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.
On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day, our hearts gather to honour Survivors, the children who never made it home, and their families. We wear orange with deep respect, grounding ourselves in the vital truth …
Preparing for Orange Shirt Day on September 30 means opening our hearts to vital truths. Beginning conversations about the history and ongoing legacy of Residential Schools honours survivors and remembers the children who never returned home. Embracing this path of …
Preparing our children for a successful school season means ensuring their support circle is ready. Establishing a clear diabetes care plan helps teachers and staff understand your child’s unique health needs. Setting up this plan today wraps our students in …
