JDRF Blog

1. Join team JDRF in Ottawa this October!

by: Patrick Tohill, Director of Government Relations at JDRF Canada
June 8, 2018
Kids for a Cure, JDRF Canada, Advocacy

We're opening submissions for Kids for a Cure 2018, an exciting advocacy initiative in which JDRF gets youth from across Canada together to impact the future of diabetes research.

2. JDRF and McGill University work to optimize performance of artificial pancreas systems

by: JDRF Canada
October 6, 2016
Research, JDRF Canada, McGill University

JDRF Canada awards $466,450 (USD) to Dr. Ahmad Haidar and his team at McGill University to improve the artificial pancreas system

3. JDRF and the University of Alberta work to one day make insulin injections a thing of the past

by: JDRF Canada
September 27, 2016
Research, JDRF Canada, University of Alberta

4. JDRF and UHN's McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine use stem cells and a new implantable device to take us one step closer to finding a cure for type 1 diabetes

by: JDRF Canada
September 14, 2016
JDRF Canada, UHN's McEwen Centre, Regenerative Medicine

5. Mother's Day

by: JDRF Canada
April 28, 2016
Mother's Day, JDRF Canada, Type1der Woman

6. JDRF CELEBRATES WORLD HEALTH DAY ADVOCATING FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE ACCELERATION OF TYPE 1 DIABETES RESEARCH

by: JDRF Canada
April 7, 2016
JDRF Canada, World Health Day, WHO

7. JDRF APPLAUDS WORLD HEALTH DAY ADVOCATING TO END DIABETES

by: JDRF Canada
April 7, 2016
JDRF Canada, World Health Day, WHO

8. Exciting finding announced by JDRF-funded researcher

by: JDRF Canada
March 4, 2016
JDRF Canada, Dr. Megan Levings, BC Children's Hospital

9. JDRF Canada Opens the Market

by: JDRF Canada
September 23, 2013
JDRF Canada, Metro Toronto Convention Center, MTCC

On Friday, September 20, Dave Prowten, President & CEO, JDRF Canada, and Charlotte Romain, Youth Ambassador, JDRF Canada joined Eleanor Fritz, Director, Compliance & Disclosure, Toronto Stock Exchange to open the market and raise awareness of the 25th annual ...

10. JDRF Canada Responds to Chapter 5 of the 2013 Spring Report of the Auditor General of Canada: Promoting Diabetes Prevention and Control

by: JDRF Canada
May 2, 2013
JDRF Canada, Auditor General of Canada

TORONTO (May 2, 2013) – JDRF Canada welcomes the recommendations brought forward in Chapter 5 of the 2013 Spring Report of the Auditor General of Canada: Promoting Diabetes Prevention and Control. This report can alternatively help change the face of diabetes in Canada.