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
Understanding multimorbidity in older adults living in Ontario NORCs: New research points to where support is needed most
For many older adults, aging in place depends on more than housing. It depends on whether the right supports are available close to home, especially when people are managing several chronic conditions at once. A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society and led by Dr. Rachel Savage and Albana Isai, […]
Ontario’s move toward a connected primary care record system is a meaningful step for diabetes care
Ontario’s plan to create a provincewide primary care electronic medical record system is an important step toward a more usable, connected health system. For people living with diabetes, that matters because care is rarely delivered in one place. It happens across family practice, specialist care, hospital services, community programs, screening initiatives, and follow-up care. When […]
MEDIA RELEASE: Canada takes leadership role at Global Summit to End Diabetes Stigma
Next week, advocates, researchers, clinicians, and people living with diabetes from more than 30 countries will gather in Jaipur, India, for the inaugural Global Summit to End Diabetes Stigma. This landmark event will bring together global voices, lived experience, and evidence to confront one of the most persistent and overlooked barriers in diabetes: stigma. The […]
Webinars
Advances in the Treatment of diabetes: Where have we been and where are we going?
Join Toronto’s Dr. Alice Cheng and Dr. Bruce Perkins as they discuss the latest advances in diabetes treatment and care. From do-it-yourself looping to islet transplants, from stem cells to continuous glucose monitors, there have never been more options or opportunities.
Podcasts
Patients as Research Partners
Episode one features an interview with Patient Partner Dana Greenberg and Dr. Holly Witteman about the role of patients as Research Partners.