CSNN Calgary started in 2001 with four students. Now after 10 years in operation, CSNN Calgary offers classes to almost one hundred students. The Natural Nutrition Program is licenced as a Private Vocational School by the Government of Alberta Advanced Education & Technology. Our Government School Code – 9025 and our Program Code – 565.

CSNN Calgary offers the one-year full time diploma program in Natural Nutrition that leads to the professional designation R.H.N. Holistic Nutritionist™. Due to government regulations, CSNN Calgary offers one start date per year, which is late August, and starts two separate day classes and one evening class at this time. Please go to ‘Programs’ page for a list of class days & times.

The natural nutrition industry has grown over the past four years. In Calgary there are many opportunities for CSNN graduates within the alternative healthcare field. These opportunities are found in:

Food Industry / Natural Health Centers & Spas / Fitness Centers / Sports Training Centers / Chiropractic Clinics / Health Food Stores / Teaching & Education / Private Practice / Lecturing & Seminars for Corporate Wellness / Wellness Centers / Medical Clinics / Retreat Centers / Senior’s & Retirement Homes / Home Care Nursing Centers / Weight Loss Centers / Naturopathic Clinics.

The employment rate for CSNN Calgary is 85% for 2011. 

In an editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association (280(18):616-1617) MDs are advised that "alternative medicine is here to stay" as its use "reflects changing needs and values in modern society". He summarizes these changes as "a rise in prevalence of chronic disease, an increase in public access to worldwide health information, reduced tolerance for paternalism, an increased sense of entitlement to a quality of life, declining faith that scientific breakthroughs will have relevance for the personal treatment of disease, and increased interest in spiritualism. In addition, concern about the adverse effects and escalating costs of conventional health care are fuelling the search for alternative approaches to the prevention and management of illness." This article pointed out the need for more research, better education, dependable credentials and referral guidelines.


Practicing as an R.H.N.™ in Alberta:
There are certain legalities in Alberta that restricts the use of the word “Registered”. The HPA (Health Professional Act) protects the use of the word “Registered” in Alberta. The R.H.N. designation is trademarked to CSNN and with that trademark, any graduate of CSNN has the right to use the R.H.N. designation. In Alberta, graduates use the full title of R.H.N. Holistic Nutritionist™. This does not affect or limit the practice of an R.H.N. in any way in Alberta.

For statistics regarding graduation data and graduate employment data click here.