Explore every episode of the podcast Diabetes Canada Podcast

When you live with diabetes, your treatment plan may need the occasional change. However, in some cases that doesn’t happen. That might be because of an issue known as “clinical or therapeutic inertia”. Dr. Peter Senior, Director of the Alberta Diabetes Institute, joins host Krista Lamb to discuss what this is and why it matters.

In Canada, leading stem cell scientists are working hard to find ways to use these cells to improve the health of people living with type 1 diabetes.

On this episode, host Krista Lamb speaks with Dr. Francis Lynn from the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. Dr. Lynn is leading research projects using stem-cell-derived beta cells, as well as exploring ways to use CRISPR technology in this work.

He is also the winner of the 2021 Early Career Researcher Partnership Award from Diabetes Canada.

Did you know that people with type 2 diabetes are more likely to develop osteoarthritis than those without diabetes? This fact has inspired researchers like Dr. Gillian Hawker to look at ways to better support those managing both of these chronic conditions.

Dr. Hawker is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, where she is the Sir John & Lady Eaton Professor & Chair of the Department of Medicine. She is also a Clinician-Scientist at the Women’s College Research Institute.

A number of scientists around the world are researching brown adipose tissue to determine the role this brown fat plays in type 2 diabetes.

On this episode, host Krista Lamb speaks with Dr. Andre Carpentier, who is a clinician scientist at Sherbrook University and the Co-Scientific Lead at Diabetes Action Canada.

Dr. Carpentier is giving a sneak peek of his talk from the Diabetes Canada/CSEM Professional Conference and Annual General Meetings, which are taking place in Calgary, Alberta from November 9 – 12, 2022 in Calgary, Alberta. Interested in learning more or registering to attend in-person or virtually? Visit dcanconference.ca for more information.

Historically, type 2 diabetes has been seen as a condition that comes with age. However, that continues to change as people are diagnosed earlier and earlier. In the past 10 years, rates of type 2 diabetes in teenagers have doubled in Canada. Preventing the condition in adolescents has never been more important.

Our guest this week is Dr. Jon McGavock who is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at the University of Manitoba and an researcher at the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba.

Transitions are hard. The transition from pediatric to adult care in type 1 diabetes (T1D) can be especially fraught. Add in barriers beyond just living with diabetes and that adds a whole other layer of complexity, but researchers around the world are working to ensure better outcomes for all.

Today on the Diabetes Canada Podcast we’re talking to Dr. Rayzel Shulman about the transition from pediatric to adult care in T1D. Dr. Shulman is a pediatric endocrinologist at Sick Kids Hospital and an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. Her research is focused on developing and evaluating health services interventions to improve outcomes and the quality of care for youth with T1D as they transition to adulthood.

Diabetes Canada’s camping tradition began in 1953 in Eastern Ontario. Since that time, the D-Camps program has grown extensively and the organization currently operates nine overnight camp programs across Canada plus numerous year-round programs.

Dr. Ilana Halperin and Dr. Noah Ivers are our guests this episode. As a family, they have spent time at D-Camps as part of the medical staff and support system, and they’re happy to share how the experience has affected them. Dr. Halperin is an endocrinologist at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, and Dr. Ivers is a family physician at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto.

Research has shown that children who have obesity in puberty are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. Scientists like Dr. Vincent Poitout are hoping to learn why this happens and ways we can prevent it. His work in this area was recently funded by Diabetes Canada and CIHR.

Dr. Poitout is the director of research at the University of Montreal Health Centre and a professor at the University of Montreal.

Beta cells are a big area of interest for researchers looking at ways to treat or prevent type 1 diabetes. Dr. Peter Thompson from the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba joins us on the show today to discuss his work studying beta cells to try and find new therapies.

March is Heathy Liver Month, which makes it a good time to discuss the ways that fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes are linked. For those who need a liver transplant, that connection is even more important.

This episode’s guest is Dr. Mamatha Bhat, a hepatologist and clinician-scientist at UHN’s Multi-Organ Transplant Program in Toronto.

If you live with type 1 diabetes, how do sex and gender impact your exercise outcomes?

In this episode, we’re talking to Dr. Jane Yardley who is a scientist and an associate professor at the University of Alberta. Dr. Yardley’s research focuses on exercise in people with T1D. Several of her projects look at the unique elements that impact women, including menstruation and menopause.

Living with type 1 diabetes is a challenge, but it doesn’t have to be a limiting factor. For endurance athlete Sébastien Sasseville, living with diabetes has helped push him to go further—inspiring him to climb Mt. Everest, run across Canada and so much more!

On today’s show, Sébastien discusses his career, diabetes technology and more.

You can learn more about his work and his athletic pursuits on his website at sebinspire.com. .

Denial, anger, depression and shame – Type 2 diabetes can lay the ultimate guilt trip. That’s the opening line of the description of CBC’s new podcast Type Taboo, which shares the story of journalist Emily Brass as she navigates her newly diagnosed diabetes.

