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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

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 […]

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 […]

Thank You, André!

17 July 2024
This month, we celebrate the retirement of Patient Partner, André Gaudreau. Since the early days of Diabetes Action Canada, André has been a dedicated member of our team. He was a co-facilitator for the Training and Mentoring Program, a member of our Francophone Patient Circle, a member of several research teams, and a huge part […]

Webinars

Joint Webinar with Diabetes Action Canada and Fighting Blindness Canada

Dr. David Wong, retinal specialist; Leanne Baarda, Independent Living Skills Specialist, Vision Loss Rehabilitation Ontario; Diana Sherifali, PhD, clinical nurse specialist, Diabetes Care and Research Program, Hamilton Health Sciences; Bert Neutel, patient partner.

Podcasts

Islet Biologists Embrace Patient-Oriented Research

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.

Amputation Prevention

Amputation Prevention

On episode four, Patient Partner Tom Weisz and Dr. Charles de Mestral discuss the work being done by the Diabetes Action Canada foot care and amputation prevention team, which is looking at community-based approaches to improving treatments and avoiding lower limb amputations.

Breaking Barriers and Building Connections at the DAC Conference

17 July 2024
By Ryan Hooey This is part four in a series of blog posts written by Patient Partners about the Diabetes Action Canada Workshop. About Ryan: Ryan Hooey: A person living with Type I Diabetes for 30 years. An advocate for the affordability, availability, and accessibility of diabetes management technology for all. Located in Windsor, Ryan […]

Finding Belonging Through Art and Patient Partnership: My Journey at the DAC 2024 Workshop

12 July 2024
By Shayla Hele This is the third in our series of blog posts, written by Patient Partners, about their experience at the Diabetes Action Canada Workshop. About Shayla: My name is Shayla Hele. I am 26 years old and have been living with Type 1 Diabetes for 19 years. I have been a part of […]

Navigating Lows and Highs: My Experience at the DAC 2024 Workshop

11 July 2024
By Sasha Delorme This is part two in our series of blog posts written by Patient Partners about their experience at the Diabetes Action Canada Workshop. About Sasha: Sasha Delorme is a happily married Métis woman with two sons and two stepchildren. She grew up in a small town in Saskatchewan with her mother, who […]

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

Diabetic Retinopathy Screening

Diabetic Retinopathy Screening

Preventing Diabetic Retinopathy through accessible screening methods and advanced technology.
Mental Health and Diabetes

Mental Health and Diabetes

Developing programs that will improve the quality of life for people with diabetes by addressing their mental health and addiction needs.
Innovations in Type 1 Diabetes

Innovations in Type 1 Diabetes

Creating collaborative patient-oriented research programs that enables innovative research in T1D.

Get Involved

Become a Patient Partner

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.
Partners

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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