Message from the Ontario SPOR SUPPORT UNIT (OSSU) OSSU is pleased to share with you a special supplement highlighting the value of patient engagement in research through 17 innovative OSSU-funded IMPACT Demonstration projects. Engaging Patients in Health Research: the Ontario Experience, published today in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), features in-the-trenches experiences, tips and challenges […]

  SUDBURY—The CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind) Medical Mobile Care Unit will once again serve around 4,500 patients on its annual tour of Northern Ontario. However, this will be the last time the present unit will make the trip, as a new unit will be in place for next year’s tour. Click Here […]

Diabetes Action Canada will like to congratulate Dr. Michelle Greiver on her appointment as the new Gordon F. Cheesbrough Research Chair in Family and Community Medicine at North York General Hospital (NYGH) and Director of the University of Toronto Practice-Based Research Network (UTOPIAN) at the Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) Dr. Greiver comes to the role after more than 15 years of experience with PBRNs. She was a founding member […]

DAC Training and Mentorship Program Fellowship Awards 2018-2020   This year, the Diabetes Action Canada Training and Mentoring Program will be granting one Post-doctoral Fellowship Award, peer-reviewed by Diabetes Canada, of $50,000/year for a period of two years. We are pleased to announce the successful recipient of the scholarship award for the Post-doctoral Fellowship 2018-2020: […]

Women’s Xchange, Diabetes Action Canada’s Sex and Gender Enabling Research Program, has created an interactive and accessible toolkit comprised of 7 e-learning modules focused on the incorporation of sex and gender in research. Women’s Xchange has developed The Health Researcher’s Toolkit: Why Sex and Gender Matter to be as comprehensive as possible, addressing a variety […]

  DAC Training and Mentorship Program Mentorship and Internship Awards 2018-2019 This year, the Diabetes Action Canada Training and Mentoring Program, in collaboration with the Cardiometabolic Health, Diabetes and Obesity Research Network (CMDO), will fund six awards: three Mentorship Awards of $10,000 for a period of one year and three Internship Awards of $10,000 for […]

As posted on the Aging Community Health  Website If you’re a researcher who wants to make the most of the contributions from caregiver partners, you’ll want to watch our latest video. Gail juggles the demands of being a family caregiver and yet still makes time to be an Aging, Community and Health Research Unit caregiver […]

As posted on the Diabetes Canada Website Diabetes Canada released the report “Diabetes 360˚: A Framework for a Diabetes Strategy for Canada. The report contains the recommendations of a coalition of nearly 120 experts from across Canada. Excerpt From the Report The report’s primary recommendation calls for $150 million in funding over seven years to […]

  CMAJ has recently announced CMAJ Open Patient-Oriented Research Collection. This is an exciting opportunity for patient-oriented researchers as it provides a home for research studies that particularly specify how patients were engaged as part of the research team and how their contributions developed the work.  This group is guided by a steering committee composed of researchers and patients from […]

  Community Voices: Diabetes in Indigenous Populations is a video project produced by the Institute of Health Economics in Alberta Canada and support by Boehringer-Ingelheim Canada.  This video aims to highlight Indigenous perspectives on health, and promote shared learning for a variety of stakeholders within the context of health, well-being, and health care in Canada. New […]