St. Joseph's
Coming Together for Diabetes Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin
Featuring KALEB DAHLGREN
Former Humboldt Broncos Hockey Player, Diabetes Advocate and Author
EMCEE & MODERATOR JEFF MACOUN President & COO | Canada Canada Life
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Presented by John Zubick Ltd
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Message from the chair Thank you for Coming Together for Diabetes to support diabetes research on the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin. More than 3 million Canadians live with diabetes, and about 10% of them have insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes like our featured speaker Kaleb Dahlgren. Kaleb, a survivor of the 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash, shares his story of tragedy, healing and resiliency as a way to inspire all of us to face our own life-altering obstacles. By attending this event, you are helping to fuel diabetes research and clinical trials at St. Joseph’s and Lawson Health Research Institute that are the key to unlocking better care for people living with diabetes. Special thanks to Jeff Macoun for serving as our event emcee, and to our presenting sponsor John Zubick Limited for their continued and long-standing leadership commitment to our work. We are also grateful to the more than 30 sponsors who came together to generously make this event possible, to community leaders Frank and Kathy Longo, and the many guests who join us in support of St. Joseph’s mission of care. Your donations truly matter here.
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Live Stream Opens
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Opening Remarks
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Diabetes Care and Research at St. Joseph's
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Diabetes Care and Research at St. Joseph's
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Keynote Speaker: Kaleb Dahlgren
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Q&A
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Closing Remarks
With gratitude, Theresa Mikula Chair, Board of Directors St. Joseph's Health Care Foundation
2021-22 Board of Directors St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation Theresa Mikula, Chair Bill Tucker, Vice Chair Keith Trussler, Past Chair Melissa Aveiro Roy Butler
Alfonso Campos Reales Paul Dugsin Angela Francolini Will Heeman Jay Nash
Mike O'Hare Robbie Osman Matt Pepe Carrie Ramsay McMichael Ruth
Lisa Walters Gary West Michelle Campbell, President and CEO
DIABETES care and research More than 20 Canadians are diagnosed with a type of diabetes every hour. The chances are high it already affects you or someone you know. There are two main types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2. Before the discovery of insulin in 1921, people with type 1 diabetes suffered devastating complications, wasted away and died. Using insulin as a treatment gave people life, but it’s not a cure.
WHY RESEARCH MATTERS HERE Over the last 100 years, medical research has made huge strides to improve insulin therapy and delivery, and to create new classes of drugs that help people maintain blood glucose levels within the normal range and avoid diabetic complications. Because not all worthy research receives government funding, it’s critical that donors step up to support the work underway in laboratories and clinics at St. Joseph’s and Lawson Health Research Institute. St. Joseph’s is home to one of Canada’s largest diabetes clinical education centres, and our diabetes research program is exploring better treatments, tools and the real possibility of finding a cure. Patients can participate in clinical trials that directly impact care for thousands of people who haven’t yet been diagnosed.
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT Research is only possible through the generosity of a caring community. Your support will help to fuel continued diabetes research at St. Joseph’s by providing research assistant support critical to advancing multiple current, and future, diabetes projects. By Coming Together for Diabetes today, you are investing in discoveries that will transform care in the future.
WE JUST NEED ONE MORE GOOD IDEA…
As we commemorate the 100th anniversary of “the idea” that led Sir Frederick Banting to the miracle of insulin, we give thanks for the millions of lives that his inspiration and dedication have saved.
Our thoughts also go to the millions today who are still afflicted with the life-changing effects of diabetes. One more “good idea” is still needed to finally achieve a real cure for this awful disease. As Londoners, in the birthplace of insulin, we at John Zubick Ltd. invite you to join us in continuing the fight to find a cure. We have just a short way to go, but it’s up to each of us to take the next step forward.
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