• Graduate Certificate in Food and Nutrition Management at Georgian College is offered as a 1-year program.
  • It is an on-campus program offered on both a full-time and a part-time basis.
  • In this program, students are prepared to manage a food services department while adhering to professional standards, quality management programs, nutritional and healthy living principles, and marketing and promotional activities.
  • The Food and Nutrition Management program is accredited by the Canadian Society of Nutrition Managers (CSNM).
  • It also offers a part-time delivery format and can be complete the program in 3 years.
  • This program includes a field placement component where you’ll gain hands-on experience in a setting relevant to your program.
  • In addition, graduates are able to employ a number of more complex functions supporting organizational effectiveness including supporting the design of food and nutrition human resource plan, financial analysis and control, and collaborating in the preparation of an organization’s business plan or client care plan.
  • Students apply program competencies to the assessment, analysis, and problem solving with regard to nutritional needs and diagnoses.
  • Placement agencies require an up-to-date clear criminal reference check and vulnerable sector check prior to going out on placement. Students should obtain their criminal references three months prior to placement.
  • Successful graduates may choose career paths in health care, retirement homes, long term care facilities, fitness and wellness facilities, educational institutions, camps, daycare facilities, and community or commercial settings.