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ACTIVating and Engaging PAtients Through clinical Interaction redesign and Electronically- integrated Novel Technologies (ACTIVE PATIENT) Gestational DiabetesL'institut de recherche du Centre universitaire de santé McGill / The Research Institute of The McGi$400,000We aim to reduce diabetes risk in mother and child by focusing on eating and physical activity in gestational diabetes (GDM). Key components are an electronic platform (ePlatform) to track health behaviours, an education and motivational support resource bank, and a health coach. The ePlatform was developed by Bell/Orion Health. Our team will develop the bank and on-line health coach training modules housed on the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) website. The bank will be linked to the ePlatform and ‘triggered’ by participant metrics, with as needed support from a health coach. We will launch a vanguard randomized controlled trial (RCT). 03/07/201731/12/2021
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Follow-up Senior Diabetes Symposium 2020Diabetes Canada$40,000Diabetes Canada would like to convene a series of bilateral discussions with senior bureaucrats in the provinces and territories leading towards a virtual roundtable in follow-up to that of September 2019, to build upon leadership and momentum at the provincial/territorial level, to refresh alignment in support of Diabetes 360°, and to ensure and that funding is dedicated in the next federal budget.07/09/202007/09/2021
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Self-Management BC – Health Coaching Program – Social Media/Communications StrategyUniversity of Victoria - Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health$85,000This project will design and implement a social media/communications strategy to recruit participants to the Health Coaching Program being scaled across BC. The media assets and strategy created by this project will also be packaged and shared free-of-charge with other organizations implementing the Program to assist with their own recruitment strategies.01/10/202031/03/2021
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Learning for Life Knowledge Mobilization ProjectThe University of British Columbia$100,000In light of Learning for Life’s positive findings – UBC Digital Emergency Medicine developed learning resources for grades 4 to 7 students and demonstrated improved digital literacy and healthy behaviour outcomes for students in three BC schools – this proposal requests support for an additional year to scale up Learning for Life more widely in schools across British Columbia.20/02/201931/12/2020
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Project Bhangra: Drawing on cultural traditions to build lifelong exercise habits among South Asian children ages 8-12 at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.The University of British Columbia$255,000This proposal investigates Bhangra dance as a culturally innovative approach to improve fitness and physical activity in 200 South Asian children from four elementary schools. The intervention consists of after-school Bhangra sessions and home-based video workouts (accessed via website or DVD). Assessments at 4 timepoints will measure fitness and physical activity via 20m shuttle run, vertical jump, body mass index, waist circumference, and moderate to vigorous physical activity (measured by Fitbits). By introducing exercise, early on, as a creative and dynamic activity, we can help South Asian children develop and maintain exercise as a lifelong habit.01/01/201731/12/2020
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Aki Foods “The Meechim Project” – Transitional FundingMa Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre Inc$150,000Transitional funding to provide Aki Foods and Garden Hill First Nation with the time and support over the coming year to find additional funders and develop a new funding model to support the Meechim food security project. Meechim is a core part of an overall strategy to address food security and health outcomes in four remote Island Lake communities in Northern Manitoba – Garden Hill First Nation, St. Theresa Point First Nation, Wasagamack First Nation, and Red Sucker Lake First Nation.01/10/201931/12/2020
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To support the South Asian Adolescent Diabetes Awareness Program (SAADAP) - Photovoice Event 2019-20Governing Council of the University of Toronto$20,500This funding supports the organization of an exhibit at which the findings of the South Asian Adolescent Diabetes Awareness Program (SAADAP) intervention can be shared.01/05/201930/09/2020
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Ongoing support of the South Asian Adolescent Diabetes Awareness Program (SAADAP) - Photovoice Event ($10k) and a subscription to Grant Connect ($1,500)Governing Council of the University of Toronto$11,500The Photovoice Event has been postponed because of COVID-19. This additional support will help keep the team in place to continue to engage the youth involved in the project. A portion of the grant is also being directed to purchase a Grant Connect subscription.01/04/202030/09/2020
