Newcomer Nutrition Education Toolkit
Healthy Eating in the Community, Healthy Eating Starts Here

This toolkit supports program providers and health professionals who work with newcomers to Canada. It is a collection of nutrition teaching resources for people with basic English literacy and diverse cultural backgrounds.

Presentations

• Drinks in Canada - slides | notes pages
• Eating for Good Health - slides | notes pages
• Grocery Shopping - slides | notes pages

Nutrition Lessons for English Language Learners

• Drinks in Canada - Foundation Literacy & CLB 1 | CLB 2 & 3 | CLB 4 & 5
• Canada’s Food Guide - Foundation Literacy & CLB 1 | CLB 2 & 3 | CLB 4 & 5
• Grocery Shopping - Foundation Literacy & CLB 1 |  CLB 2 & 3 | CLB 4 & 5

Food Vocabulary Cards

• Drinks in Canada - Foundation Literacy & CLB 1 (Words)
• Canada’s Food Guide - Foundation Literacy & CLB 1 (Pictures) | Foundation Literacy & CLB 1 (Words)
• Grocery Shopping - Foundation Literacy & CLB 1 (Pictures) | Foundation Literacy & CLB 1 (Words)

Displays

• Drinks in Canada - Display | Facilitator’s Guide
• Meals to Go - Display | Facilitator’s Guide

Pictorial and Translated Handouts

Healthy Eating

• Five Keys to Safe Food (WHO, Available in 88 languages)
• Foods with Fibre Pictorial
• Heart Healthy Foods Pictorial
• What’s for Lunch? - also available in Arabic | Punjabi | Simplified Chinese | Traditional Chinese
• Canada’s Food Guide - also available in many languages

Babies and Children

• Safe Preparation of Infant Formula from Powder - also available in Arabic | French | Punjabi | Spanish | Tagalog | Tigrinya | Traditional Chinese
• Safe Preparation of Infant Formula from Liquid Concentrate - also available in Arabic | French | Punjabi | Spanish | Tagalog | Tigrinya | Traditional Chinese
• Starting Solid Foods: Around 6 months - also available in Arabic | French | Punjabi | Spanish | Tagalog | Tigrinya ] Traditional Chinese
• Feeding Guide: Starting Solid Foods  - also available in Arabic | French | Punjabi | Spanish | Tagalog | Tigrinya | Traditional Chinese
• Iron Foods for Children Ages 1 and Up Pictorial
• Snacks for Children Pictorial

Videos

AHS Cooking Basics Videos

• Vegetables
• Fruit
• Easy Recipes

AHS Partnership Videos

• Raising Our Healthy Kids

Health Canada Videos

• Making healthy meals with the Eat Well Plate
• Health-related video gallery

Feedback

We want to hear from newcomer-serving agencies or health professionals in Alberta who have used the resources in the Toolkit. If you would like to provide feedback, contact publichealth.nutrition@ahs.ca for more information.