Resources
Here are some other Canadian and international organizations that offer programs and services to people with type 1 diabetes.
Canadian
- Diabetes Advocacy - A wonderful, Canadian resource for many T1D topics
- Connected in Motion - Canada's first choice for experiential, peer-based T1D education and programming
- T1D Think Tank Network - a Canadian organization that is changing the way T1D patients and health care providers think about and address T1D
- Diabetes Hope Foundation - offers scholarships to graduating high school students in BC, AB, MB, ON, and NL. Supports youth in transition
- Diabetes at School - helpful resources from the Canadian Paediatric Society
- Fondation Ressources pour les Enfants Diabétique (FRED) / The Diabetic Children's Foundation - supports children and teens in Quebec
- I Challenge Diabetes - provides challenging programs to test the limits of living with T1D
- Diabetes Depot - mail-order diabetes supplies from Ontario from a wonderful pharmacist with T1D
- Diabetes Express - mail-order diabetes supplies from Ontario
- JDRF - formerly the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Diabetes Canada - offers summer programs for kids with T1D and expos for adults with T1D
- Carb Counting Mama (BC) - perspectives of a BC mom of a child with T1D
- Banting and Best Research Centre - Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto centre for advancing research, patient care and education
International
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- News and Information - including media coverage and medical journal articles for T1D and celiac
- Diabetes Care Suggestions - Jeff Hitchcock's well-researched recommendations on best practices for T1D management
- Ask the Diabetes Team - Their team of medical professionals has answered more 19,445 questions as of June 1, 2017
- It's Not Just a Numbers Game: Parenting the Child with Type 1 Diabetes presentation by Joe Solowiejczyk
- Diabetes Daily - a great source of news in the US
- Integrated Diabetes Services - Skype-based T1D coaching and education from the great Gary Scheiner, AADE Educator of the Year, author of Think Like a Pancreas
- DiabetesNet.com - John Walsh's site, packed with resources, tips and articles. John wrote Pumping Insulin, a must-read
- DiaTribe - a patient-focused US online publication for people living with T1D and T2D
- Riding on Insulin - offers snowboard/ski camps. Has previously hosted an event in Alberta
- Welcome to Type 1 - promotes a positive outlook and education for the newly diagnosed. Lead by the lovely Joe Solo!
- The Juvenile Diabetes Cure Alliance - champions a practical cure