This course focuses on critical perspectives in community nutrition. It will consider ecological, political, and social approaches to community nutrition theory and interventions. Topics including community health assessment, sustainable food systems, Indigenous foodways, food justice, and food policy will be addressed. Critical perspectives such as political economy, food sovereignty, and art-based inquiry will be used to analyze approaches to understand community nutrition programs and policy. Examples, mostly from Canada, will be used to highlight the complexity and tensions in community nutrition theory and practice in a variety of settings. Students will familiarize themselves with community and population level approaches to the assessment, planning, and implementation of nutrition programs and policies. This course prepares our students for dietetic practice in various community and population-based settings.