Prep for a Healthy Week of Nutrient Dense Meals

Guest Bio: Amy Symington, BAH, MSc

Amy Symington, BAH, MSc, is a nutrition professor, research associate and chef at George Brown College (GBC), where she teaches nutrition and culinary courses, develops nutrition focused curricula and works on health based research projects.

Amy has a M.Sc. in Applied Human Nutrition with a focus on functional food from Oxford Brookes University, UK. She also develops recipes, does food writing and provides nutrition advise to small and large businesses and magazines in the Greater Toronto Area including the infamous Clean Eating Magazine. In addition to teaching, applied research and recipe development, Amy is also the nutrition and kitchen program coordinator at Gilda's Club Greater Toronto where she runs a bi-weekly supper club program and provides nutrition workshops and culinary demonstrations to those touched by cancer.

Amy is recently the happy recipient of a SSHRC grant for the Community and College Social Innovation Fund to develop a cookbook and guide for cancer nutrition to be utilized by cancer care organizations like Gilda's Club Greater Toronto as well as those touched by cancer.