by Lawson Foundation | 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 Lawson Foundation | Mar 8, 2021 | Diabetes, News
The Lawson Foundation has a long history of supporting work in diabetes. While important progress has been made on a number of fronts, diabetes continues to be an epidemic in Canada and around the world. Today, more than 11 million Canadians are living with diabetes...
by Karen Shelstad | Jun 22, 2020 | Diabetes, Healthy Active Children, News, Truth & Reconciliation
Putting community knowledge and leadership at the centre of a challenge – that’s what we’re doing in a unique collaboration with local Indigenous communities, Raven Indigenous Capital Partners and Indigenous Services Canada’s First Nations...
by Dr. Ananya Banerjee | Dec 14, 2018 | Diabetes, Guest Blog Series, Healthy Active Children, News
When 14-year old Kiran Grewal joined the South Asian Adolescent Diabetes Awareness Program (SAADAP), she did it because diabetes runs in her family. Her father, her aunt (on her dad’s side) and both of her grandmothers have type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and her little...
by Lawson Foundation | Feb 2, 2017 | Diabetes, News
The Lawson Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of new grants under our Child & Youth Diabetes Strategy. Twelve projects out of 66 submissions from across Canada will receive a total of $2,640,000 in funding. For the first time, the Foundation’s...
by Lawson Foundation | Jan 13, 2017 | Diabetes, Healthy Active Children, News
Coming soon: Announcement of new initiatives to be funded by the Lawson Foundation’s Children & Youth Diabetes Funding Strategy! Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in children and youth. Type 1 diabetes, the main form of the disease in children,...
