[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] How do we know the number of people living with diabetes in a province? Is that number going up or down? Are people living with type 2 diabetes more or less likely to have a heart attack after they turn 50? Does a person with type 1 diabetes using an insulin pump have […]

On March 20th & 21st, the Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program (IYMP) team members from across Canada came together in Calgary, Alberta for the 3rd Annual National Team Gathering. The primary goal of the gathering was to review progress over the past 2 years, share new data/information gathered within each door and set a preliminary direction […]

  That Dr. Charles de Mestral spent the morning before our interview at Queen’s Park advocating for improved wound care for people with diabetes in Ontario should not be surprising. The researcher and vascular surgeon at St. Michael’s Hospital has become a passionate voice for the need to stem the tide of amputations related to […]

  Que le Dr Charles de Mestral ait passé la matinée précédant notre entrevue à Queen’s Park, à promouvoir des soins améliorés des plaies pour les personnes vivant avec le diabète en Ontario ne devrait pas être surprenant. En effet, le chercheur et chirurgien vasculaire à l’Hôpital St. Michael s’est fait le porte-parole passionné de la nécessité d’endiguer la vague d’amputations […]

  The latest issue of the Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology features a paper from Diabetes Action Canada researcher Dr. Valeria Rac looking at the economic analysis of the tele-retina screening program for diabetic retinopathy. Dr. Rac and her team concluded that this program is a more cost-effective means of screening for diabetic retinopathy than the […]

  Recently, the Diabetes Action Canada Tele-Retina Screening Program was featured in the media. Dr. Michael Brent was interviewed for a segment on CTV News specifically about this program. He also appeared on the Diabetes Canada Podcast to discuss this and other programs related to diabetic retinopathy research in Canada. Diabetes Action Canada is working […]

November is Diabetes Awareness Month, which is an opportunity for Diabetes Action Canada to highlight the organization’s work in developing patient- and research-informed health care delivery that is accessible to all and designed to prevent diabetes and its related complications. Diabetes Action Canada is part of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research Strategic Patient-Oriented Research […]

Congratulations to Dr Charles de Mestral for being awarded an Ontario Early Researcher Award (ERA) for his proposal entitled: Regional Foot Core and Amputation Prevention Pathways For All Ontarians. Dr. de Mestral is a Surgeon-scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital & Unity Health Toronto and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto. The […]

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] In April, the Diabetes Action Canada Training and Mentoring Program launched a new Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition. A total of 8 applications were received and an evaluation committee comprised of researchers and patient partners was assembled for the adjudication process.This year, the Training and Mentoring Group will be granting 4 Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards of […]

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] National Diabetes Repository Diabetes Action Canada has successfully launched the first National Diabetes Repository in Canada.  This novel, secure analytics platform designed and implemented by Dr. Michelle Greiver (University of Toronto) and colleagues now contains information from over 110,000 individuals with diabetes in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Newfoundland and Quebec, along with […]