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...
by Jeff LaPlante | Apr 6, 2023 | CYDS Virtual Learning Series, Diabetes, News
Watch episode 1 of our Child Youth & Diabetes Strategy Virtual Learning & Connecting series, which features a conversation with Demian Lawrenchuk, Fox Lake Cree Nation, and Executive Director of Food Matters Manitoba. Listen to Demian’s exploration of...
by Jeff LaPlante | Mar 19, 2023 | CYDS Virtual Learning Series, Diabetes, News
Our new quarterly virtual learning series will feature different speaker(s) on topics related to health and Indigenous communities. The goal of the series is to inform participants from various sectors about Indigenous communities and their relationships with health...
by Amanda Mayer | Oct 25, 2022 | Diabetes
In 2022, the Lawson Foundation announced the launch of the second phase of our Child & Youth Diabetes Strategy (CYDS) with a more strategic focus on the prevention of type 2 diabetes in northern and remote Indigenous communities across Canada. This ten-year...
by Lawson Foundation | Oct 25, 2022 | Diabetes, News
In 2022, the Lawson Foundation announced the launch of the second phase of our Child & Youth Diabetes Strategy (CYDS) with a more strategic focus on the prevention of type 2 diabetes in northern and remote Indigenous communities across Canada. This ten year...