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Diabetes Action Canada to have its first External Review

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] As Diabetes Action Canada enters its fourth year of funding, it is necessary to critically evaluate our programs and progress to plan for the next phase of our SPOR Network.  We are already well underway in conducting an internal network evaluation, led by Dr. Valeria Rac at the THETA Collaborative, University of Toronto […]

Diabetes Action Canada’s Training and Mentoring Program Announces the 2019-20 Mentorship Awards!

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Diabetes Action Canada Training and Mentoring Enabling Research Program is pleased to announce the 2019-20 awardees for the Patient-Oriented Research Inter-centre Trainee Internship Awards. Congratulation to the awardees who each received $10,000 for a period of one year! The Patient-Oriented Research Inter-centre Trainee Internship Awards in Diabetes and its Complications promotes networking and […]

Diabetes Action Canada: Inaugural Grant Competition

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Diabetes Action Canada’s National Diabetes Repository launched its inaugural grant competition in April 2019.  Our investigators were invited to submit proposals to address meaningful patient-oriented research questions using the Secure Analytic Virtual Environment (SAVE) of the National Diabetes Repository and three research proposals awarded $15,000 each.  Applicants submitted their proposals  through our new […]

Second Edition of the Guidebook on Diabetes Management Out Now

The Banting and Best Diabetes Centre’s (BBDC’s) Knowledge Translation and Optimizing Care Models Program and Diabetes Pharmacists Network, recently released the second edition of their highly-regarded BBDC Guidebook on Diabetes Management. Led by Dr. Lori MacCallum, a Diabetes Action Canada researcher, the latest edition incorporates recommendations from Canadian clinical practice guidelines in diabetes, hypertension, lipids […]
New study from Diabetes Action Canada researcher highlights increase in  diabetes-related amputation in Ontario

New study from Diabetes Action Canada researcher highlights increase in diabetes-related amputation in Ontario

  Recently, a study led by Diabetes Action Canada researcher Charles de Mestral from St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto was released in CMAJ. This study shows lower-limb amputation rates for those with diabetes in Ontario are rising, which highlights the need for improvements in care and access to resources in order to slow this progression. […]

DAC Training and Mentorship Program Mentorship and Internship Awards 2019-2020

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] We are pleased to announce the successful recipients of the 2019-2020 Patient-Oriented Research Intercentre Trainee Internship Awards and their affiliations:   1- Celia Laur – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, WIHV, Women’s College Hospital   2– Heather Kewageshig – PhD (in progress), Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto   Congratulations and good […]

Diabetes Canada Professionals Conference Halifax 2018 – Scientific Ambassadors Final Report Now Available

In October 2018, Diabetes Canada held its annual professional conference in Halifax, NS.  Diabetes Action Canada supported two Patient Partners, Doug Mumford and Robert Fenton, as Scientific Ambassadors, to attend the Diabetes Canada Conference and participate in sessions of interest.  We are pleased to now have a full report on their experiences at the conference.  […]

Diabetes Action Canada Annual Workshop Report now Available!

[siteorigin_widget class=”MSP_Main_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] On May 31st- June 1st, 2019, member of Diabetes Action Canada came together for its fourth Annual Workshop. After three full years in operation, we highlighted our many accomplishments – presented by Patient Partners, Investigators, Trainees, Clinicians and Partners. By all accounts, our 2019 Diabetes Action Canada Annual Workshop, was the most successful […]

CHILD-BRIGHT’s 2019 Summer Learning Series

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Hero_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] CHILD-BRIGHT is thrilled to announce that registration for our 2019 Summer Learning Series (SLS) is now open! The SLS is an opportunity for participants to virtually gather and delve deeper into different topics related to patient-oriented research. This year we will be hosting 4 webinars that are free and open to members of […]

A Diabetes Strategy For Canada – Recent report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] The Standing Committee on Health (all Party) for the Canadian House of Commons has just released its report, A Diabetes Strategy For Canada. Over the course of six meetings held in the spring and fall of 2018, the Committee heard from 32 witnesses and received 12 briefs.  Of these meeting Diabetes Action Canada […]