Halifax campuses
Nutrition programming
Discovering and choosing healthy food and lifestyle choices can help keep your body and mind healthy, fuel your success, and improve your overall well-being.
Our health and wellness program includes a healthy menu strategy, as well as nutrition and other wellness initiatives that promote and support healthy lifestyles.
Our programming focuses on these so-called聽鈥4 Es鈥:
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- Educate,聽inform聽and empower the communities we serve by providing evidence-based nutrition and wellness information
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Registered dietitian
Halifax鈥檚 campuses聽are supported by registered dietitian, Liz Muggah, who designs and delivers nutrition-related programming, as well as supporting students one-on-one聽in navigating:聽
eating a balanced diet while living in residence
managing聽allergies and intolerances
managing nutrition-related chronic illnesses聽
nutrition for athletic performance
dining with religious or cultural considerations
nutrition solutions for university and residence life
residence dining menu questions聽
Truro campus
Our Food Services team in Truro is committed to:
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providing nutrition and wellness information through Nutrigrams and Superfoods
providing nutritional information at point of sale聽
providing聽menu options for special diets (e.g. vegan, gluten-free, kosher, halal, etc.)
actively running seasonal聽wellness promotions
If you have any specific dietary restrictions, we will do our best to accommodate them.
If you want to talk to someone about your food options, please email聽Janice Faulkner聽at鈥janice.faulkner@compass-canada.com聽to discuss accommodation before you arrive. If not,聽connect with聽Shawn within your first week on campus to ensure you get off聽to a good start for聽a proper, healthy diet.
