Food and Nutrition Management Saskatchewan Polytechnic

Overview

The Food and Nutrition Management Advanced Diploma from Saskatchewan Polytechnic  is an excellent choice to equip you with the necessary skills to thrive in a supervisory role that blends the dynamic food service industry with the evolving healthcare sector.

Key facts

• One of the unique features of the FNM programme is the emphasis on nutrition. You will learn about changing dietary and nutrient needs throughout the lifecycle and how those changes affect health, particularly for seniors at home and in long term care settings. 

• You will also learn how to conduct nutrition assessments and modify foods to fit therapeutic and specialized diets. 

• This focus on nutrition ensures that graduates are well-equipped to put nutrition on the menu, an increasingly important aspect of food and nutrition management.

• The programme also focuses on diversity. There will be chances for you to acquire knowledge and contemplate (de)colonization, the viewpoints, traditions, and culinary practices of Indigenous nations in Canada, as well as actions to contribute to reconciliation through food. 

• Your programming recognizes that food is medicine, which can go a long way towards healing.

Your career

• When you graduate, you’ll be able to work as a food service supervisor, catering manager, nutrition manager, diet technician, quality control manager or marketing/sales consultant for a food manufacturer. 

• Look for jobs in the food service departments of hospitals and long-term care homes, private care homes, in hotels, restaurants and catering companies, in primary and secondary schools, colleges, correctional facilities and retirement communities.