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Eileen Stanbury, P.H.Ec. will have retired from her position as R & D Project Manager for PepsiCo Foods Canada in Peterborough by the time you read this profile. In fact, June 30 was her last day. Her fascinating career started with Quaker Oats in 1979, one year after she graduated with a BSc from Brescia at UWO. Quaker was seeking a Home Economist to handle consumer relations back then. In less than a year, Stanbury was transferred into Research & Development (R & D) which had only one employee at the time and she was it. ‘I had one counter in the Bake Kitchen of the QA lab in the plant. In 1981, a small R & D lab was built which later expanded to the entire floor where ten employees currently work along with a R & D Manager.’ At first, Stanbury was responsible for the research and development of all food items produced in the Peterborough Plant (cereals, bars and baking mixes) as well as the Frozen Foods Plant located 60 miles southeast, in Trenton, where Aunt Jemima waffles were made. ‘I developed new products and reformulated existing products in the lab and was

responsible to ensure that the new product could be manufactured on the line. This involved running a plant trial, documenting all test details and supporting first production.’ Little did she know that her employer’s name would change several times over the years.

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Early Fall 2011

Meet Eileen Stanbury, P.H.Ec. Research & Development Project Manager, PepsiCo Foods Canada – formerly Quaker Oats

Mission Statement: The Ontario Home Economics Association, a self-regulating body of Professional Home Economists, promotes high professional standards among its members so that they may assist families and individuals to achieve and maintain a desirable quality of life.

(Photo courtesy of PepsiCo Foods formerly Quaker Oats, Peterborough)

About 1988, the Peterborough Quaker Plant went through a major expansion with new state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment for Quaker Ready-To-Eat Cereal products (Quaker Life, Quaker Oat Bran, Quaker Corn Bran and Quaker Squares), previously imported from the U.S.

Ten years later, Crispy Minis rice chips, a Canadian developed product, launched and quickly became one of the most successful Quaker products ever (now available in Canada, the U.S. and UK). PepsiCo, Inc. acquired The Quaker Oats Company in August, 2001. Then Quaker Tropicana Gatorade Canada (QTG Canada) formed as a merger of equals. In 2004, QTG Canada merged with the Pepsi-Cola Canada beverage business to form the Pepsi-QTG Canada division. In 2008, PepsiCo Canada's businesses were reorganized and the business unit, PepsiCo Foods Canada, was formed.

Stanbury happily recalls many memorable stories from her diverse career. ‘We wanted to switch our baked Harvest Crunch Bar over to Chewy Bars, which needed to be chilled rather than baked. When we needed to run the plant trials, we didn’t have a cooling tunnel in place yet. Our engineering department came up with an idea to bring cold air into our oven from outside to simulate a cooling tunnel. Because it was April, we

decided to run the trial in the early morning (2 - 3 a.m.) when the air would be at its coolest. I called Environment Canada to determine the coldest night to run the trial. As I inquired, the person on the line replied, ‘Lady we just had five months of cold weather! Why do you want more?’ ‘Another time when I was working on a new flavour of frozen muffin batter in the lab, I mixed up the batter and baked one muffin for immediate evaluation and put the remaining batter in the freezer. Fresh out of the oven, the muffin was too hot to evaluate and I was due to pick up my daughter from daycare, so I took the muffin in the car to evaluate later. Yes - homework. My daughter’s daycare was on a farm and they had one free-range chicken. It was a warm day so I left the car windows open. You guessed it! When I returned, the chicken was inside my car taste-testing my muffin!’ In 1990, Eileen left Quaker to spend more time with her daughter. She started Cranberry Kitchens, a consulting business through which she did contract work for Ontario Pork, Panasonic and Quaker. She taught Heart Smart cooking classes, Lunch ‘n Learns at Curve Lake Reservation and food classes to Red Cross Homemaker students. She’s been invited to speak to several groups about eating Heart Smart. ‘I was once asked to speak to a country-based UCW group - which turned out to be a good example of knowing your audience. My talk included facts about choosing lower fat dairy products, not realizing that I was talking to women that lived on dairy farms. Dairy farmers use milk as is, therefore lower fat options aren’t readily available. Soon Stanbury was asked to return part time to Quaker. By 2003, part time had led again to full time and full time work had renewed appeal. The R & D position that Stanbury assumed was for Food Service Products which were primarily baking mixes and frozen muffin batters. ‘I encountered several challenges throughout the next few years, including the year that the protein in western Spring wheat was lower in quantity and quality and the muffins were collapsing after baking. Conversion of all baking mixes and frozen

