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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
Podcasts
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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.
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
Get Involved
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Become a Patient Partner
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