Diabetes Action Canada
Improving Lives with Diabetes Through Research, Patient Engagement, and Knowledge Mobilization
Our Network unites patient partners, researchers, diabetes specialists, primary care providers, nurses, pharmacists, data experts, and policy leaders to co-design solutions that transform care, reduce health inequities, and improve outcomes for all people living with diabetes.
Patient Engagement
Engaging people with diabetes as active partners in health research to maximize the benefits of research for all communities.
Digital Health
Using health data to better understand those living with diabetes and transform diabetes self-management.
Knowledge Mobilization
Knowledge mobilization (KM) involves activities that help create and use research in practical ways, enabling research to be applied in real-world settings more quickly to improve the lives of patients and the public.
Recent News
Low 2 Premier at the Diabetes Canada Conference on November 27, 2025
Diabetes Action Canada is pleased to share that Low 2, the second film in this arts-based series co-created with Co-researchers with lived experience from the Calgary Diabetes Advocacy Committee (CDAC), will be screened at the Diabetes Canada Professional Conference on November 27, 2025. Building on the success of the original film Low, this new chapter […]
When Timing Matters: Reflections from the TIMED Meeting in the Netherlands
November 10th-14th, members of Diabetes Action Canada travelled to Wageningen, Netherlands, to join colleagues from across Canada and the Netherlands for the end-of-grant meeting of the Right Timing to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes (TIMED) Consortium. The gathering marked an important milestone in a collaboration that brings together world-leading chronobiologists, clinicians, implementation scientists, and Patient Partners […]
DAC @ Diabetes Canada Conference 2025
The Diabetes Canada Professional Conference is a key opportunity for our Network to connect, learn, and share progress. This agenda highlights Diabetes Action Canada’s activities throughout the week — from presentations and panels to special events that showcase our collaborative, patient-oriented research. Wednesday November 26th, 2025 Time Session Speakers 13:15 – 16:15 DCS1 – Eat […]
Webinars
Patient Engagement the Next Generation
This webinar features some of our most successful approaches of patient engagement in shaping our research projects.
Podcasts
Islet Biologists Embrace Patient-Oriented Research
Think Patient Partners can’t participate in discovery-level research? Think again!
Host Krista Lamb talks with Dr. Rob Screaton from the University of Toronto, Patient Partner Zoe Hilton and trainee scientist Cassie Locatelli. These three guests are working on a project incorporating Patient Partners into an islet biology training program.