As summer winds down and children get ready for back to school fun, there is one remaining summer camp occasion being planned in Vancouver, BC. It’s time to celebrate, acknowledge and enjoy special memories of camp.

To spark more conversation about poverty and food security, a CDA employee demonstrates the additional challenge of living with diabetes on $5 a week. 

The BC PharmaCare drug review process provides patients and caregivers the opportunity to influence the drug approval process in that province. To gather input, BC PharmaCare has created Your Voice, a portal for patients and caregivers to submit their views.

The increasing prevalence of diabetes in Ontario is alarming with approximately 1.2 million Ontarians estimated to be living with the disease.  The Canadian Diabetes Association supports recent findings released from a study conducted by ICES and St. Michael’s Hospital that says access to affordable medications is essential for people with diabetes to manage their disease.  This is particularly true for low-income Ontarians with diabetes who are younger than age 65.

Learn more about how low socio-economic status (SES) affects people with diabetes.

The Davis Family from Halifax, Nova Scotia is very familiar with living with type 1 diabetes. Sisters Rebecca and Erin were both diagnosed at the age of six. Now teenagers, the sisters have united to champion a local Run for Diabetes event in an effort to raise awareness and encourage community support for programs such as D-Camps - something very important to both girls.

Become a Diabetes Champion. Register at www.runfordiabetes.ca

Type 1 diabetes is caused by a person’s own immune system mistakenly attacking and destroying their beta cells. Type 2 diabetes develops when the beta cells do not make enough insulin, or the body does not properly use the insulin that is made.

Join us for the Cash Store Financial’s Freedom Run in support of the Canadian Diabetes Association! Taking place in 15 communities across Canada, the event offers a 3K Family Walk and a 5K Walk or Run in a festive atmosphere. Sign up with family and friends and help raise funds to support Canada’s most renowned scientists and clinicians in their quest for innovative developments in the prevention, treatment and management of diabetes.

Register today at www.diabetes.ca/get-involved/events/freedom-runs

This whole-grain side dish offers crunch with a refreshing taste. Canola oil is the perfect base for a salad dressing with its light texture and neutral flavour.