About this Event
Teaching Kitchen: Build Your Own Burrito Bowl | Diabetes Awareness & Budget-Friendly Eating.
Healthy eating doesn't have to be expensive.
Join York University's Registered Dietitian, Dahlia Abou El Hassan, and York University's Public Health Nurses for a hands-on Teaching Kitchen where you'll learn how to create a delicious, balanced burrito bowl using affordable ingredients.
In recognition of Diabetes Awareness Month and Financial Literacy Month, this interactive session will explore practical strategies for eating well while managing your budget. Participants will gain a better understanding of blood sugar management, healthy eating habits, and lifestyle approaches that support overall health and well-being.
During this session, you will:
- Build your own nutritious and budget-friendly burrito bowl
- Learn how to balance meals to support stable blood sugar levels
- Explore nutrition and lifestyle tips for diabetes management
- Discuss healthy eating strategies for busy student life
- Discover ways to stretch your food budget without compromising nutrition
This event is open to all York University students. Whether you're interested in learning more about prediabetes, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, healthy eating, or budget-friendly meal planning, you'll leave with practical skills and ideas you can apply right away.
No cooking experience required. Come hungry and ready to learn!
Help us reduce waste by bringing your own reusable container or Tupperware to take home any leftovers from your burrito bowl.
Registration Information
This event is exclusively for York University Students.
Date: Wednesday, November 11th, 2026
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Stong Dining Hall
Before joining us for the Burrito Bowl Teaching Kitchen, stop by the Price Match Dash on November 11 from 12-1:30 p.m. at Vari Hall Kiosk! Learn practical grocery shopping and price-matching strategies that can help stretch your food budget, then put those skills into action as we prepare a nutritious and affordable burrito bowl together.
York University is committed to a positive, supportive, and inclusive environment. The Teaching Kitchen offers accommodation for those with disabilities. Please advise if you require accommodation.
By registering for the event you agree with the following photography and cooking consents:
Photography Consent:
I hereby grant permission to York University and its representatives to take photographs or videos of me and to make recordings of my voice. I further grant to York University and its representatives the right to reproduce, use, exhibit, display, broadcast and distribute these images and recordings in any media now known or later developed for promoting, publicizing or explaining York University and its activities and for administrative, educational or research purposes. Photographs, video images and voice recordings are the property of York University.
Cooking Consent:
By participating in one or more of the Compass Group Canada Ltd. (“Compass”) cooking classes being held at the (the "Premise") on and such other dates as may be scheduled (individually or collectively, the “Cooking Classes”) and signing my name below, I confirm that I recognize that there are certain risks inherent in activities of this nature, and accordingly, I hereby consent to, and assume the responsibilities and risks of, my participation in all of the activities associated with the Cooking Classes, and I hereby release and waive all claims against Compass, its customer and its directors, officers and employees for any and all liability for any injury or damage sustained by me, including any liability or claims to the extent resulting from my negligence, arising from my participation in the Cooking Classes and I agree to indemnify Compass, its customers and its directors, officers and employees for any third party claims that may be made against it for any and all liability for any injury or damage sustained by such third parties to the extent resulting from my actions or failure to act, including any liability or claims to the extent resulting from my negligence, in connection with my participation in the Cooking Classes.
I agree to comply with all applicable health, sanitary, safety and other laws, regulations, by-laws and directions of Compass, its customer and any competent governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Premise.
York University is committed to a positive, supportive, and inclusive environment. The Teaching Kitchen offers accommodation for those with disabilities. Please advise if you require accommodation.
Event venue & nearby stays
Stong College Dining Hall, 165 Campus Walk, Toronto, Canada
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