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South Asian Adolescent Diabetes Awareness Program (SAADAP)Governing Council of the University of Toronto$199,500This mixed-methods project will develop, implement and evaluate a South Asian Adolescent Diabetes Awareness Program (SAADAP) in a clinical setting, targeting South Asian (SA) adolescents with a family history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the Peel Region of Ontario. Further, this project will use Photovoice to identify factors that contribute to the awareness, knowledge and prevention of T2DM in the SA community from the perspective of SA adolescents01/01/201730/09/2020
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Food Insecurity Screening among Families of Children with DiabetesRyerson University$53,100Given the significance of healthy eating for successful diabetes management and the greater prevalence of food insecurity among families of children with diabetes, we strongly recommend that food insecurity screening become routine in clinical practice. We will be developing, implementing, and evaluating a food insecurity screening initiative in a diabetes out-patient clinic at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Qualitative interviews with families and healthcare providers will direct the development of this initiative. Further interviews with these key stakeholders will provide feedback on its implementation to guide sustainability and success in future implementations nationally and worldwide.31/12/201630/06/2020
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Indigenous Solutions Lab on Diabetes ReductionRaven Indigenous Impact Foundation$150,000This funding supports a Solutions Lab to develop innovative, outcomes-based, community-centred interventions and outcomes-driven financing approaches aimed at reducing diabetes rates in select Indigenous communities. This includes direct engagement with at least six Indigenous communities/social enterprises (e.g., two within the Mi’kmaq Confederacy in PEI, and four within the Island Lake region of Manitoba).01/01/201930/06/2020
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Scaling Up SCOPE’s Live 5-2-1-0 Initiative: Preventing Child-Onset Type 2 Diabetes by Supporting Collective Action Across Multiple Community SettingsThe University of British Columbia - Pediatrics$252,500This project will design, pilot, and evaluate a scale-up approach for Live 5-2-1-0, a community-based childhood obesity prevention initiative aimed at preventing child-onset type 2 diabetes. This project will also develop and test an approach to collecting data on child health behaviours (e.g. physical activity, nutrition) so that Live 5-2-1-0’s impact can be realized prior to broader dissemination. By project completion, we will have taken the first steps to demonstrating the impact of Live 5-2-1-0 on children’s health behaviours and established a tested approach for scaling up Live 5-2-1-0 in order to meet increasing demand for the initiative across BC.01/01/201730/04/2020
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Convening of diabetes experts in preparation for the Indigenous Solutions Lab for Diabetes ReductionRaven Indigenous Impact Foundation$50,000In preparation for the Indigenous Solutions Lab for Diabetes Reduction, the Raven Indigenous Impact Foundation (RIIF) will host a pre-meeting of diabetes experts. The experts will be identified by the key stakeholders Lawson Foundation, FNIHB (ISC), PHAC, RIIF, and Aki Foods. The purpose: explore the realities of diabetes treatment and intervention, particularly in an Indigenous context, and especially to determine metrics that would accurately reflect the success of diabetes interventions. This sets the foundation for the Solutions Lab which will explore ways of implementing/funding diabetes interventions in Indigenous communities through outcomes-based financing, which is dependent on accurate measurement of outcomes. 06/02/201906/02/2020
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"Not in My Children" / Type 2 diabetes prevention from preconception in Thorncliffe Park Toronto East Health Network Foundation$253,500"Not in My Children" aims to proactively offset imminent and long-range childhood (T2DM) in Thorncliffe Park – a rapidly growing, multicultural community with a large number of recent immigrants, the highest fertility rate in the city and the highest diabetes rate of any community in Toronto. The project will include outreach and education to raise awareness among primary care practices and connect them to resources – and interactive, accessible after-school programs for parents and for children. Increases in awareness of the importance of preconception care, and healthy family lifestyles are the main indicators to assess and guide the project.
