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
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...
by Jeff LaPlante | Sep 15, 2023 | CYDS Virtual Learning Series, Diabetes, News
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...
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 as...
by Jeff LaPlante | Apr 6, 2023 | CYDS Virtual Learning Series, Diabetes, News
Watch the recording: episode 1 of our virtual learning series on diabetes and Indigenous wellbeing! Episode 1 features a conversation with Demian Lawrenchuk, Fox Lake Cree Nation and Executive Director of Food Matters Manitoba. Listen to Demian’s exploration of his...
