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Diabetes Action Canada

Our Network consists of a diverse team of patient partners, researchers, diabetes specialists, primary care practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, data specialists, and health policy experts committed to improving the lives of persons living with diabetes.

Recent News

Meaningful connections between researchers and patient partners

30 September 2024
This is part seven in our series by Patient Partners about their experiences at our recent workshop. About Katie: Katharine (Katie) Mackett has lived with type 1 diabetes for 25 years. She is a PhD candidate in Clinical Epidemiology at McMaster University (Hamilton, ON) researching equitable access to evidence-based care for individuals living with diabetes. […]

Kate Farnsworth – Catalyst for Change Award Winner

30 September 2024
This year, DAC awarded the Catalyst for Change Award to three deserving patient partners. The award honours those who have made an extraordinary contribution to patient partnership in research. Kate Farnsworth, a DAC patient partner since the organization’s inception, was one of the recipients. The mother of a daughter with type 1 diabetes (T1D), Kate […]

Ryan Hooey – Catalyst for Change Award Winner

12 September 2024
This year, Diabetes Action Canada presented its first Catalyst for Change Awards. This award, given to three recipients, honours Patient Partners who have made an extraordinary contribution to research. One of this year’s recipients is Ryan Hooey. Ryan is a dedicated patient partner who lives with type 1 diabetes and sight loss. He holds a […]

Webinars

Welcome by Planning Committee

Welcome by Planning Committee

Opening Remarks and welcome led by Drs. Gary Lewis and Jacqueline James

Podcasts

Using Data to Change Lives

Using Data to Change Lives

Episode six features Kylie Peacock, a Diabetes Action Canada Patient Partner and Conrad Pow, a Senior Project Manager at Diabetes Action Canada discussing the National Diabetes Repository and how Diabetes Action Canada is using data to change lives.

Diabetes and Technology

Diabetes and Technology

Episode five features Jen Hanson, Executive Director at Connected in Motion, and Dr. Shivani Goyal, Associate Director of Product at eHealth Innovation, discussing the ways technology is changing diabetes and how Diabetes Action Canada is ensuring patient voices are at the table.

What Gets Counted, Counts: Paying Attention to Sex and Age in Health Research

14 August 2024
A new resource from Diabetes Action Canada researcher, Dr. Robin Mason, is now available. The Health Researcher’s Toolkit module, What Gets Counted, Counts: Paying Attention to Sex and Age in Health Research, focuses on the need to disaggregate data by sex and age This short, interactive module outlines the reasons why it is important to integrate age […]

New Publication Looks at Patient Partnership in Study Recruitment

12 August 2024
A new paper from the INTREPID Lab at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, authored by Dr. Carly Whitmore at McMaster University has been published in the journal Health Expectations. The paper, co-authored by multiple Diabetes Action Canada researchers and Patient Partners, looks at Partnered Recruitment: Engaging individuals with lived experience in the recruitment […]

Thank You, André!

1 August 2024
A sad update to our feature story below, on July 17, 2024 André Gaudreau passed away. Our hearts go out to his family, friends and colleagues, and we are so grateful for the time we had with him. The below tribute on his retirement as a Patient Partners seems very fitting as a remembrance of […]

Facts on Diabetes

  • A diabetes diagnosis occurs every 3 minutes in Canada

  • Over 3 Million Canadians have diabetes and millions more are at risk of developing diabetes

  • Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in working-age Canadians

  • Diabetes and its complications cost the health care system $27 billion in 2018

  • Up to half of Canadian Indigenous Adolescents have multiple risk factors for type-2 diabetes

Programs

Digital Health Solutions for Learning Health Systems

Digital Health Solutions for Learning Health Systems

Using health data to better understand those living with diabetes and transform diabetes self-management.
Innovations in Type 1 Diabetes

Innovations in Type 1 Diabetes

Creating collaborative patient-oriented research programs that enables innovative research in T1D.
Diabetic Foot Care and Prevention of Lower Limb Amputations

Diabetic Foot Care and Prevention of Lower Limb Amputations

Preventing lower limb amputation through a community-based chiropody-led approach to treating and preventing foot ulcers.

Get Involved

Become a Patient Partner

Become a Patient Partner

Diabetes Action Canada aims to integrate the patient perspective into every step of the research process including developing research questions, defining research objectives, collecting data and evaluating results; however, while some patients have the readiness to contribute as full members of research teams, others may bring a range of expertise such as in ethics or as knowledge brokers.
Partners

Partners

Our partners share in our mission to transform the health outcomes of people with diabetes and its related complications. Industry stakeholders have the opportunity to partner with Diabetes Action Canada, the first and only nation-wide collaborative network focused on the prevention of diabetes complications, and play an active role in achieving our goals.

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