Canadian School of Natural Nutrition - Canada’s Largest and Leading School in Holistic Nutrition

The Canadian School of Natural Nutrition is dedicated to the communities in which we all live, work and learn. Through our community initiatives, we wish to be a good neighbour and inspire others to become engaged citizens. Our community involvement extends from connecting our graduates to local employers, to helping those less fortunate around the world.

Discover how CSNN is enriching our communities below...

Canadian Holistic Nutrition Conference - May 24 & 25, 2013

Ontario Science Centre | Toronto, ON

The Canadian School of Natural Nutrition Alumni Association (CSNNAA) is excited to announce its 6th annual 2013 Canadian Holistic Nutrition Conference to be held in Toronto, Ontario at the Ontario Science Centre, May 24 & 25, 2013. The theme for the 2013 Conference is Food as Medicine: Linking the Past, Present and Future. The annual Conference is widely regarded as the most comprehensive and up-to-date educational event in the holistic nutrition industry in Canada. Year after year, we raise the bar for our participants’ learning and networking opportunities. This conference is expected to attract 250 to 300 attendees from across Canada excited to share their knowledge, passion and dedication to promoting holistic nutrition to the modern world!

Inquiries and Submissions: please contact the CSNNAA Office directly at: csnnalumni@hotmail.com.

CSNN was a Proud National Supporter of Organic Week 2012

Canada’s National Organic Week (September 22-29) was the largest annual celebration of organic food, farming and products across the country.

View the Globe & Mail's recent organic food and wine feature, including CSNN in the Education section on page 2.

Unique blog combines talents of Holistic Nutritionists coast-to-coast

The Educated Eater blog provides an online resource to help people make the transition to healthier eating with ease. With simple, quick and tasty recipes, as well as helpful health tips and substitution ideas— all contributed by CSNN Graduates and Students across Canada— this website is an indispensable resource for anyone wishing to improve their health through nutrition. Kid-approved recipes are also highlighted to help with nourishing even the pickiest eaters!

Become an Educated Eater by visiting: educatedeater.com.

You can also like the Educated Eater Facebook page to keep updated on new postings.

We are a strong supporter of the CSNN Alumni Association

CSNN supports its graduates by supporting the CSNN Alumni Association. The CSNN Alumni Association provides useful industry information to its graduates, provides a venue for graduates to advertise their products and services, and most importantly provides a directory for the public to find a holistic nutritionist in their area. CSNN graduates who are members of the Alumni Association receive a 10% discount on CSNN continuing education workshops.

The CSNN Alumni Association also hosts an annual conference for holistic nutritionists. CSNN is proud to be a platinum sponsor of the annual Canadian Holistic Nutrition Conference. The conference draws members of the industry together to network, educate one another, share ideas, and showcase products.

We built a well in Africa with the Ryan’s Well Foundation

CSNN is proud to announce its support of the Ryan’s Well Foundation. The Ryan’s Well Foundation began ten years ago with a six- year-old boy, Ryan, who, after learning in grade one that many children around the world do not have access to the basic necessity of clean water, decided to do something about it. Since then, Ryan has dedicated himself to promoting awareness of this issue and raising funds to build wells in third-world countries. To date the Ryan’s Well Foundation has built 484 wells in 16 countries. That’s 611,512 additional people who now have access to clean drinking water and sanitation facilities!

CSNN’s goal was to provide one African community with a fully operational well. Our branches undertook fundraising activities to raise contributions for the well, which were to be fully matched by CSNN head office.

CSNN is proud to announce that we were able to reach our fundraising goal as of November 2010, helping provide safe, clean drinking water to a community in northern Uganda. We would like to thank everyone for their generous donations and to thank Linda Wagar for all of her hard work on this project.

To learn more about the Ryan’s Well Foundation, please visit their website at ryanswell.ca.

To watch an interview with Ryan, please click here.

CSNN Ottawa Raises Money for Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada

"Rubber Side Down" showing: The Canadian School of Natural Nutrition (CSNN) held a movie night on November 17th for its students and the general public with proceeds benefiting the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada (CCFC). The audience enjoyed a screening of "Rubber Side Down: From the Rock to the Rockies", the documentary film about two cyclists who biked across Canada raising awareness of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Our sincere thanks to Melanie Seed and CSNN for their efforts in donating over $200 towards inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) research! Read the full story.

The Vancouver branch of CSNN was proud to be a part of InspireHealth’s Kayak For A Cure fundraising event on Sunday, August 28, 2011.

A total of 60 kayakers took part in this important event at Jericho Beach in Vancouver in support of British Columbians living with cancer. This fun-filled day started with a 10 km kayak journey across English Bay and ended with a wrap-up party and delicious lunch. CSNN graduates and current students pulled together to form a strong team of 10 kayakers and 1 event setup and food prep assistant and included: Gabrielle Eagles, Candise Pearce, Brett Beckett, Amber Putsey, Jesse Shearer, Nicola Cameron, Rowena Valdez, Golnaz Rezaei, Marla Meneghin RHN, Katherine Feeney RHN, Karin McFarlin RHN.

One hundred percent of the funds raised go to InspireHealth, a world leader in cancer care programs that support patients’ health using an integrated approach that combines nutrition, exercise, emotional and spiritual support with standard cancer treatments. Operating in Vancouver since 1997, InspireHealth’s team of physicians and health care professionals has provided integrated care to over 6,000 cancer patients. They are also expanding with five new centres in Victoria, Kelowna, Abbotsford, Prince George, and online.

We were honoured to support InspireHealth and raised $4,100 to add to the total amount of funds raised of $48,436.00.

Thank you to Team CSNN for being a part of such an important event and to their friends and families who donated so generously.