Diabetes Action Canada

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.

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Recent News

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Webinars

Patient Engagement the Next Generation

This webinar features some of our most successful approaches of patient engagement in shaping our research projects.

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Podcasts

Respectful engagement of Indigenous Peoples in patient-oriented research

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Supporting the Mental Health Needs of People with Type 1 Diabetes

Diabetes is a 24-hour condition with no vacations or days off. Those who live with it understand that diabetes distress – the term for mental health challenges specific to diabetes – is very real and can be very challenging to manage. It can also have a big impact on other aspects of diabetes care – like this A1Cs doctors are always checking.

This episode’s guests will give listeners lots to think about when it comes to diabetes and mental health – and how Diabetes Action Canada is at the forefront of new programs aimed at improving mental health in everyone with diabetes.

Host Krista Lamb with talk to guests Dr. Carly Whitmore, an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University, and Linxi Mytkolli, Diabetes Action Canada’s Lead of Patient Engagement and Knowledge Mobilization and a person living with diabetes.

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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 […]

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What Can They Teach Me About Anti-Indigenous Racism in Healthcare? Lots!

19 July 2024

This is part six in our series by Patient Partners about what they learned at our recent workshop. By Maryann Maloney About Maryann: Maryann Maloney As a Patient Partner with Diabetes Action Canada, I’ve been given the opportunity to have a voice that connects both my passion for helping others and the type 1 diabetes […]

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Patient Partner Perspective: Understanding Privilege and its Impact on Health Equity

18 July 2024

By Terri MacDonnell This is part 5 in our series of blog posts written by Patient Partners about their experience at the Diabetes Action Canada Workshop. About Terri: Terri MacDonnell has been a T1D for going on a pump and sensor 2 years ago. Feeling going on a pump and sensor 2 years ago. Feeling […]

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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

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

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Patient Engagement Through an EDI Lens

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

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Training and Mentoring

Ensuring patient-oriented research remains top-of-mind by training the next generation to see it as a critical part of their approach to research.

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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.

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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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