Every time I send an email with my automatic signature, including the P.H.Ec. designation, I feel honoured to use it. P.H.Ec. - I’m proud of it, I respect it and I feel part of a strong professional team! I consider the designation of Professional Home Economist to be a brand name for the whole group of us who hold these credentials – an ongoing advertisement of the assurance of value and reliable service to others – both to employers and the public. The designation is an affirmation of the importance of home economics all around us as we work towards the common goal of ‘improving the everyday lives of families and individuals.’ The P.H.Ec. designation also reminds me of my accountability and responsibility to be in line with those OHEA criteria which we have met, in the first place, to earn the

muffin batters to Trans Fat-Free and the development of Pre-Portioned Frozen Muffins were also demanding roles. Eileen looks forward to retirement, spending more time with her husband who has already been retired 12 years. ‘We have a cottage where we enjoy boating/canoeing. I also hope to do more biking and have recently taken up quilting. I have been working on the same quilt for three years,’ she admits. This community-minded home economist has been a member of Soroptimist International for 25 years.

www.soroptimist.org Soroptimist is a group of business and professional women who strive to improve the lives of women and girls in local communities and around the world. Eileen served in several positions on the local board, including President, and also served four years on the Eastern Canada Region Board as a Director and Secretary. Currently, Eileen is Secretary for the Soroptimist Foundation of Canada and has attended biennial conventions in Calgary, San Diego, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, New York, Taiwan, and San Francisco for the Soroptimist Federation of the Americas. ‘While in San

Francisco, I biked the Golden Gate Bridge. I’m planning to attend an international convention in Montreal in July and next year I hope to attend the convention in Hawaii,’ she adds. Also active in her church, Eileen has been Chair of the Christian Education Committee for several years, a group that oversees the Sunday School, Youth Group and Youth Outreach Programs, including Summer Day Camps. For a few years in the 80’s Eileen served on the OHEA Board and helped to organize a fundraiser dubbed ‘An Evening with Kay Spicer’. OHEA congratulates Eileen on her very successful career in food research and development and wishes her many years of happy retirement, quiet canoeing, productive quilting and reflection.

Mary Carver, P.H.Ec. OHEA PR Coordinator

designation. Using the title as much as possible, increases its value and recognition overall. And …the connection with and support of fellow Professional Home Economists gives me a great feeling of camaraderie. Evelyn Hullah, P.H.Ec., BHSc VP, Cardinal Kitchens, Div'n of Cardinal Biologicals Ltd.

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As summer closes, I hope that all of our members enjoyed the beautiful weather that we've had in July and August. Ontario is a great place to live during the summer and early fall, with all the wonderful produce to enjoy. In my spare time, I have been working on my green thumb in my backyard. My modest efforts were rewarded with a delightful harvest of radishes, cucumbers, peas, beans, tomatoes, Swiss chard, beets and herbs. It is a marvel that so many good things can come out of seeds so small. Not that I can take the credit, for the most part, I just put them in the ground and hoped nature would take its course. My hope is that my successful harvest can be a metaphor that is reflected in our Association. Although not everyone has the time to serve on the board, even finding small ways to help out can have a big impact. Your OHEA board is starting the new season with much excitement. Already, we are busy planning our 2012 conference and as plans come together; I know that this will be a fantastic event for all our members from students to seasoned members. There are still many serious issues impacting the Association, but we are facing the future with a positive outlook. As I mentioned in my last NewsLink letter, I am eager to visit and have discussions with each Branch during the fall and winter before our next AGM. Currently, I have only set up a date with QHEA and look forward to connecting with the other branch representative to set up our meetings. I wish you a wonderful start to the fall season. A breezy, somewhat cool day in early June marked the day a bus load of Professional Home Economists, food writers and other food professionals ventured out of the city (and the ‘burbs) to get a first-hand taste of Ontario agriculture. And taste we did! This year, the tour took us to agriculture and innovative food-rich Perth County, including Stratford. The first stop was Monforte Dairy Company (www.monfortedairy.com), makers of wonderful artisan cheeses. Owner Ruth Klahsen, chef turned cheese maker and dynamo entrepreneur, started Monforte in 2004, first with sheep’s milk and now making goat’s milk and cow’s milk cheeses. They now make about 30 varieties of cheese in their recently built Stratford dairy. Ruth explained the trials, tribulations and triumphs of making and selling artisan cheeses – of which there are many. Guests were treated to samples of six cheeses and eagerly lined up to purchase more to sample at home. Monforte cheeses can be found at specialty cheese shops, farmers’ markets, restaurants and at their on-site retail store at the dairy. With our appetites whetted, we took the short jaunt from Monforte to one of their customers, Bijou Restaurant (www.bijourestaurant.com) in downtown Stratford. The husband and wife team of owners and chefs, Aaron and Bronwyn Linley, created a Taste of Ontario lunch featuring Perth County’s finest products and sponsored by

President’s Message by Amy Snider-Whitson, P.H.Ec.

8thAnnual Ontario Farm Animal Council & AGCare Spring Farm Tour by Jennifer MacKenzie, P.H.Ec. with notes from Barb Holland, P.H.Ec.

