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Seize the momentum

Diabetes community calls for implementation of the Diabetes Framework with funding and concrete action this spring

It was a milestone celebrated throughout Canada’s diabetes community. The Framework for Diabetes (the Framework), tabled in Parliament on October 5, 2022, capped more than six years of collaborative work by Diabetes Canada and more than 100 allied organizations and individuals. Here was a policy roadmap for all sectors of society to take concrete actions to stem the surge in diabetes across the country – a direction endorsed by parliamentarians of all parties.

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Building climate resilience and food security

There are many mysteries about humanity, but we know at least one thing is true: people need food and water to survive. Canada is a land of tremendous bounty, especially when it comes to our food supply. With so much growing land and places to raise livestock, the agricultural possibilities, in the southern part of the country at least, have traditionally felt seemingly endless. But climate change is throwing a wrench into agricultural practices around the world, with drought, flooding and disease threatening the security of our food systems. With consistently ballooning populations and unstable growing conditions, the future of food security is a pressing concern for academics and the general population alike.

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New first-of-its kind centre to address inequities in mature women’s health care

Expanding clinical capacity, research, education and advocacy for women as they age

A new Centre for Mature Women’s Health at Sinai Health in Toronto, Ont., will act as a “one-stop-shop” to address the spectrum of health challenges that women face as they age. The new centre, located at Mount Sinai Hospital, will double the number of patients that specialists at Mount Sinai Hospital can see every year.

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Experienced financial planners can help Canadians successfully ‘retire once’

For most of us, no matter what stage of life we are in, the evolving state of the Canadian economy can easily generate anxiety. We see inflation rates hitting their highest levels in decades and the steady upward climb of interest rates in a bid to tame inflation. And we see the intensifying drumbeat of media headlines touting a “looming recession.”

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ESG investing

Sustainable investing proves its worth

Companies that are guided by robust environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies are weathering the current negative trend in equity values better than those that pay less attention to sustainability, and are providing investors with better downside protection, says Toronto-based Fate Saghir, head of sustainability at global investment fund manager Mackenzie Investments.

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Accelerating Open Banking in Canada

Canadian business solutions provider Symcor has long enabled some of Canada’s leading organizations in facilitating secure data exchanges to support industry-wide needs. From accelerating fraud detection for governmental COVID-19 emergency response benefits, to maintaining service-level excellence despite rapidly changing market conditions, Symcor has established its reputation as a trusted and resilient partner over its 26-year history.

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Probing ecological change

From zombie fires to global resilience: mapping climate futures at Wilfrid Laurier University

Jennifer Baltzer, an associate professor of biology at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, was living with her family in the Northwest Territories in the summer of 2014 when a “massive, historically unprecedented wildfire season” burned approximately 3.5 million hectares of forest, releasing megatonnes of carbon dioxide into the Earth’s atmosphere.

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Support for Indigenous and immigrant students

New bursaries are a critical step toward removing barriers for under-represented groups

While Douglas College has one of the most diverse student populations in British Columbia, a recent review of the post-secondary institution’s awards, bursaries and scholarships identified a gap in financial aid and motivated the creation of a campaign to raise funds to better support Indigenous and immigrant students.

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Flying in the face of a chronic disease and searching to improve the lives of Canadians suffering from IBD

When he was only eight years old, Andrew Mac Isaac was living in what he can only describe now, at the age of 26, as “hell.”

Severe stomach cramps, which meant a constant run to the washroom, 10 plus times a day, either to throw-up or because of diarrhea, left him in the fetal position on the floor.

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