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Canadian Diabetes Association
Canada's largest non-governmental supporter of diabetes research.  Their mission is to promote the health of Canadians through diabetes research, education, service and advocacy.

Health Canada Online
Health Canada is the federal department responsible for helping the people of Canada maintain and improve their health.  In partnership with provincial and territorial governments, Health Canada provides national leadership to develop health policy, enforce health regulations, promote disease prevention and enhance healthy living for all Canadians.

Healthy Ontario.com 
A Government of Ontario website which provides extensive information on various health conditions, drugs, and health services in Ontario.  

Women's Health Matters - The Diabetes Health Centre
This site created by women's health experts at Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre in Toronto focuses on the unique health concerns of women living with diabetes.

Clinical Islet Transplant Program: University of Alberta
In 1999, the Islet Research Group initiated a new series of islet transplants in people with diabetes who did not need another organ transplant (such as a kidney) but who had severe problems of diabetes. Results from this early series of transplants have been very promising with all patients being free of insulin following the transplant procedure.

TRIGR - Trial to Reduce IDDM in the Genetically at Risk
A world-wide randomized controlled trial to observe whether infants who are breastfed have a reduced chance of developing Type 1 diabetes later in life.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
World's leading non-profit, non-governmental funder of diabetes research.  Founded in 1970, JDF's mission is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research.

American Diabetes Association
The mission of the American Diabetes Association is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.

The International Diabetes Federation
The mission of the International Diabetes Foundation is to assist its member associations to enhance the lives of people with diabetes.

ENDOTrials - The Endocrine Clinical Trials Network 
This site is for Endocrine Society members only.  Members can gain access to eight endocrine-related databases and listing services such as:   International Clinical Trial Listings; Investigator Opportunities; Clinical Trial Results; New FDA Drug Approvals; and more.

U.S. Center For Disease Control and Prevention -Diabetes Public Health Resource
This site highlights diabetes news, information, and statistics in the U.S.A.  Includes links to CDC position papers, press releases, public health information, and recently published diabetes research articles.

National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
A part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the NIDDK conducts and supports basic and clinical research.

Pub Med
Website of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Search for articles published in medical journals.

The Discovery of Insulin
Read a brief history of Sir Frederick Grant Banting's monumental 1921 discovery. Includes descriptions of the experiments he and his team conducted, as well as biographies of Banting, Best, Collip and Macleod.

Banting Digital Library
This site houses an extensive photographic collection of correspondence, papers, photographs, artwork and other artifacts belonging to Sir Frederick Banting. Photographs were donated from the estate of Dr. Henrietta Banting, widow of Sir Frederick Banting, in 1988.

University of Toronto Websites

Faculty of Medicine   
Department of Medicine  
Department of Physiology  
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology     
Institute of Medical Science