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Antony John at Soiled Reputation

Bijou Restaurant, Stratford

Foodland Ontario and Perth County Federation of Agriculture that will be fondly remembered by all. The meal started with a choice of Green Garlic Soup with Bella Sheep Milk Cheese and Duck Fat Croutons or Salad of Local Asparagus and Pickled Jerusalem Artichoke with Shaved Toscano and Brown Butter Vinaigrette – both were gorgeous harbingers of spring. The mains elicited “oohs” and “ahhs” as guests were presented with Twice-cooked Churchill Farms Lamb Shoulder with Ratatouille and Jus of Grainy Mustard or Goulash of Berkshire Pork Cheeks (melt-in-your-mouth takes on new meaning) with Celery Root, Fiddleheads and Salsa of Wild Leeks and Cornichon. The meal was capped off with a choice of the most luscious White Chocolate Mousse with Vanilla Poached Rhubarb or a tasting plate of Monforte cheeses with Fig

Roulade and Wellesley Apple Butter – a tough choice and there was a lot of sharing going on. Bijou is truly “a culinary gem” as their slogan declares.

Following the lunch we got a glimpse into other farms in Perth County from guest speakers. And who better to hear it from than farmers themselves? Three farmers generously took time out from their busy days to share their stories. Egg farmer Greg West, dairy farmer Julie Danan and Christa Royce who, along with her husband Brent, raise turkeys and sheep and grow field crops each gave us their perspective of farming in Ontario. Back on the bus, heading to our next stop, we were enlightened and entertained by apple farmer Steve Martin of Martin’s Family Fruit Farm near St. Jacobs. Steve explained his view on organic versus conventional farming as well as points of technology and logistics they employ to get fresh, high-quality apples to consumers. Our second tour of the day was the famed Soiled Reputation (www.soiledreputation.com) in Sebringville owned by Antony John and Tina VandenHueuvel. This certified organic vegetable farm was one of the pioneers in growing of off-the-beaten-path exotic greens and heirloom vegetables for the Stratford restaurant market and now their produce goes across Southwestern Ontario and into the GTA. What makes the produce from this farm somewhat unique is rather than choosing varieties of produce to grow based purely on productivity and profitability (as on many commercial farms), each of the 50 varieties grown is chosen based on the flavour and the quality of the actual vegetable. Antony works with the local chefs when deciding what to plant taking into consideration what the chefs want to cook. We witnessed the challenges of organic farming first hand in both the holey leaves in mustard greens caused by hungry beetles which means those rows of greens won’t be sold but will be turned under and counted as a loss, as well as the painstaking hand-weeding required to keep the viable greens weed free. The final stop was a fascinating visit with Fred and Ingrid de Martines at Perth Pork Products. Perth Pork is known for their heritage breed Tamworth and Berkshire pigs, cross-bred Stone-age and wild boar (rather

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“wild-ish” – they live in a fenced, natural habitat). They also raise conventionally farmed hogs. Seeing the difference between conventional and wild pigs as well as the heritage breeds side-by-side was an excellent learning experience as was hearing about the challenges and successes of each faced by the de Martines family in order to produce their high-quality and most delicious pork. Perth Pork products are available at restaurants and butcher shops across Ontario (delivered by Fred himself!) and at the on-farm store. Needless to say, coolers we’d toted along were filled with wonderful bacon, pork chops and sausages to enjoy at home.

Once again, this fact and fun-filled day was hosted by Kelly Daynard of OFAC (Ontario Farm Animal Council) and AgCare and this year we were joined by Jenny Van Rooy, the Campaign Coordinator for Farmers Feed Cities and we thank them, the farmers, hosts and sponsors for the educational and delicious day. Whether you are a ‘Trekkie’ or not the 21st century has impacted the Family Studies classroom. Many articles featured in the media highlight the importance of teaching young people life skills that will assist them in their lives as adults. Skills such as food preparation, nutrition knowledge and financial literacy, which traditionally were taught by family members, have fallen by the wayside. As a Family Studies teacher in Stratford, Ontario and a Professional Home Economist, I strive to present current information on these topics to my students throughout the school year. Using 21st Century Skills such as critical thinking and technology develops students’ knowledge on a variety of topics related to home economics. A revised Family Studies and Social Science curriculum is scheduled to be implemented in the fall of 2012. Many new courses have been added to reflect the growing diversity of the family issues and needs of Canadian society such as gender equity, cultural diversity and financial literacy. Exposing students to career opportunities is vital to the ongoing growth of Home Economics. It is really important that students are able to make connections between post-secondary programs and career choices. Students need to be aware that Home Economics is a dynamically diverse discipline which goes well beyond cooking and sewing; that it includes health sciences, banking and debt counseling, architecture and theatre. For this reason, I’ve initiated an interactive program using Skype to allow speakers to make career presentations to students without leaving their workplace. What could be better than to share the love of Home Economics without leaving the office? If you are interested in telling today’s young people about your career, please contact me and I’ll beam you into my class. Email joycdede@fc.amdsb.ca.

