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Food Security
Spring/Summer 2013 Course Offerings
The following courses are open for enrollment in the Spring/Summer 2013 term:
- CFNY 403 Food Security Concepts and Principles
- CFNY 404 Food Policy and Programs for Food Security
- CFNY 407 Community Development and Food Security
- CFNY 408 Urban Food Security
- CVFN 413 Urban Agriculture Policy-Making
Please note: enrollment remains open until the course starts. Please fax your enrollment form to 416.979.5196 or scan your application form and send it as an email attachment to distance@ryerson.ca.
Urban Agriculture Course Series
The Chang School is offering students who complete the four urban agriculture course electives in the Food Security program official University recognition of having completed a course series in Urban Agriculture. This offer is open to both new and past students. Those students who have already taken some of the urban agriculture courses can return and complete the course series. Likewise, certificate students can add a specialization in urban agriculture to their Food Security certificate.
The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, in partnership with Ryerson’s School of Nutrition and the Centre for Studies in Food Security, is proud to offer a post-degree Certificate in Food Security. This cutting-edge program is offered nowhere else in the world, and can be completed entirely through the convenience of distance education.
Program Highlights
Research and practice across local, national, and international communities: these will be the core components of your studies. The Chang School’s Certificate in Food Security will introduce you to the following topics:
- hunger and poverty
- food policy and programs
- community development
- urban food security
- global nutrition
Our food security teaching team is recognized internationally in the field. Having lived and worked around the globe, they understand the challenges of implementing food security in Canada and the developing world.
You may choose to take one or two courses, or register for the entire six-course Certificate in Food Security. A benefit of studying with The Chang School is membership in a highly interactive, supportive online learning community. Most courses in the Certificate in Food Security can be completed online. By taking our unique courses via distance education, you'll be interacting with peers from all over the world!
