How diabetes hurts all Canadians and what you can do about it

 By: Kimberley Hanson, Executive Director, Federal Affairs, Diabetes Canada  One January night in 2018, Sheila Malcolmson lived every parent’s fear: she found her 4-year-old daughter barely conscious and rushed her to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Emma was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes – an incurable autoimmune disease that would

Revolutions in Diabetes: A Look Inside Yesterday’s Conference on the Disability Tax Credit

 This passed month was National Diabetes Awareness month, an important time for hundreds of Canadians and an exciting opportunity for making change. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) has been involved in funding nearly every major scientific breakthrough in Type 1 Diabetes research, and is one of the loudest voices

Ottawa Preteen’s Sugardrop Sweetwear Co. Fashionably Fighting Diabetes

 Kate Beaulieu, it could be said, was your usual pre-teen girl. She played basketball, loved to dance and hang out with her friends for sleepovers. Then came the Christmas where she could barely get off the couch. There was nothing usual about that. When she said she felt she wasn’t

It Shouldn’t Matter Where You Go To School, But For Kids With Diabetes, It Does

 Provinces, school districts need to adopt comprehensive diabetes policies now Summer is a time to put thoughts of school aside, but some families are already worrying about September.  For parents of kids with diabetes, the beginning of each new school year brings not only the usual preparations, but also fears