Beam Me into the Classroom by Joyce De Decker, OCT, P.H.Ec.

Left wild boar at Perth Pork. Right stone-age cross-bred pigs

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Healthier Lunches for Ontario Students

As students return to the classroom, they will be greeted by new food standards that have now become law in all Ontario publicly-funded schools.

Amy Snider-Whitson, P.H.Ec. authored a media release entitled Back to School with New Nutrition Standards in late June. In it, she lists foods that will no longer be sold in Ontario schools and offers tips for parents, teachers and students for implementing the new regulations. Read the release at: www.ohea.on.ca Amy’s release was picked up by EMC Kanata, EMC Stittsville and EMC Arnprior, Locking Hearts website, Inside Wellington newspaper and by All in Good Taste website. CTV Ottawa plans to run a story on the topic for their Back to School series, as does Sun Media. Feedback from one of our newer members who is also a dietitian! I just read your report on the New Bill 8 School Nutrition Standards. I have been doing some work on this with our products and was very happy to see your summary explaining the report in a very easy to read manner. Congrats!! Your name is out there again! I think it's great that you, the president of OHEA, authored this article! This shows that P.H.Ec.s and RDs can and should work together to promote nutrition! Melanie Chislett, P.H.Ec. RD

My SnaX An Ottawa-based group is working on a program called My Snax designed to help with the healthier school-food issue. The SNAX (School Nutrition Awareness) program is very popular and the group is working on funding to expand this year. Check out their website: http://mysnax.ca/ My SnaX has been running in elementary schools across Ottawa in the 2010/2011 school years and will expand to Kingston and Peterborough for 2011/2012. Long-term, My SnaX will run Ontario-wide. Check out the sponsors of this program including IKEA and Pita Break ©.

Canada and EU Reach Agreement on Organic Standards from Canadian Grocer Magazine Canada and the European Union have reached an agreement recognizing each other’s organic standards and laws. “This is an absolute game-changer for Canadian farmers and food manufacturers,” said Matthew Holmes, executive director of the Canada Organic Trade Association, and an organic sector advisor to the Government of Canada on international trade and market access. “With full access to European markets, suppliers, and ingredients, Canada’s organic sector now has a strategic edge. This agreement will increase trade and boost Canada’s organic sector, from the farm to the consumer.” According to COTA, the Canadian organic market has grown to more than $2.6 billion in 2010 from $2 billion in

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2008. Canada exports more than $390 million worth of organic commodities, ingredients and products to the U.S., EU and other parts of the world. This agreement will eliminate the costs of multiple organic certifications now carried by farmers, processors and traders. This is the world’s second such agreement; the first occurred in 2009 between the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Consumer Rights Victory as U.S. ends Opposition to GM Labelling Guidelines submitted by Cathy Enright, P.H.Ec., Industry Canada

• Twenty year struggle within global food safety body ends with ‘consumer rights milestone’

• Move clears way for greater monitoring of the effects of GM organisms Consumers International (CI) and its member organizations celebrated victory in July as regulators from more than 100 countries agreed on long overdue guidance on the labelling of genetically modified (GM) food. The Codex Alimentarius Commission, made up of the world’s food safety regulatory agencies, has been labouring for two decades to come up with consensus guidance on this topic. In a striking reversal of their previous position, on July 5, 2011, during the annual Codex summit in Geneva, the U.S. delegation dropped its opposition to the GM labelling guidance document, allowing it to move forward and become an official Codex text. The new Codex agreement means that any country wishing to adopt GM food labelling will no longer face the threat of a legal challenge from the World Trade Organization (WTO). This is because national measures based on Codex guidance or standards cannot be challenged as a barrier to trade. This will have immediate implications for consumers. Edita Vilcapoma of the Peruvian consumer group ASPEC, representing Consumers International at the Codex meeting in Geneva, said: “Peru’s recent introduction of GM food labelling faced the threat of a legal challenge from the WTO. This new Codex agreement now means that this threat has gone and the consumer right to be informed has been secured. This is major victory for the global consumer movement.” “While the agreement falls short of the consumer movement’s long-held demand for endorsement of mandatory GM food labelling, this is still a significant milestone for consumer rights. We congratulate Codex on agreeing on this guidance, which has been sought by consumers and regulators in African countries for nearly twenty years. This guidance is extremely good news for the worlds’ consumers who want to know what is in the foods on their plates”.

