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听鈥4 Es鈥:
- 贰苍补产濒别听a food environment that encourages health and well-being by offering a variety of healthy choices every day
- Educate,听inform听and empower the communities we serve by providing evidence-based nutrition and wellness information
- 贰苍肠辞耻谤补驳别听a heightened level of interest and excitement about healthy and local choices
- 贰苍驳补驳别听a community that actively听participates听in and is connected to a culture of health and wellness
Registered dietitian
Halifax鈥檚 campuses听are supported by registered dietitian, Liz Muggah, who designs and delivers nutrition-related programming, as well as supporting students one-on-one听in navigating:听
eating a balanced diet while living in residence
managing听allergies and intolerances
managing nutrition-related chronic illnesses听
nutrition for athletic performance
dining with religious or cultural considerations
nutrition solutions for university and residence life
residence dining menu questions听
Truro campus
Our Food Services team in Truro is committed to:
offering听balanced听menu items to promote healthier eating
using听icons to听identify听healthy and sustainable menu choices
providing nutrition and wellness information through clear signage
providing nutritional information at point of sale听
providing听menu options for special diets (e.g. vegan, gluten-free, kosher, halal, etc.)
- actively running seasonal听wellness promotions
- NEW! Dietitian services will soon be available on the Truro campus. Check back for details.
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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听Dianna Castillo听at鈥 castillo-dianna@aramark.ca听to discuss accommodation before you arrive. If not,听connect with听Dianna within your first week on campus to ensure you get off听to a good start for听a proper, healthy diet.
