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.
The local harvest bounty is bursting with flavour and nutrients. Try adding a rainbow of local vegetables to your meals. Diverse plant foods provide essential micronutrients that protect your vascular system.
“Rock Your Mocs” A brief, daily walk outdoors lowers blood sugar levels and connects you deeply with the earth.
Our relationship with this beautiful land goes back thousands of winters. Use this long weekend to celebrate your roots, share ancestral stories with the youth, and cook a meal using earth-grown ingredients like squash, beans, and wild rice that naturally …
