We believe that engaging patients in research is the cornerstone to building a health care system that is sustainable, accessible, inclusive, and equal for all. In 2014, the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) launched its Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Research Networks in Chronic Disease. Diabetes Action Canada is one of these networks and focuses on long-term improvements to the management and treatment of diabetes and its related complications. Engaging individuals and caregivers in our work, ensures the projects, research, tools and information Diabetes Action Canada develops is relevant to those that live with diabetes. This initiative reinforces the importance of partnering with the people whose lives are touched by chronic disease to achieve goals of finding real solutions to improve the lives of people and families who are living with these conditions.
