indigenous leaders and leaders delivering traditional food programs with and for First Nation communities. 
 
Confirmed Presenters: Jenny Cross, Traditional Haida Knowledge Keeper Kelly Gordon, Six Nations Health Services Kathy Loon, Meno Ya Win Health Centre Leslie Carson, Yukon Hospital  Laura Salmon, Yukon Hospital Shelly Crack, Haida Gwaii Hospital and Health Centre
 
Learning Objectives
i)  Hear from elders and community leaders to explore the relationship between the work of reconciliation and the work to strengthen the connection between food, culture, and health. 
ii) Begin to explore traditional food programs in healthcare through work in Haida Gwaii, Six Nations, Whitehorse, and Sioux Lookout. 
iii) Invite more healthcare and foodservice practitioners into the work and conversation around reconnecting food, culture, and health, to advance the work of reconciliation.
 
<H3> 3 | GETTING MORE OF WHAT YOU WANT: MORE POWERFUL PROCUREMENT </H3>
<H3>Friday, April 21st @ 1pm ET</H3>
 
Confirmed Presenters Dan Munshaw, City of Thunder Bay Wendy Smith, MEALsource Victoria Wakefield, University of British Columbia Hayley Lapalme, Nourish
 
This webinar will explore definitions, strategies and tools for more strategic procurement. We will explore case studies around writing more powerful RFP language, forward contracting with producers, and leveraging group purchasing efforts to facilitate learning and development in local supply chains.
During the webinar we will dissect a contemporary RFP and explore opportunities to choose strong language for more effective purchasing and contract management. The presenters will share creative and effective strategies to navigate trade, regulatory, and operational barriers to more effectively source foods that nourish patients and communities, while aiming to minimize the toll on the planet.
The presentations will focus on the sustainable procurement priorities of the Nourish cohort. Public participants are also welcome to complete a survey upon registration where they can weigh in with their own priorities.
 
Learning Objectives 
i) Empower healthcare purchasers to take control of their supply chain and be more creative and strategic in how food budgets are spent, to create more value for the patient, organization, and community.
ii) Explore opportunities to work with your organization and suppliers to get more value from procurement, including through negotiations within existing contracts. 
iii) Discuss priority areas of interest for more high value, strategic, and sustainable procurement in the health care sector, both within and beyond the Nourish cohort.
 To view videos of completed webinars or to be in touch, visit us online at www.nourishhealthcare.ca.

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