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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 […]

For many older adults, aging in place depends on more than housing. It depends on whether the right supports are available close to home, especially when people are managing several chronic conditions at once. A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society and led by Dr. Rachel Savage and Albana Isai, […]

Ontario’s plan to create a provincewide primary care electronic medical record system is an important step toward a more usable, connected health system. For people living with diabetes, that matters because care is rarely delivered in one place. It happens across family practice, specialist care, hospital services, community programs, screening initiatives, and follow-up care. When […]

Next week, advocates, researchers, clinicians, and people living with diabetes from more than 30 countries will gather in Jaipur, India, for the inaugural Global Summit to End Diabetes Stigma. This landmark event will bring together global voices, lived experience, and evidence to confront one of the most persistent and overlooked barriers in diabetes: stigma. The […]

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) remains one of the most serious emergencies faced by adults living with type 1 diabetes. Even today, DKA leads to thousands of hospital visits in Canada each year. While prevention is absolutely possible, the steps involved: checking ketones, interpreting results, adjusting insulin, and knowing when to seek urgent care, can feel confusing […]

Lower-limb amputations remain one of the most devastating complications of diabetes, yet many are preventable with timely screening and intervention. Through a collaboration with GEMINI, the Vector Institute, and Unity Health Toronto, Diabetes Action Canada researchers helped develop and validate a new artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to identify people at high risk for diabetic […]

A new commentary published in Nature Medicine —“Adults with type 1 diabetes define what matters to them in stem-cell derived islet cell therapy” — calls for a shift in how emerging therapies are evaluated. The science behind stem-cell–derived islet cell therapy is advancing quickly. Clinical trials are showing promising results, including insulin independence for some […]

This piece was written by Linxi Mytkolli, Director of Patient Engagement at Diabetes Action Canada. Linxi brings deep expertise in patient partnership and knowledge mobilization, and her appointment as Canada’s Youth Delegate on Global Health is a meaningful opportunity to extend that work onto the international stage. We are proud to see her leadership helping […]