News & Updates
Diabetes Awareness Month
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...
Leadership Opportunity: President & CEO at the Lawson Foundation
The Lawson Foundation, a cornerstone in Canadian philanthropy with nearly seventy years of impactful work, is embarking on a search for a new President & CEO. This pivotal role opens as the current CEO, Marcel Lauzière, plans to retire in April 2024, setting the...
Child & Youth Diabetes Strategy | Virtual Learning and Connecting Series | Episode #4 | November 23, 2023
The next episode of the Child & Youth Diabetes Strategy Virtual Learning and Connecting Series is coming up! Join us on November 23, 2023, alongside our partner, First Nations Education Council, to hear from David Gill, a retired National Team athlete and First...
Child & Youth Diabetes Strategy | Virtual Learning Series Episode # 3 | Indigenous Birth Helpers | October 12
Join us on October 12, 2023, alongside our partner, Wiiji’idiwag Ikwewag, for the upcoming Episode 3 of the Lawson Foundation Child and Youth Diabetes Strategy Virtual Learning Series! Episode 3 will feature Jolene Mercer, Chairperson & Co-Founder, Wiiji’idiwag...
Child & Youth Diabetes Strategy | Virtual Learning and Connecting Series Episode #3 | Indigenous Birth Helpers
“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....
President & CEO Transition (April 2024)
Marcel Lauzière has notified the Lawson Foundation Board that he will be retiring from his position as President and CEO as of April 30, 2024. He will have served the Foundation for a decade and is very much looking forward to relaxing a bit more, focusing on his...
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