New Tax Credit for Parents The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of National Revenue, has announced a new tax credit in the 2011 federal budget. "Parents whose children participate in paid artistic, cultural, recreational, and developmental programs will now enjoy the same benefit as parents whose children participate in paid programs of physical activity. Our Government believes whether a child is inspired by Heather Moyse, Jim Carrey, or Great Big Sea, parents should receive a tax credit to help pay for the programs that will help their children live out those dreams," said Minister Shea. In addition to fitness programs covered by the children's fitness tax credit, parents can now claim money spent

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on programs that focus on fine arts, music, performing arts, outdoor wilderness training, learning a language, studying a culture, tutoring, and more. When parents claim the children's arts tax credit—up to a maximum of $500 of the cost of programs—they save as much as $75 at tax time per child claimed. To find out if your child's program is eligible for the children's arts tax credit, go to www.cra.gc.ca/artscredit.

Food ‘definitely’ part of Target Canada’s offering by Canadian Grocer, July 11, 2011 In an interview with the Globe and Mail, Target Canada’s president confirmed that food would be a critical part of its assortment in as many as 150 stores when the discounter arrives in Canada in 2013. President Tony Fisher said the retailer would not be bringing its huge SuperTarget stores to Canada, which feature full supermarkets along with general merchandise. Nevertheless, Fisher told the Globe and Mail that the breadth of its food assortment would vary by market. In May when the retailer gave Canadian journalists a tour of Chicago’s p-fresh format that offers a smaller array of fruit and vegetables speculation about Target’s perishable offering grew here. Earlier in the year, Target purchased the leases of some 220 Zellers stores from the Hudson’s Bay Co. to convert them into Target stores. On average the Zellers stores are 100,000 sq. ft. while the average Target store in the U.S. is 135,000 sq. ft. The retailer is also looking to other sites to build stores that could be the size of its U.S. outlets. Retailers such as Wal-Mart and Shoppers Drug Mart are quickly expanding their food offers to ready for Target’s arrival. Target hasn’t said how it will source its food in Canada; some experts believe the retailer will link up with a domestic grocer.

Member News

The Sally Henry Memorial Award is presented in memory of Sally Henry, a memorable Home Economist who had a great enthusiasm for life and many diverse interests well beyond her professional commitments. Susanne Stark, P.H.Ec. (pictured on right) presented the 2011 Sally Henry Memorial Award to Michele McAdoo, P.H.Ec. at the OHEIB AGM at The Chef’s House, George Brown College. Congratulations Michele! Well deserved.

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Donna Marie Pye Relishes New Business In August, Waterloo-based author and slow cooker wizard Donna Marie Pye, P.H.Ec., officially hung a sign for Relish Cooking Studio - her long awaited dream job. She undertakes the new venture with friend and culinary enthusiast, Maria Burjoski. Pye has sold a staggering half-million cookbooks geared for the slow cooker. ‘Daiene Vernile took a look at the hot, cold, then hot again history of the slow cooker’ thru Donna Marie’s eyes in a CTV special on ProvinceWide early in 2011. Located at 56 Regina Street in uptown Waterloo and opening August 29th, Relish houses a fully equipped ‘dream’ kitchen - perfect for informative and intimate demonstration-style cooking classes. In addition, Relish stocks a fine selection of kitchen and entertaining essentials from global sources - products the owners love to use themselves. From beautiful tableware and top-quality linens to superior accessories and a broad selection of cookbooks, such must-haves for stylish entertaining are sure to inspire the cook. If you would like to join the mailing list or obtain more info, please contact Donna Marie at info@relishcookingstudio.com. Check out her new web site www.relishcookingstudio.com. Meanwhile, follow on Facebook at Relish Cooking Studio and watch as the relish season gets underway!

Home Economists Making Headlines This Summer

Mairlyn Smith. P.H.Ec. is shocked by how little people know about cooking. Read Mairlyn’s views in Wendy Burke’s column from the Winnipeg Free Press on June 22. (Referenced with permission) www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/food/a-recipe-for--better-health-124336969.html

Evelyn Hullah, P.H.Ec. and Shirley Ann Holmes honoured Doreen Morrison, P.H.Ec. posthumously the OHEIB Hall of Fame Award 2011. Doreen’s husband Bud and daughter Suzanne accepted the honour and a donation to Huronia Hospice in Doreen’s name. Pictured from left to right Bud Morrison, Suzanne Mirza, Evelyn Hullah and Shirley Ann Holmes. A wonderful evening and a wonderful tribute.

