by Amanda Mayer | Dec 17, 2021 | Diabetes, Healthy Active Children, Update
Details about the call including eligibility criteria, available funding and the application process are available here.
by Amanda Mayer | Dec 10, 2021 | Diabetes, Healthy Active Children, Update
Late last year the Lawson Foundation Board of Directors approved a new direction for the Child & Youth Diabetes Strategy (CYDS), narrowing its scope and making a ten-year commitment to focus on the prevention of type 2 diabetes in northern and remote Indigenous...
by Amanda Mayer | Sep 6, 2021 | Diabetes, Impact Investing, Update
A partnership between Raven Capital, the Lawson Foundation, and the federal government leverages an impact-investing strategy from the clean energy sector to tackle the diabetes epidemic in Indigenous communities. Read more. Un partenariat entre Raven Capital, la...
by Amanda Mayer | Aug 24, 2021 | Diabetes, Guest Blog Series, Update
Cindy is a mother and partner. A primary caregiver who works part-time to support her family. She has also recently been diagnosed with diabetes. Immediately following her diagnosis, Cindy had access to educators who explained all the things she needed to know and do...
by Amanda Mayer | Jun 9, 2021 | Truth & Reconciliation, Update
It is with shared grief that we offer condolences to the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Peoples on whose territory the deaths of 215 children occurred at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, children who were forced to attend as “students.” We humbly...