On today’s show, Emily opens up about why she decided to share her experience with type 2 diabetes through this new show.

Type Taboo is available now from CBC Podcasts. Listen and download anywhere you get your podcasts.

In 2021 we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin. This life-saving discovery made by Banting, Best, Collip and McLeod at the University of Toronto had its roots even earlier.

Our guest is Grant Maltman who is the Curator at the Banting House National Historic Site of Canada in London, Ontario. Banting House is the former residence of Sir Frederick Banting and is now home to an incredible collection of artifacts related to his life.

Learn more about Banting House and book a visit on their website.

Managing diabetes is a full-time job—and it doesn’t end in retirement when you turn 65.

For this episode, we discuss diabetes after age 65 with Dr. Iliana Lega who is an endocrinologist and a scientist with the Women’s College Research Institute. Dr. Lega is an expert in the area of diabetes and aging.

Dr. Lega will be a speaker at the 2021 Diabetes Canada/CSEM Professional Conference and Annual General Meetings, which will take place virtually from November 23 – 26, 2021. This is Canada’s most highly anticipated diabetes-related conference and registration is open now at dcanconference.ca.

This episode’s guest is Ryan Hooey who is a Program Lead for the Come to Work Program at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), as well as a person living with type 1 diabetes. He shares his personal experience as someone living with diabetes and sight loss, including his work to make diabetes technology more accessible for everyone.

Visit CNIB.ca for more information on sight loss.

If you live with diabetes, your bone health may also be affected. Do you know the signs to look for?

Today’s guest is Dr. Claudia Gagnon. She is a clinician scientist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the Universite Laval. Dr. Gagnon’s work looks at the impact of obesity and diabetes on bone health.

On our latest episode, Dr. Jennifer Estall discusses her work looking at molecular changes in diabetes and how they might help in better understanding the condition and developing new therapies.

Dr. Estall is Director, Molecular Mechanisms of Diabetes Research Unit at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) and an Adjunct Professor in the department of Experimental Medicine, Anatomy and Cell Biology at McGill University in Montreal.

She was also the 2020 winner of the Diabetes Canada Young Scientist of the Year Award.

Hormones in the intestine have proven to play an important role in managing type 2 diabetes, as well as regulating growth and function of the beta cell and the intestinal tract. But what does all of that mean for those living with the condition?

On this episode Dr. Patricia Brubaker discusses her work with glucagon-like peptides. Dr. Brubaker is a Professor in the department of Physiology at the University of Toronto and a Canada Research Chair in Vascular and Metabolic Biology.

She is also the 2020 winner of the Diabetes Canada Lifetime Achievement Award for her outstanding contribution to diabetes research.

We know that people of Chinese descent have a higher risk for type 2 diabetes, but there are many questions about why that is and how the risk could be reduced.

On this episode, Dr. Calvin Ke discusses his work studying type 2 diabetes in the Chinese community. Dr. Ke is an endocrinologist and a clinical epidemiologist in Toronto.

For people living with diabetes, foot care is essential to avoid complications that can affect mobility, such as amputation.

Learning about foot care and having access to care are all important elements of amputation prevention.

On today’s episode, Dr. Zaina Albalawi  shares tips to help people with diabetes better manage their foot care.

Dr. Albalawi is a clinical assistant professor at Memorial University and an endocrinologist in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She is also the co-author of the Foot Care chapter in Diabetes Canada’s 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Diabetes in Canada.

One of the major changes that has come with the Covid-19 pandemic is the move towards virtual care. For some, this change has been a good one – allowing them to avoid the barriers that made in-person health care challenging. For others, it has been difficult to adapt.

On this episode of the Diabetes Canada Podcast Dr. Ilana Halperin discusses how people with diabetes can make the most of virtual care, and how health care providers can help with that.

Dr. Halperin is an endocrinologist at Sunnybrook Health Centre in Toronto.

Dr. Stephen Kosar is an ophthalmologist in Northern Ontario. In today’s episode, he discusses diabetic retinopathy, including the barriers that people in remote locations face in getting needed screening. He also explains the issues related to eye care screening during COVID-19 and the potential for telemedicine to help improve eye care.

Our podcast host, Krista Lamb, recently released the new book Beyond Banting: From insulin to islet transplants, decoding Canada’s diabetes research superstars (inspired by the podcast).

For this week’s episode we’ve turned the tables and invited a diabetes researcher to interview Krista. Dr. Michael Riddell from York University, who has been a frequent guest on the podcast, puts her in the hot seat

Joanne Lewis is the Director of Knowledge Management, HCP Education & Outreach at Diabetes Canada. In the encore episode from season 1 she talks about diabetes and nutrition.

For people living with diabetes, kidney disease can be one of the most common complications. Better understanding of your kidney health can help you prevent or delay this complication and live a healthier life with diabetes. Dr. Andrew Advani, an endocrinologist and researcher from St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, returns to the show to discuss diabetes and kidney health.