DAC @ Diabetes Canada Conference 2026

Posted date: October 06, 2026

The Diabetes Canada Professional Conference is a key opportunity for our Network to connect, learn, and share progress. This agenda highlights Diabetes Action Canada’s activities throughout the week — from presentations and panels to special events that showcase our collaborative, patient-oriented research.

Wednesday November 18th, 2026

Time	Session	Speakers
5:15 – 6:15	A Diabetes-Based Clinical Scientist’s Journey: From Endocrine Health to Overall Health	Hertzel Gerstein

Thursday November 19th, 2026

Time	Session	Speakers
7:15 – 8:30	✨ SPECIAL EVENT FOR MEMBERS: DAC Networking Breakfast	👉 Register here for the DAC Breakfast
9:35 – 11:00	Growing Up with Diabetes: Motivating Change and Leveraging Digital Health	Penny Sneddon Shazhan Amed Anne-Sophie Brazeau Lindsay Sawatsky
9:45 – 11:00	DCOP1 – Addressing Cardiovascular Health Disparities in Underserved First Nations and remote Communities through a Community-based Mobile Cardiovascular Clinic: the Heart-Community Study	Caroline Samhani Laura Drudi
9:45 – 11:00	Islet and insulin biology in women’s health	Elizabeth Rideout Nicole Templeman James Johnson
11:15 – 12:30	DCOP2 – Assessing the causal role of maternal BMI in the risk of dysglycemia in offspring: A Mendelian randomization study	Despoina Manousaki
11:15 – 12:30	DCOP2 – Effects of high-intensity interval Training on Gut hormones, Adipokines, and Adipose tissue histology in Prediabetic conditions	Presenting: Marie-Anne Grandmont Co-Authors: Jean-Pierre Després David Campbell André Carpentier
11:15 – 12:30	DCOP2 – Multi-Ancestry Benchmarking and Optimization of Polygenic Risk Prediction for Type 1 Diabetes	Despoina Manousaki Brandon Jansonius Wiame Belbellaj
11:15 – 12:30	Food, data and distortion: What is shaping eating and nutrition in the age of algorithms, diet culture, and AI	Alanna Chambers Anne-Sophie Brazeau Rebecca Sovdi Hannah Robinson Heather Vass
15:15 – 16:30	✨ DAC/DC PANEL: From Conversation to Action: Advancing Diabetes Stigma Change Through Partnership and Lived Experience	Linxi Mytkolli Anmol Budhiraja (Patient Partner) Brit Hancock (Patient Partner) Diana Sherifali Yazid Al Hamarneh Shusmita Rashid

Friday November 20th, 2026

Time	Session	Speakers
11:15 – 12:30	Enhancing Access Across the Healthcare System: The Essential Role of Advocacy	Joe Whitney Alanna Weisman
11:15 – 12:30	Hot Topics in Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes	Faisal Malik Katherine Morrison Dina Panagiotopoulos Farid Mahmud
15:15 – 16:30	CSEMOP2 – Mechanisms of the Reduction of Liver Fat Content after Sleeve Gastrectomy	Presenting: Christophe Noll Co-Author: André Carpentier
15:15 – 16:30	Emerging technologies and tools in Diabetes research	Dongdong Wang John Ussher Mahla Poudineh Bruce Verchere

Saturday November 21st, 2026

Time	Session	Speakers
8:15 – 9:30	Optimizing cardiometabolic health in women: the role of exercise and nutrition across the menopause transition	Stuart Phillips Iliana C. Lega
9:45 – 10:45	Isabele Lockerbie Plenary Lecture: It Works … Now What? Utilizing Implementation Science to Bridge the Diabetes “Know-Do” Gap	Erin Mulvihill Mary Jung
11:00 – 12:15	✨ DCOP3 – Advancing Patient Partner Engagement in Knowledge Mobilization: Evaluation of the Diabetes Action Canada (DAC) Research-to-Action Fellowship Program	Presenting: Monika Kastner Co-Authors: Julie Makarski Isabella Herrington Laue Perrier Krystle Amog Linxi Mytkolli Tracy McQuire
11:00 – 12:15	DCOP3 – Establishing a Core Outcome Set for Type 1 Diabetes Screening in Infants and Children	Presenting: Whiwon Lee Co-Authors: Holly Witteman Jon McGavock Diane Wherret
11:00 – 12:15	DCOP3 – Medication Copayment Elimination Reduces Severe Financial Barriers in Low-Income Older Adults with Cardiovascular Risk: A Randomized Controlled Trial	Presenting: Jane Fletcher Co-Authors: David Campbell Braden Manns
11:00 – 12:15	DCOP3 – Mental Health Burden Among Persons Living with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adults (LADA) and Comparison with Type 1 Diabetes in the Canadian BETTER Cohort: A Cross-Sectional Study	Presenting: Rania Mishal Khan Co-Authors: Anne-Sophie Brazeau
11:00 – 12:15	DCOP3 – Preventing Diabetes After Gestational Diabetes: A Scoping Review on Transitional and Collaborative Postpartum Care Models Involving Primary Care Providers	Presenting: Rachel Baran Co-Authors: Lorraine Lipscombe
11:00 – 12:15	DCOP4 – Comprehensive Analysis of Protein Nucleo-Cytoplasmic Translocation using Human Islets	Presenting: Xiong Liu Co-Authors: Patrick Macdonald

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