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Seamus O’Regan and Jennifer MacKenzie, P.H.Ec. at Canada AM

Jennifer MacKenzie, P.H.Ec. represented the Beef Information Centre (now Canada Beef Inc.) this summer as the spokesperson for their Summer Grilling Tour. Jennifer talked about marinating beef on TV (with food styling by Teresa Makarewicz, P.H.Ec.) and radio. In print media, Jennifer was also quoted in the Toronto Sun and in The Wall Street Journal online. Check out some of Jennifer’s tips and BIC’s recipes: www.torontosun.com/2011/07/08/beefing-up-summer Too many tomatoes in your garden? Check out Jennifer’s recipe for Peach, Red Pepper and Tomato

Brushchetta on the Caledon Farmer’s Market site: www.town.caledon.on.ca/contentc/farmersmarket/17Oct09TomatoRecipes.pdf

Emily Richards, P.H.Ec. demonstrated Guacamole and Quiche recipes on CTV’s Canada AM on May 25th. Link to her recipes at: www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/CanadaAM/20110525/emily-richards-recipe-110525/ Specialty coffee lovers will enjoy this low-fat recipe by Emily Richards for a cool treat created for the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

In June, Margaret Dickenson, P.H.Ec. (pictured in centre) helped to prepare goat's cheese phyllo parcels for a tasty lunch hosted by Christina and Bruce Gillies, Political Counselor, Canadian Embassy, Lisbon Portugal.

View an interview of Anne Lindsay, P.H.Ec. at the Cookbook Store -Toronto: www.cook-book.com/cbs_tv/anne_lindsay10.html Anne cooks a healthy meal for a family. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t9A--c4Ve4

Welcome New OHEA Members OHEA would like to welcome Cindy Fendall, P.H.Ec., Chris Laidlaw, P.H.Ec. as Registered members. Cindy was a member of the Alberta Home Economics Association. She received her degree in Nutrition and Food Science from the University of Alberta. Chris received her degree from Brescia University College. Also welcome to Jennifer Viscek, P.H.Ec., a New Graduate member from Brescia University College. We are also welcoming Provisional members Michelle Stockton, Fatmata Tarawalley and Andrea Villneff. They will be working on the Self Study course with Deb Campbell, P.H.Ec. Welcome students Julia Campbell, Joyce Ho, Audris Lau and Nazima Qureshi. Julia is taking nutrition at Guelph University. Joyce and Audris are taking food and nutrition at Brescia. Nazima is taking food and nutrition at Ryerson and will be the OHEA Board’s student liaison.

Brescia to Build New Residence Brescia University College plans to build a new low-rise, 110-bed residence to accommodate its growth, with plans to open the doors in September 2013. ‘Construction of a dining pavilion, which will be open to the public, and the new residence will begin in the spring of 2012. Brescia will have the opportunity to serve food that focuses on local producers and made-to-order fresh and nutritious meals. The entire project has been designed with a view to environmental sustainability aiming for a Green Globes designation.’

London HEA tried something new…a small group of ten met for lunch last week, August 4th and then proceeded to the London Museum to see the small historic urban gardening exhibit titled “Digging in…”. The initial interest in urban gardening started with the guest speaker at the AGM in May. Ross Fair, who is responsible for all of the social services for the city of London updated the group on community gardens in London. There are 21 gardens across the city. The city’s involvement is more than just supplying the land. They supply water where possible. The city is also partnering with the London Community Resource Centre to leverage funding dollars. Yes, it was a small gathering but a lot of good discussion took place over lunch and this type of event will be offered in the future. Congratulations to Stephanie Varriano of Brescia for receiving the Dr. E. Feniak Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Technical Writing 2011 from the Canadian Home Economics Foundation (CHEF). Her sensory evaluation research paper was entitled The effects of incorporating sweet potato and peanut flours on the sensory properties of probiotic yogurt in Mwanza, Tanzania. Varriano spent 5 months last year in Tanzania with Western Heads East and the yogurt project. Details under January to May 2010 at: www.westernheadseast.ca/intern_journals.cfm. Stephanie spent the summer in France conducting research and will serve as the President of SHEA this year. She has been asked to present at the LHEA/SHEA joint meeting in October at Brescia. Niagara Region HEA finished their 2010/11 season with a tour of the Wedding Museum in Niagara-on-the-Lake and a walk through the Queen Street Arts and Culture area. At the Paris Café Bistro, members dined on crepes and Marilyn Weber, P.H.Ec. passed the gavel to incoming president, Julie Gorman. Over the summer the executive planned the 2011/12 programme geared to be entertaining and informative. The 35 members look forward to an exciting new season which includes fundraising for the scholarship fund and a local charity. Quinte HEA held its AGM on May 30th and Margaret Dickenson, P.H.Ec. was the guest speaker. Margaret's talk was greatly enjoyed by all. No further report was available in time for this publication.

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Toronto HEA - Charles MacPherson of the Charles MacPherson Academy for Butlers and Household Managers will speak to THEA members and their guests the evening of September 28th at the Academy in downtown Toronto. Mr. MacPherson will discuss the school's curriculum, the job market upon completion of the Academy's courses and provide a tour of the facilities. The school is a registered private career College under the Private Colleges Act and is the only butler and household management school of its kind in North America.

