The CanScreen T1D team aims to develop a screening tool that is suitable for the general population of newborns and children in Canada, regardless of who they are, where they live, or what they believe in. This goal is known as health equity, which ensures that everyone has access to quality healthcare. We recognize that gathering input from people with diverse experiences is essential to making sure the screening tool is effective for everyone.
This is where you come in!
To find out more about how you can get involved, explore the following pages:
- Self-determined Indigenous Research About T1D Screening Project (Anywhere in Canada)
- Creation of a Canadian T1D Genetic Data Repository to Validate a Trans-Ethnic GRS Project (Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton)
- Establishment of a Canadian Clinical Autoantibody Laboratory (Edmonton)
To be notified when our type 1 diabetes risk screening program launches, make sure to:
- Subscribe to our quarterly newsletter to know when we are ready to screen babies born in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia and aged up to 6 months in the coming weeks.
- Express your interest for autoantibody screening for children living anywhere in Canada and aged between 18 months and 11 years 9 months in early 2027.
Who Can Get Involved?
We want to engage with people from diverse backgrounds and experiences. A few categories of people with whom we hope to connect are:
- People with type 1 diabetes (T1D)
- Families and caregivers of a person with T1D
- Indigenous peoples in Canada
- People with disabilities
- Members of equity deserving groups, such as the 2SLGBTQI+ community, rural and remote communities, people with different financial circumstances, and people from diverse cultural backgrounds
- People from different provinces and territories
