DIABETES HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
This program highlights the personal triumphs of young adults who face the many responsibilities associated with diabetes management significantly enriching their lives through community and extra-curricular activities and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
HOPE CONNECTS PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM
Recognizing the impact T1D has on students’ mental health and well-being, DHF created the Hope Connects Program to support students as they balance their T1D during their transition to post-secondary school.
CAREGIVER PROGRAM
PEP TALKS: Parents Empowering Parents workshops give parents and caregivers of adolescents with T1D the opportunity to find a community of voices to collaborate with as they prepare for their child’s transition to post-secondary education and from pediatric to adult diabetes care.
TRANSITION GUIDE
DHF’s Transition Guide features a searchable database for students with T1D to find their closest on and off campus diabetes supports, accommodations and more. Make more informed choices about where to go next year based on the resources available at college and university campuses across the country.
STUDENT TRANSITION PLANNER
Are you a Canadian student with Type 1 Diabetes transitioning to university or college? Access information and tools to help you access accommodations, self-advocate, tell others about your T1D, and get tips on navigating campus life!
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TRANSITION WEBINARS
The specialized resources compiled from our webinar series focus on mental health, transition, exercise, nutrition and more. With such a broad range of resources available, they are an invaluable tool for anyone seeking to improve their overall health and wellness through transition and beyond.
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RESOURCE HUB
Diabetes Hope Foundation has compiled a variety of important and helpful tools and resources for youth, their families and caregivers, and diabetes educators to support a healthy and successful transition to post-secondary. Our Hub contains many links and downloadable resources – all free to use!
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Free to Be – Spring 2024 Session 4
April 27 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
Free to Be – Spring 2024
Diabetes is weird. It may be taught like a math problem, but 2+2 rarely equals 4 when you’re living with type 1 diabetes. This workshop series is designed to explore the human side of being a type 1 diabetic, focusing on the frustrating, contradictory, and just plain silly experiences that come from living life with type 1 diabetes.
Free to Be is a newly developed arts program offered by Diabetes Hope Foundation (DHF). By combining elements of visual and dramatic arts, participants are invited to embrace the chaos of life with type 1 diabetes. Students in grades 10 to 12 will connect with fellow T1Ds (including their two artistic facilitators!) and get to the bottom of how it feels to live with type 1 diabetes. They’ll customize and decorate their own commedia dell’arte inspired masks, use those masks to develop characters and improvise scenes, and collectively devise a performance showcase for family, friends, and healthcare professionals.
We’re looking beyond the numbers and creating a space for participants to laugh at their troubles and find strength through play!
Please reach out to info@diabeteshopefoundation.com if you have any questions!
Details:
Saturdays from April 6th – May 11th from 2 to 4 PM
PERFORMANCE: Evening the week of May 12th
LOCATION: Shakespeare in Action Studios, 34 John Street, York ON M9N 0B2 (Weston Commons Artscape Building)
Parking: Paid Parking on Weston Road, free street parking on Rosemount Avenue – cross over the train tracks @ John Street to get to the building
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. Stay tuned for our next event:
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