Ottawa HEA Embarks on its 80th Year! Members of the Ottawa HEA are shown enjoying a Victorian Tea before their June AGM which was held on the veranda of Dickinson House (former campaign headquarters of Sir John A. MacDonald) in Manotick. Members of the Rideau Township Historical Society conducted tours of the historic house and garden, while organizers, Linda Reasbeck, P.H.Ec. (photographer) and Elizabeth Larmond Elliot (pictured serving) served tea and scones. An exciting program has been planned for the group’s 80th year starting with a mid-September tour of the Mississippi Textile Museum located in a former woolen mill in Almonte.

News from OFSHEEA (Ontario Family Studies/Home Economics Educators’ Association) by Jennifer Rennie, P.H.Ec., OFSHEEA Administrator

As the anticipation for a new school year builds, OFSHEEA is building a fantastic program for their annual fall conference that will be held in combination with their Annual General Meeting on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Maple High School in Maple, ON. The theme of the conference is “Plugging In to Youth Culture,” with Marcel Danesi author of “Geeks, Goths, and Gangstas: Perspectives on Youth Culture” giving the keynote address. There will be an abundance of workshops for educators to choose from including: Using Technology in Family Studies, Moodles, Social Media in the Classroom, Starting a Classroom Blog, Engaging Youth Through Financial Literacy, Social Justice Projects for Youth, Google Suites for the Classroom, plus many more! Family Studies and Social Science educators are eagerly awaiting the release of the revised Social Science and Humanities Curriculum this year. OFSHEEA has been working on several writing projects including financial literacy, resources for new courses and teacher support materials for the new School Food and Beverage Policy. OFSHEEA encourages OHEA members to check out their new website www.ofsheea.ca for further information about what is happening in Family Studies education!

Expert on home, family issues, Doris Badir redefined ‘woman’s role’ Doris Badir passed away on June 7th. “Doris Badir dedicated her life and professional work to the improvement of the quality of life for individuals and families around the world," says Prof. Berna Skrypnek of the University of Alberta, where Badir was professor and then dean of Home Economics for nearly 20 years, reports the Edmonton Journal. Read the article at: www.legacy.com/can-edmonton/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=151702625

Turning Beef Into Plastic The University of Alberta is the only post-secondary facility to be approved by the Canada Food Inspection Agency to conduct research involving turning high-risk proteins into safe, sustainable materials.

University of Alberta, August 12, 2011 - www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/en/NewsArticles/2011/08/Creatingplasticfrombeef.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UofAExpressNewsArticles+%28University+of+Alberta+ExpressNews+Articles%29&utm_content=FeedBurner

A New Tool in the Fight Against Obesity The Edmonton Obesity Staging System (a measuring tool) developed at the University of Alberta that is making headlines today. University of Alberta, August 15, 2011 - www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/en/NewsArticles/2011/08/ObesityTool.aspx

Parent Behaviour Key to Preventing Obesity in Children Daily demands of parenting outweigh concerns about diet and exercise. University of Guelph, June 9, 2011 - http://atguelph.uoguelph.ca/2011/06/parent-behaviour-key-to-preventing-obesity-in-children/

OHEA By-laws and OHEA Membership Directory The OHEA By-laws and the OHEA Membership Directory are now available in PDF format on the OHEA website under the Members Only Page. At the AGM this year, members brought up their concern for the cost to produce, print and mail the directory. An electronic format will help reduce our expenses. If you require a hard copy, please send $6.00 to cover the cost to Nancy Greiter OHEA Administrator/Registrar 14 Totten Place Woodstock, ON N4S 8G7

Past OHEA NewsLinks can also be found in the Members Only section of the website along with some branch newsletters. www.ohea.on.ca

CityBites Media – which produces the bi-monthly Toronto food magazine CityBites – partnered with the Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance (OCTA) to create this 36-page handbook dedicated to the province’s burgeoning culinary tourism scene, with articles dedicated to regional farmers’ markets, agricultural celebrations, taste trails, craft brewery and winery tours. A digital version (PDF) of the publication is available at http://ontarioculinary.com/?p=7749#comment-160

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Preserving Cookbooks Recommended by Alison Fryer of the Cookbook Store (including We Sure Can! and Small Batch Preserving by Ellie Topp, P.H.Ec. and Marg Howard, P.H.Ec.) http://totastings.blogspot.com/2011/07/alison-fryers-summer-canning-cookbooks.html Watch for Fresh & Healthy Cooking for Two: Easy Meals for Everyday Life, by Ellie Topp, P.H.Ec. and Marilyn Booth, RD to be released in early October.

We Sure Can! We Sure Can! by Sarah B. Hood (Arsenal Pulp Press, $24.95, isbn 9781551524023) celebrates the ongoing "Canvolution," in which urban "preservationists," local-food aficionados, rural picklers and jammers, and food bloggers are rediscovering the vanishing art of home canning jams, pickles, and other preserves. And we're not talking your standard strawberry jam here; passionate canners are preserving all manner of fruits and vegetables and combining them with unexpectedly exotic spices and ingredients.

