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
Using Health Data to Prevent Harm and Put Patients First: Health Data for All of Us
Conrad Pow is the Senior Lead for Digital Health and oversees Diabetes Research Connect at Diabetes Action Canada. As a father of a child with Type 1 Diabetes, Conrad brings a deeply personal perspective to his work, advocating for the importance of data in improving health outcomes for those living with chronic conditions. Recently, I […]
From Summit to System Change: What Comes Next After the Global Summit to End Diabetes Stigma
This piece was written by Linxi Mytkolli, Director of Patient Engagement at Diabetes Action Canada and a member of the steering committee for the first Global Summit to End Diabetes Stigma, this piece shares her reflections after attending and facilitating the event. The End Diabetes Stigma Global Summit in Jaipur, India, has come to a […]
Diabetes Action Canada joins Indigenous-led efforts to advance culturally safe care
The 2025 Karihwáhstha National Public Policy Circle Gathering, held Dec 8-9, in Wendake, Quebec, brought together Indigenous leaders and partners from across Canada to advance culturally safe, equitable healthcare through Indigenous-led dialogue and action. Diabetes Action Canada (DAC) was proud to be part of that work. Led by the Indigenous Diabetes Health Circle (IDHC), Karihwáhstha is grounded in Indigenous knowledge, rights and lived […]
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.
Podcasts
Islet Biologists Embrace Patient-Oriented Research
Think Patient Partners can’t participate in discovery-level research? Think again!
Host Krista Lamb talks with Dr. Rob Screaton from the University of Toronto, Patient Partner Zoe Hilton and trainee scientist Cassie Locatelli. These three guests are working on a project incorporating Patient Partners into an islet biology training program.