86th ACFAS Congress May 9th 2018 at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) Chicoutimi, QC, Canada Organised by Diabetes Action Canada Principal Investigator France Légaré, this symposium aims to highlight the diversity of end-users engagement initiatives in research and health care practices.  With particular attention on settings other than traditional university-related community practices, this symposium […]

  The Aboriginal/Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program (AYMP) has released the second edition of its community Newsletter! Children and youth who have participated in the Aboriginal Youth Mentorship Program (AYMP) say they experience inclusion and empowerment. This resilience-based approach to wellness was co-developed with Indigenous youth and leaders in Winnipeg and northern Manitoba led by a group […]

Optimal care in diabetes requires a collaborative and interdisciplinary team of health-care professionals.  More often than not, pharmacists are an integral part of this team, using their knowledge of medications, skills and professional judgement to manage the medication needs of patients.  Almost 75% of Canadian pharmacists work in a community pharmacy setting, making these health-care […]

In October, Scientific Co-lead Dr. Jean-Pierre Després represented Diabetes Action Canada at the Global Diabetes Forum in Rome, Italy.  This meeting was held in follow-up to the Global Diabetes Policy meeting held last year that led to the “Berlin Declaration”.  Participants from various countries reported on actions implemented since last year’s Berlin meeting.  Representatives from Canada included two […]

Diabetes Action Canada kicked off the Diabetes Canada Conference in Edmonton, Alberta by hosting one of the pre-conference patient-oriented research training sessions. Twenty-six people participated in the training, with the vast majority being trainees and early career investigators and some established investigators, including Dr. Ron Sigal, Professor in Community and Health Sciences at the University […]

What would you do with $15,000 to improve women’s health? Women’s Xchange (SPOR Support Unit and Diabetes Action Canada Sex and Gender team) invites you to apply for the $15K Challenge. The $15K Challenge awards up to $15,000 to individuals in organizations working to advance the health of women and girls in Ontario. Funding is […]

By: Patrice Bleau, Type 1 Diabetes for 35 years The Patient-Oriented Research training that took place October 31st and November 1st at the Alberta Diabetes Institute was my first face-to-face involvement with Diabetes Action Canada. Being a new patient partner with Diabetes Action Canada I was expecting this training to provide basic information to better […]

Dr. Carpentier is the co-director of Diabetes Action Canada Training and Mentoring Goal Group and the recipient of the GSK Research Chair in Diabetes of Université de Sherbrooke, professor and endocrinologist-lipidologist in the Departments of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine at the Université de Sherbrooke. He is also the director of the university’s Centre de recherche […]

November was an extremely busy time for the Clinical Trials and New Therapies Goal Group. On the tail end of the Diabetes Canada Conference and on World Diabetes Day – November 14th, 2017 – the CIHR/JDRF iCT multi-year operating grant application was due.   Eight letters of intent were selected for this competition, with four applications […]

What topics are most important to people living with or caring for someone living with diabetes?  This vital question was asked by Diabetes Action Canada investigators, Drs. Joyce Dogba, France Légaré, Holly Witteman and colleagues in a study published yesterday in Health Expectations. This study outlines methods for collecting valuable insight into what research topics […]