If you wear contact lenses:
June 25, 2026
If you wear contact lenses: Wash your hands before removing your contacts.
How We Support You, Your Organization or Your Community
Diabetes Wellness
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.
Knowledge Department
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.
Foot Care Program
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.
Menu of Services
Healthy Menu of Services
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.
Body
- Foot care education
- Ongoing foot care clinics
- Subsidy program
- Self-care kits
Mind
- Culturally-appropriate wellness resources
- Professional certification through ICBOC
- Professional training (such as Foot Care Level 1, Diabetes Awareness, Gestational Diabetes Prevention and more)
Spirit
- Healthy lifestyle presentations from Indigenous perspectives
- Workshops and interactive healthy living activities
- Annual Event
Recent Blog Posts
Healthy eating tips for kids
June 24, 2026
Healthy eating tips for kids Serve raw fruits and veggies between meals.
our ancestors practiced reflexology by wearing soft footwear and walking in connection with mother earth.
June 23, 2026
our ancestors practiced reflexology by wearing soft footwear and walking in connection with mother earth. The uneven ground, pebbles and sticks created pressure points on the feet, similar to reflexology. This helped to strengthen the feet, provide grounding and release.