16/01/201715/01/2020
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Transition in Youth with Diabetes - The MVP (Mentoring and Volunteering with Peers) ProgramThe Governors of The University of Calgary$255,000The transition period from pediatric to adult diabetes services is associated with high rates of medical drop-out. We engaged youth with diabetes for ways to improve transition and they voiced the need for increased social engagement with peers. Such social engagement with peers with diabetes may occur through volunteering and peer mentoring activities; however, the role of these activities during the transition period is not known. We aim to assess the role of volunteering and peer mentoring opportunities that we collectively call The Mentoring and Volunteering with Peers Program (The MVP Program) in youth with diabetes during the transition period.01/01/201731/12/2019
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Partnering with the Cree to develop, implement, and evaluate a sustainable diabetes prevention strategy in young families with a gestational diabetes historyL'institut de recherche du Centre universitaire de santé McGill / The Research Institute of The McGi$255,000We are testing a couple-based approach to diabetes prevention in Montreal following gestational diabetes-complicated pregnancy (GDM; Lawson Foundation-funded MoMMii; group-based cooking/exercise, childcare, website). In partnership with the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay (CBHSSJB), we will adapt the MoMMii strategy to the needs of the Eeyou Istchee region (EI) of Quebec. The program will be delivered by Cree community health representatives (CHRs) supervised by CBHSSJB dietitians and nurse educators. We will examine uptake; engagement; and changes in insulin resistance, glucose tolerance, and health behaviours. An effective program will be sustained with Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative (ADI) funding. 30/12/201630/12/2019
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Addressing Food Security, Health, and Poverty Challenges in the Island Lake CommunitiesCommunity Ownership Solutions Inc$200,000The Farm School will utilize Meechim Farm as an educational/ experiential hands-on training centre. Youth 14-21, from the four Island Lake communities will live, work and learn on the Farm for four one-week periods in February, April, June and September. A curriculum will be developed creating a foundation in gardening/agricultural practices/ food security/ small business management. Working with local education authorities to include training at Meechim Farm as part of the education curriculum. Instruction by the resident Farm Manager and other instructors flown in. Students who complete would work on the Farm, in the Market, or start own garden. 01/10/201601/11/2019
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Senior Diabetes SymposiumDiabetes Canada$60,000This funding supports advancing work to address the diabetes epidemic in Canada and laying the groundwork for a diabetes strategy. Diabetes Canada in collaboration with the Lawson Foundation will convene a roundtable of senior health policy-makers, researchers, NGOs and people affected by diabetes from across Canada in September 2019.01/06/201930/09/2019
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Evaluation of the Child and Youth Diabetes StrategyThe Social Research and Demonstration Corporation$226,000This developmental evaluation of the Child and Youth Diabetes Strategy will help determine how the Foundation can enhance its impact in the diabetes area, including how it can build on its support for grantees as a means to achieving the goals of our Strategy. Learning from the evaluation will inform future planning in this area of work.01/04/201730/09/2019
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Northern Manitoba Food, Culture and Community CollaborativeMakeWay Foundation$300,000The Northern Manitoba Food, Culture and Community Collaborative aims to support communities in Northern Manitoba to increase access to healthy food and to improve community health and community economic development. To do a good job of providing this support, the members of the Collaborative want to learn about and understand northern cultures, values, strengths and challenges through respectful, mutual sharing of stories and ideas. 01/08/201703/07/2019
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Returning to HealthChemawawin Cree Nation$256,500Chemawawin Cree Nation (CCN) believes that the best way to return to health is to develop a strong cultural identity, particularly for the youth in the community. Increasingly, we are becoming aware that the illnesses which plague us are related to historical and ongoing trauma. In knowing and identifying with a strong culture, our youth can develop the lifestyle and tools to become confident and proud of their heritage and move forward in the world - knowing who they are and making healthy decisions. We have selected a location a short distance from our community on which to build a cultural camp - cellphone free, alcohol free and drug free. At this camp, we will teach our youth their culture and provide a place to retreat when they need a break from the pressures of everyday life. We will hire two youth workers to coordinate this work which will include coordinating community and external elder visits, inviting culturally aware health workers to provide teaching sessions and organizing events that strengthen the return to health. They will be responsible to maintain the site, create a plan with the community health team and report on activities. They will be taught to recognize when an individual may need additional health services and how to refer to community health care providers to provide health care.01/04/201731/03/2019
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Wrap Around Diabetes Prevention Program for At Risk Youth and FamiliesNor'west Co-Op Community Health Centre, Inc.$256,500The project will provide integrated diabetes care using a mobile service delivery model and point of care testing (POCT) along with cooking and food skills programming to the most vulnerable urban populations focusing on youth and their families. Continued partnerships with Diabetes Integration Project/Manitoba Renal Program enable screening/education/intervention and treatment for youth and their families expanding to the entire Winnipeg area. The NorWest Community Food Centre partnership will allow for cross-programming enabling participants to access healthy food and food skill development, participate in the screening program, and provide wrap-around support for youth and families at risk and/or living with diabetes.
