Through the Community Engagement Network, we aim to advise the CanScreen T1D team on how to create and sustain a strong level of community engagement. The Network defines strong community engagement as the process of building relationships between researchers and community members, focusing on their perspectives. When community engagement is robust, research projects can better address the needs and concerns of the people involved and serve their best interests.

The Community Engagement Network is a collaboration between CanScreen T1D members, people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) or other equity identities, families, community members, and organizations. Given these different roles, we ensure to assign participants to the right roles. We consider three important factors when making these assignments:

  • The person’s interests align with the role.
  • The person’s experience and knowledge are effectively utilized.
  • The opportunity for participation matches what the person wants to do.
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Express Your Interest

The Community Engagement Network helps people get connected to a CanScreen T1D project. To express interest, sign up to the Get Involved mailing list. (Note: The mailing list will be published in the upcoming weeks. Please check back in for more updates.)

To learn more about the mailing list and getting involved, check out the Get Involved page.