Building healthier populations through better care, lower risk and healthier environments.
Across Peel Region and beyond, we bring researchers, healthcare providers, community organizations, decision-makers and people with lived experience together to develop innovative, scalable solutions that reduce inequities in the risk and burden of diabetes and related cardiometabolic conditions across the lifespan. Through research, partnerships and community action, we work to improve care, reduce risk factors and create healthier living environments.
Research in Action
Researchers, community organizations, older Black adults, a caregiver and a clinician are co-designing a culturally tailored diabetes self-management tool that reflects the community’s needs.
Parents, educators, students and community partners are helping develop culturally sensitive nutrition and food literacy tools for the Ontario curriculum.
Young people in Peel used photography to explore what belonging means to them and inform future community-driven physical activity initiatives.
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Reports & Publications
This study found that prediabetes incidence rose by 20% and prevalence by 25% in Ontario between 2015 and 2024, with a greater burden in socioeconomically disadvantaged and urban communities.
The study identified opportunities to improve postpartum diabetes prevention by strengthening transitions between prenatal and primary care, supporting team-based care, and making postpartum testing more efficient.
The study found that neighbourhood walkability was the strongest predictor of greater physical activity and lower obesity risk, with park access providing additional benefits, particularly in highly walkable communities.
