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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
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What Can They Teach Me About Anti-Indigenous Racism in Healthcare? Lots!
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Patient Partner Perspective: Understanding Privilege and its Impact on Health Equity
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Thank You, André!
Webinars
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My Diabetes Story – Marley and Dana Greenberg
Podcasts
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Patient Partnership in Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are the way we test new drugs or therapies on people, and they’re incredibly important to moving diabetes research forward. However, they can be challenging and complicated to develop and fund.
That’s where the new Diabetes Clinical Trials Network in Canada comes in.
This episode’s guests are Dr. Hertzel Gerstein, who is leading this new Network, and Diabetes Action Canada’s Executive Director, Tracy McQuire. They explain why the organizations have partnered with a goal of improving the pathway to moving the best clinical trials in diabetes forward faster.
Breaking Barriers and Building Connections at the DAC Conference
Finding Belonging Through Art and Patient Partnership: My Journey at the DAC 2024 Workshop
Navigating Lows and Highs: My Experience at the DAC 2024 Workshop
Facts on Diabetes
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A diabetes diagnosis occurs every 3 minutes in Canada
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Over 3 Million Canadians have diabetes and millions more are at risk of developing diabetes
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Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in working-age Canadians
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Diabetes and its complications cost the health care system $27 billion in 2018
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Up to half of Canadian Indigenous Adolescents have multiple risk factors for type-2 diabetes
Programs
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Become a Patient Partner
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