02/01/201731/12/2018
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Diabetes at School: A project to ensure the safety, support and success of students with type 1 diabetesCanadian Paediatric Foundation/Fondation Canadianne de Pediatrie$247,500Building on the content developed for Diabetes at School (www.diabetesatschool.ca), the first national website designed to support the safe inclusion of children with type 1 diabetes in Canadian schools, this project will adapt and develop key training resources into short, animated videos for use by school staff, parents and others. Led by experts from the Canadian Paediatric Society, Canadian Diabetes Association and Canadian Paediatric Endocrine Group, and involving both parents and educators, this project will ensure that everyone who supports students with type 1 diabetes has easy access to timely, evidence-based training materials.01/12/201621/12/2018
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Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting (CNPRM), Feb 2019Lawson Health Research Institute$10,000The 2019 CNPRM program has evolved to contain a robust series of research dissemination and communication opportunities focusing on Indigenous Health, with a specific focus on the mother, the fetus and the newborn. Building on CNPRM2018, in the 2019 program we have introduced an Indigenous Health Plenary session and are excited to have Professor Gina Muckle (LavalU) present (program at https://www.cnprm.org).

Other Indigenous thematic sessions will include: Dr. Tracey Galloway (UofT); Indigenous Diabetes Health Circle group (Seven Generations GDM Prevention data); oral presentations by four trainees (Indigenous women/newborn, childhood health); Drs. Leona Star, Pablo Nepomnaschy (SFU), Dr. Richard Oster (UofA).

18/12/201818/12/2018
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SAADAPGoverning Council of the University of Toronto$13,000This funding supports the South Asian Adolescent Diabetes Awareness Program (SAADAP) which is intended to be the first of a large effort to help increase awareness and knowledge of diabetes prevention in South Asian adolescents.07/12/201807/12/2018
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mobile Digital-health for Activity and Wellness - mDAWN Kids: Using online comics, mHealth and wearables for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention for Middle Years ChildrenThe University of British Columbia$225,000Technology can enliven interactive classroom lessons while teaching students healthy skills to prevent chronic diseases and encourage lifelong wellness. Building upon our previously tested, Learning for Life (L4L) digital health curriculum for grade 4-7 students, mDAWNKids (Mobile Digital Access to Web-Enhanced Network for Kids) will evaluate the feasibility of student-centered curriculum and mobile health (mHealth) tools (wearable sensors, online interactive comics) to promote healthy lifestyle behaviours (physical activity, healthy eating, sleep hygiene, and social/emotional wellbeing), prevent Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) and raise digital health literacy (i.e., critical appraisal and safe use of digital tools) in students between 9-14 years.01/12/201630/11/2018
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Indigenous Leadership and participation in Resetting the Table: Food Secure Canada's 10th National Assembly, Nov. 1 - 4, 2018Social Planning Council of Sudbury$30,000Resetting the Table, FSC’s 10th Assembly, will bring together Canada’s brightest food thinkers and most innovative organizations to share and develop practical solutions to national and global issues related to food - climate, equity, health and sustainability. As always, a rich program of tours, plenaries, and workshops will offer great opportunities for learning and networking01/11/201804/11/2018
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Many Faces of Diabetes: Phase 2 – Knowledge TranslationUmbrella Multicultural Health Cooperative$103,500The Many Faces of Diabetes initiative was conducted during 2014-2016 to demonstrate the effectiveness of using
cross-cultural health brokers in diabetes screening, self-management and support for accessing conventional
health services to help prevent and manage type 2 diabetes in diverse immigrant and refugee communities. 		01/04/201730/06/2018
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Growth and Self-Care: The use of Mindfulness Based Interventions to assist Emerging Adults with diabetes transition to adulthood. Clinique Youville Clinic Inc.$132,750Adolescents with diabetes face a number of challenges including more traditional developmental transitions like making career choices or pursuing independent living; however, they also face additional challenges like managing a chronic illness and transitioning from pediatric into adult care systems. Often this period of transition can be turbulent resulting in youth not adequately managing their health. The purpose of this project is to pilot a mindfulness-based intervention to help manage this transition. Mindfulness approaches have been shown to promote psychological health, self-regulation and stress reduction. It is hoped that this intervention will assist youth in improving their transition outcomes. 01/01/201730/06/2018
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Farm Training in the North - A Learning ExchangeCommunity Ownership Solutions Inc$15,100This grants supports a learning exchange between the Meechim Project, an integrated food security project based in Garden Hill First Nation and operated by Aki Energy in partnership with the community, and the Northern Farm Training Institute, an experiential school based in Hay River, NT, that aims to empower northerners, strengthen communities, and create sustainability through local food production.

The learning exchange will take place at the Northern Farm Training Institute in Hay River, NWT. The focus of the exchange is to provide Meechim Project representatives with the tools and resources necessary to improve operations in Northern Manitoba.

Proposal attached.		01/09/201630/09/2016
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