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hello I'm Laura siren president and CEO
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of diabetes Canada I am deeply grateful
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for everyone who supported diabetes
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Canada in 2022.
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diabetes is one of the fastest growing
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chronic conditions Nationwide today
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there are 11.9 million people living
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with diabetes or pre-diabetes in Canada
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that's one in three of us and it's not
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slowing down our vision here at diabetes
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Canada is a world free of the effects of
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diabetes and that Vision has taken on a
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new urgency
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your partnership and generosity have
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enabled us to advocate for better access
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to Diabetes Care
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send more kids to D camps and fund more
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research to improve treatments and
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ultimately find a cure to end diabetes
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here are some incredible Milestones our
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community saw this past year
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as the go-to place for diabetes
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knowledge and connection we added more
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digital content including more webinars
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and podcasts and we integrated our
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information resources to make it easier
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for people of all abilities to learn
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about managing their diabetes we
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continue to hold our type 1 and type 2
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diabetes conferences virtually which
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allowed people across Canada to access
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the information that interested them the
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most for the first time since covid
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began children living with type 1
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diabetes returned in person to all nine
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of our D camps and we opened our new
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medical center at Camp huronda made
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possible through the generous support
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from Novo nordis Canada demonstrating
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their continued commitment to the type 1
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diabetes community
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it's now easier for people living with
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diabetes to qualify for the disability
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tax credit and the federal government
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tabled the national framework for
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diabetes a road map that will help
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Federal and provincial governments
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address the diabetes epidemic in our
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country
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that framework is a culmination of more
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than six years of work by diabetes
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Canada along with our donors
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stakeholders and many partners the
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tabling of the framework says to people
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living with diabetes like me that
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there's going to become a comprehensive
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plan in place to address the growing
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impact of the diabetes crisis across
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Canada we also saw a renewed Focus from
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our volunteers donors and researchers
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your voices are being heard important
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changes are happening and together we're
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moving closer to ending diabetes but we
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know there's more work to be done in
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2023
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we're prioritizing Equitable access to
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Diabetes Care particularly for the
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equity seeking communities which are
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impacted disproportionately by diabetes
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we'll continue to advocate for
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affordable access to diabetes
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medications devices and supplies
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we'll work towards eliminating stigma
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and discrimination against people with
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diabetes and we'll do all of this while
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funding research to better manage
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diabetes and ultimately find a cure
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we have a lot to accomplish and I know
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that diabetes Canada's dedicated
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volunteers Advocates donors staff and
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board members will get the job done join
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us by lending your support or voice to
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help people living with diabetes live
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healthy lives every step forward we take
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together is a step closer to our vision
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a world free of the effects of diabetes
