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.

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Patient Engagement

Engaging people with diabetes as active partners in health research to maximize the benefits of research for all communities.

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Digital Health

Using health data to better understand those living with diabetes and transform diabetes self-management.

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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.

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Recent News

Understanding multimorbidity in older adults living in Ontario NORCs: New research points to where support is needed most

14 April 2026

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, […]

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Ontario’s move toward a connected primary care record system is a meaningful step for diabetes care

31 March 2026

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 […]

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MEDIA RELEASE: Canada takes leadership role at Global Summit to End Diabetes Stigma

19 March 2026

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 […]

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Webinars

The WHERE of Knowledge Mobilization

Video 4: The WHERE of Knowledge Mobilization (8:10mins). Knowledge mobilization (KM) is not a one size fits all approach. In this fourth video of the KM basics video series, we explore the importance of understanding contexts, settings, and circumstances before we move the research results into the real-world.

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Podcasts

Reshaping How we Research Type 1 Diabetes

On this episode of Actions on Diabetes, host Krista Lamb will be chatting with two guests who are looking at ways to improve the coordination of care for people living with type 1 diabetes. The Reshape T1D project tries to understand how people interact with the health care system by involving those living with T1D and their clinicians in designing the research process.

Our guests are Jamie Boisvenue, a PhD student at the Alberta Diabetes Institute and the University of Alberta, and Patient Partner Kathleen Gibson. They are hoping to highlight have lived experience to help clinicians provide better patient-forward care.

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Land Acknowledgement

We begin by acknowledging the land on which Diabetes Action Canada operates. For thousands of years, this land has been the traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishinabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Mississaugas of the Credit, and it remains home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples today.

To the Indigenous Peoples who have been the stewards of the lands where our Network members reside and work, we extend our deepest respect and affirm our commitment to fostering understanding and appreciation for the diverse cultures, histories, and knowledge of Indigenous communities. We recognize our responsibility and accountability in advancing the ongoing reconciliation process and are grateful for the privilege to work and learn on these lands.