Canada holds a special place in the story of insulin because scientists Banting and Best made the discovery at the University of Toronto, in 1921. Before the discovery, the lives […]
JDRF Canada, in collaboration with CIHR, is thrilled to announce the recipients of the CIHR-JDRF Type 1 Diabetes Screening Research Consortium. This $12 million grant will develop a single nationally […]
When Sarah Ayers and her boyfriend returned from a trip to Europe in early March, talk of an impending pandemic in Canada was flooding the media and travelers were being advised to self-isolate as a precaution
Giving back to others has been a way of life since Tannis was a young girl growing up in Winnipeg. Her parents were always community-minded, with hersurgeon father establishing the first collective medical facility, the Winnipeg Clinic, and her mother lending support to various organizations.
Margaret I don’t have Type 1 Diabetes, but I lived with it for 32 years — through my husband, who died of T1D in August 2006, exactly 31 years after […]
Guest blog post by Nguyet (Na) Nguyen and Sarah Strong
The Provincial Day of Action is a yearly event where medical students identify a gap in the healthcare system and approach our provincial government with an “ask” to help fix that gap. This year, as students in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland, we asked the provincial government to remove the age restrictions in place for financial coverage of insulin pumps for people living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Fifteen-year-old Kamilla Kozuback recalls fighting back tears as she successfully landed her final jump at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games this past January, placing eighth as one of the youngest snowboarders in the competition to ever represent Canada.
We’re very excited to announce the winners of the Boston Pizza Foundation Future Prospects Award Program for JDRF! Through the generous support of Boston Pizza Foundation Future Prospects, the Program is awarding $5,000 dollars each for a total of $105,000 to help students living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) with tuition and book costs as they pursue post-secondary education in a university, college or trade school.
We invited people affected by type 1 diabetes (T1D) – children, parents and researchers – to share what they wish people knew about what it means to live with this disease. Read on to learn varying perspectives of how T1D affects members of the community every single day.
The recommendations are supported by 50 international organizations working together to curb the spread of COVID-19 and protect those most vulnerable.
A Q & A with Dr. Farid Mahmud, JDRF-funded pediatric endocrinologist at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.
