To mark November’s Diabetes Awareness Month and the centenary of the discovery of insulin, Canada’s Federal Minister of Health, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos MP, announced a joint investment of CAN $20 million to support new research teams across Canada.
The teams will work to develop new approaches to preventing, treating, and caring for Canadians living with diabetes. Researchers will also work with patient partnerspeople with lived experience of diabetes-to ensure that the research being conducted is relevant and valuable to the people that it affects most.
The Government of Canada is providing $14 million of the funding with an additional $6 million provided by JDRF Canada, Diabetes Canada, The Kidney Foundation of Canada, and Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé.
CAPTION: Jean-Yves Duclos: “Diabetes continues to be a major health concern for many Canadians.”
Jean-Yves Duclos MP declared: “Diabetes continues to be a major health concern for many Canadians – all of us know someone who has had their life profoundly changed by this disease. That is why we must continue to work with partners to invest in research to lessen the burden of diabetes on individuals, families, communities and our health care systems.”
Canadian Parliamentary diabetes champion Sonia Sidhu MP added: “Research will play an important role in the development and implementation of Canada’s national diabetes framework. By funding this research in collaboration with key national and provincial partners, we will help find new ways to prevent and treat diabetes and its complications and swiftly deliver solutions to Canadians.”