by Jeff LaPlante | Mar 15, 2024 | CYDS Virtual Learning Series, Diabetes, News
In our February 26, 2024, episode of the Child & Youth Diabetes Strategy Virtual Learning and Connecting Series, we were honored to be joined by host Martha Peet, an Inuk Elder and Traditional Knowledge Keeper from Taloyaok, Nunavut. Martha, speaking in...
by Amanda Mayer | Jan 29, 2024 | Outdoor Play Strategy, Update
The Canadian Pediatric Society just released a position statement on the importance of outdoor risky play! https://ow.ly/xgfB50QuTmm “Risk is inherent to free play. When children play spontaneously, they may choose to push boundaries and test limits. Risky play...
by Amanda Mayer | Nov 1, 2023 | Diabetes, News
November marks Diabetes Awareness Month and an opportunity to reflect on the silent health crisis affecting millions of people across Canada, especially in northern and Indigenous communities where the rise of type 2 diabetes among youth has been recognized as the...
by Jeff LaPlante | Oct 29, 2023 | CYDS Virtual Learning Series, Diabetes, News
In Episode 4 of our Child & Youth Diabetes Strategy Virtual Learning and Connecting Series, alongside our partner, First Nations Education Council, we heard from David Gill, a retired National Team athlete and First Nations Health promotion specialist....
by Jeff LaPlante | Sep 15, 2023 | CYDS Virtual Learning Series, Diabetes, News
“We have to go back to the beginning.” That’s what Indigenous grandmothers told Jolene Mercer and Kathleen Bluesky, who shared the story of Wiiji’idiwag Ikwewag with us for the latest episode of the Child & Youth Diabetes Strategy Virtual Learning Series....
by Jeff LaPlante | Aug 10, 2023 | CYDS Virtual Learning Series, Diabetes, News
“I am not this disease. It came to tell me that I need to start loving myself.” Grandmother Renee Thomas-Hill shares her wisdom in episode 2 of our virtual learning series on diabetes and Indigenous wellbeing. Watch the recording and listen to the conversation...