The following programs are available to all patients of the Diabetes Education Centre and Centre for Complex Diabetes Care:
Craving Change
(3 sessions, 2 hours per session)
- Understanding why you eat the way you do
- Comfort yourself without food
- Change your thinking, change your eating
Foot Care
(2 hours)
Learn how to prevent diabetic foot complications
- Get tips on inspecting your feet, daily care, proper fitting shoes, exercise and more
You & Your Medication
(2 hours)
- Find out more about over the counter medications and natural products that can help or hinder your diabetes
Stress Management
(2 hours)
- Discover how stress affects diabetes and how diabetes affects stress
Pump Information
(2 hours)
- Learn more about insulin pumps
- Meet the insulin pump company representatives
Pump User Group
(2 hours)
- Meet others who are currently using insulin pump technology
- Learn best practices and practical strategies on getting the most out of your pump
Healthy Living Now
(2.5 hour sessions over 6 weeks)
- Self-management workshop for adults with Type 2 diabetes
- Learn techniques to deal with the symptoms of diabetes: hyper/hypoglycemia, fatigue and pain
- Discover ways to manage stress and emotional problems; such as depression, anger, fear and frustration
- Learn healthy eating, appropriate exercise and use of medication and working more effectively with health care
Diabetes Self-care
(2 hour sessions over 3 weeks + 1)
- Learn about diabetes, medications, nutrition, monitoring blood sugar, safe targets and much more
- Join the Review Group (4th week) to keep up to date, clarify questions and network with other Type 2 diabetes
Mindfulness Based Eating Program (MB-EAT) Training Group
(2.5 hour sessions over 12 weeks)
- Make informed, balanced, healthy choices as a lifestyle
- Mindfulness meditation
Understanding eating patterns and mindfulness eating exercises
- Loving kindness and self-compassion practices
- Exploration of craving and emotional eating
Links to Additional Resources
For further information about diabetes, please visit:
- Canadian Diabetes Association
- Dietitians of Canada
- Diabetes information from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
- Health Canada diabetes information
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Wounds Canada
Please contact the CCDC if you are unable to access these links.