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ISC Stream

DCS16 - Carrying Our Voices: The National Indigenous Diabetes Framework Report and the Road Ahead

Friday, November 28, 2025
16:00 - 17:15 Toronto
Location: Room 203 B/D

    Speaker(s)

  • Celeste Theriault, MBA (she/her/hers)

    Executive Director
    National Indigenous Diabetes Association
    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    Disclosure(s): Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR): Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Other Research Support (includes receipt of drugs, supplies, equipment or other in-kind support) (Ongoing); DC CSEM: Speaker/Honoraria (Terminated, November 23, 2024); Diabetes Canada: Committee/Planning Member (Ongoing); National Indigenous Diabetes Association: Employment (Ongoing); Public Health Agency of Canada: Committee/Planning Member (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

    • Moderator(s)

  • SD

    Sara K. Duchene-Milne, RD, CDE, Co-Chair: Indigenous Science and Content Stream (she/her/hers)

    Registered Dietitian/ Certified Diabetes Educator
    Noojmowin-Teg Health Center
    Little Current, Ontario, Canada

    Disclosure(s): I do not have a relationship with a for-profit and/or a not-for-profit organization to disclose

Learning Objectives:

  • This session will: Summarize key findings and priorities identified through distinction-based, Indigenous-led engagement processes informing the development of the National Indigenous Diabetes Framework, in alignment with Bill C-237 and building on insights shared in 2023 and 2024 - Discuss next steps toward framework reporting, finalization, and implementation, including implications for policy, research and Indigenous-led diabetes prevention and care across Canada