IDHC promotes diabetes awareness from an Indigenous perspective and assists Indigenous communities in identifying appropriate resources and services, planning, prevention and awareness strategies and coordinating community/regional programs and events based on community needs.
Our Knowledge Department combines traditional wisdom with current diabetes education, while incorporating First Nations, Métis, Inuit and mainstream influences. This program supports front line workers to plan, prepare and present relevant information about diabetes while also educating on Indigenous perspectives of health and wellness.
Our Foot Care Program is aimed towards Indigenous people affected by or at risk of diabetes and its complications. Our holistic model supports a continuum of seamless services including educating and connecting community members to Indigenous agency partners and local health professionals.
Leader in delivery of holistic wellness models of care — reflecting body, mind and spirit — to reduce impacts of type 2 diabetes on Indigenous peoples in Ontario and build community capacity in diabetes prevention.
Time to pull out your woolies and inspect your fall shoes. ENSURE THEY STILL OFFER PROTECTION AND WARMTH. Look for signs of wear and tear and the need to be replaced.
We can do 100 things in a day, but to do them mindfully is to be present. If we rush, we may forget about what we did. SLOW DOWN. BE PRESENT.
[Thorold, September 29, 2023] — The Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre (Council Fire) and the Indigenous Diabetes Health Circle (IDHC) are honoured to announce the signing of a strategic new Relationship Agreement. This Agreement breathes new life into an existing …