The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving by Ellie Topp, P.H.Ec. and Margaret Howard, P.H.Ec. takes the guesswork out of home preserving. Both beginners and pros can make the most of fresh fruits and vegetables when these are readily available and inexpensive. Because these recipes require a minimum of time and fuss, home cooks will enjoy creating the preserves almost as much as everyone will enjoy tasting them. (Firefly, $19.95) The Complete Book of Small Batch Preserving made #4 on the list of best selling cooking and food books by The Globe and Mail on Saturday August 13th, according to BookNet Canada.

Lighthearted At Home - the Very Best of Anne Lindsay A collection of new and revised recipes from one of Canada’s most respected cookbook authors - Anne Lindsay, P.H.Ec. It’s created for those looking for tasty, nutritious food that still has lots of flavour. Hardcover, 486 pp, $38.95.

Media Release Update Thank you to Laura Featherstone, P.H.Ec., author of Teaching Financial Literacy to Secondary Schools and Amy Snider-Whitson, P.H.Ec., author of Back to School with New Nutrition Standards for the latest two OHEA media releases. Find them on the OHEA website www.ohea.on.ca

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The 27th Annual Vegetarian Food Festival September 9 to 11, 2011 Harbourfront Centre, Queen's Quay Free admission. The largest event of its kind in North America with over 100 exhibitors, cooking demos and nutrition seminars. www.veg.ca/foodfair

Feast of Fields September 11, 2011 - Noon to 4 pm Canada Agriculture Museum, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa Annual celebration of organic harvest. Tickets: $60. before Sept. 5th www.feastoffields.ca Fall Festivals at O’Shea’s Family Farm RR#3 Granton, Ontario (15 minutes north of London) Every weekend in September & October - including Labour Day and Thanksgiving Monday: horse drawn wagon rides, music, animals, corn maze, enchanted forest, play in the hay, pedal tractor track, bunny village, giant sandbox, wild west, and much more! Contact: 519-225-2600 osheasfarm@gmail.com www.osheasfarmfresh.com/home/contactusmap.html September 20 to 24: The International Plowing Match: Chute-à-Blondeau in Prescott Russell (eastern Ontario, 65 km west of Montreal) is hosting the 2011 International Plowing Match. www.ipm2011.net

Upcoming Events

Canada’s Baking and Sweets Show September 30 – October 1, 2011 International Centre, Mississauga. www.canadasbakingandsweetsshow.com/ca

OFSHEEA 2011 Fall Conference

Plugging in to Youth Culture

Saturday November 5, 2011 Maple High School, Maple, Ontario

New workshops on Generation-Y learners, youth culture, technoloogy and social media in the classroom. Contact info: ofsheeaconference2011@gmail.com

For more details: www.ofsheea.ca

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Get out your pen and set Saturday March 24th ---- in bright red ink! This year’s OHEA conference is going to Rock! Note to students… still plenty of time to study for your final exams. We are celebrating us! Home economists and rising home economists across the province. Current topics like:

• How can social media help my career? Or for the newbies – What’s all the hoopla about Twitter? • How to find your Twitter tribe • It’s Your Body – How does it actually work! • Food safety in the workplace and in our homes • Key note speaker TBA • And more to come!

Human Ecology/Applied Nutrition students from Guelph, Brescia and Ryerson will be invited to submit a press release on a topic of their own choosing. With a cash award on the line, the three top finalists will present at the conference and the winner will be announced that day. The winning entry will also be circulated as an official OHEA media release to our provincial media list. This year we are having the AGM the night before the main event at George Brown’s Chef’s House restaurant. This is going to turn out to be more of a party than a meeting! So let’s celebrate together in 2012! Looking forward to seeing you there. Embrace the power of a room filled with professional home economists!

Conference Sponsorship We would like to invite you to be a sponsor for our conference. Your support could be in the form of cash donation or door prize/raffle item. Your generous sponsorship will help offset costs to the association for ongoing professional development at this event. Benefits of the sponsorship plan include recognition on printed material, signage and on-screen the day of the conference and promotional pieces for the delegate bags. The levels of sponsorship are:

• Platinum Level $1000 • Gold Level $ 500 • Silver Level $ 250 • Bronze Level $ 100 • Student Sponsorship $ 50

Other possible suggestions for sponsorship: packaged food for breaks and lunch, door prizes/raffle items, silent auction items, gift certificates and coupons. For further details on sponsorship, please contact Joan Ttooulias @ allister.joan@sympatico.ca or Mairlyn Smith @ mairlynsmith@sympatico.ca.

If you know a business or individual that the sponsorship team could approach, please let them know.

Submissions for the late fall NewsLink should be emailed to nancyohea@rogers.com by October 17, 2011

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