CNIB’s advocacy team is conducting research about the accessibility of insulin pumps for people who are living with diabetes and sight loss. As part of this research, the team is launching a survey to better understand the accessibility issues people face when administering insulin.

The project welcome responses from people living with diabetes and sight loss, their caregivers, medical professionals, people working in the insulin device industry and anyone who has a connection to sight loss and diabetes. If you have diabetes and sight loss but currently administer insulin through a method that is not a pump, the group would also like to learn more about your experiences through this survey.

Information about the survey and how the information collected will be used to advocate for change is included in the link to the survey below: https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Y5H5LPC

For more information about this advocacy project, or to ask questions about the research, please contact Kat.Clarke@cnib.ca

In the most recent addition to the Voices from the Margins of a Crisis series, Colleen McGrath (Assistant Professor, School of Occupational Therapy, Western University) and Elizabeth Mohler (PhD Student, Health and Rehabilitation Science, Occupational Science, Western University) write Navigating a New World: The Experiences of Persons who are Blind or Partially Sighted During COVID-19.

In this video, Councillor Maureen Cassidy (second term City Councillor for Ward 5, City of London) discusses gender equity in civil governance, civic administration, and municipal politics. This presentation was recorded at the City Symposium on Gender Equality (March 31, 2020).

Marilyn Ford-Gilboe and Nadine Wathen, along with a team from the University of British Columbia and the University of New Brunswick, have launched myPlan Canada — an innovative, research-based, health and safety app for women experiencing violence from intimate partners.

The app allows users to input their specific circumstances – such as whether they are in immediate danger, live with the abuser, have young children at home, have a job, etc – and will walk them through a personalized plan to protect their safety and health.

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Recent media coverage about the release:

New app aids women in violent relationships (Western News)

New app co-developed at Western helps women in violent relationships (CBC London)

‘It’s a starting place’: New app aims to help women in violent relationships (CTV News)

New London-linked app walks women facing violence through safety plan (London Free Press)

London co-developed app helps abused women create safety plan (BlackburnNews)

New app co-developed by Western provides guidance for women experiencing intimate partner violence (106.9X)

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The video of the July 7, 2020 panel discussion on confronting anti-Black racism is publicly available. In addition, a compilation of additional learning opportunities has been compiled by the City Symposium team.