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Also on the docket for our Virtual Slipstream Hot Topics is a Food & Nutrition session! What's Hot Topics, you ask? Hot Topics is a Slipstream classic, where you have the opportunity to ask questions & share diabetes knowledge with your fellow community members about specific topics. You’ll have the chance to join in on 3, 20-minute discussions about the topics that you have the most to learn and share about. Consider dividing your time between topics where you feel you can... contribute your own expertise and topics that you’d like to learn more about! Previous Food & Nutrition Hot Topics discussions have included: - Pre-bolusing methods - Bolusing for "tricky" foods - Favourite low-carb snacks - Recipe exchanges - And more! Want to join in? Head to our website to register for Virtual Slipstream today! https://www.connectedinmotion.ca/e/virtual-slipstream-2021/

We are so excited to have Bridget Wood joining us for another Instagram Takeover on March 6th to tell us more about her Virtual Slipstream session, 'Cook with me" Hands-on Low-carb Cooking!' Got a question for Bridget? Head to this link to submit it: https://forms.gle/BzVN2ynNq9PwgYox8 Bridget Wood, RD, LD is a registered dietitian nutritionist and T1D for 11 years. She currently works in outpatient diabetes education and helps clients virtually to manage their diabetes and relationship with food. During Virtual Slipstream, Bridget will show us all how to cook a delicious low-carb meal with step-by-step instructions! What's your favourite low-carb pantry item? Let us know in the comments!

Time to get back to (nutrition) basics with Lisa Demolitor at Virtual Slipstream! Basic nutrition isn’t just for new T1Ds we can all use a refresher sometimes! In this session, you'll revisit some of the core principles of matching insulin with food, like accurate carb counting and insulin action, so you can bolus with confidence at your next meal! What's one food that always seems to disagree with your BGs? Let us know in the comments! ... You can join this session by registering for Virtual Slipstream here: https://www.connectedinmotion.ca/e/virtual-slipstream-2021/

New week, new Slipstream Session themes to discuss - and this time, we're all about Food & Nutrition! Be it interactive cooking classes, going back to basics with nutrition, or learning to rebuild our relationship with food & diabetes, there are plenty of opportunities at Virtual Slipstream to engage in food-related topics! And on the topic of food... if you could eat only ONE snack for the rest of your life, what would it be? Tell us in the comments! Swipe through to se...e some of the engaging & thought-provoking Food & Nutrition sessions we're offering at Virtual Slipstream, including: 'Cook with Me: Hands-on Low-carb Cooking Class' with Bridget Wood! 'Cook with Me: Hands-on Plant-based Cooking Class' with Paul Vugteveen! 'The Ins & Outs of Celiac Disease & Diabetes' with Alanna Chambers! 'Our Relationship with Food: Intuitive Eating & Diabetes' with Lauren Newman! 'Back to Basics Nutrition' with Lisa Demolitor! 'Mastering Insulin when Food gets Complicated' with Alanna Chambers! You can head to our website to register for Virtual Slipstream! Sign-up for these sessions (and others!) opened today - go save your spot! https://www.connectedinmotion.ca/e/virtual-slipstream-2021/

If you're registered for Virtual Slipstream, session sign-up is now OPEN! Check your email to access sign-up - don't miss your opportunity to save a spot in your favourite sessions! Haven't registered yet? No sweat! Head to our website to learn more about Virtual Slipstream & how you can register! https://www.connectedinmotion.ca/e/virtual-slipstream-2021/

Mark your calendars folks... We are SO excited to announce our first Slipstream program for 2021! We can't wait to see you at Virtual Slipstream, April 22-25! Check out what's new for Virtual Slipstream this year: EARLIER & LATER SESSIONS - something to work with your schedule, no matter where you are in the world! ... COMMUNITY SUGGESTED SESSIONS - we heard your suggestions, and we're bringing them to life! ACTIVE SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY - we have one active session during every time slot! MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT - we've ditched webinars & replaced them with presentations - giving you more chances to engage with speakers & attendees! Head to the link below to learn more & save your spot for Virtual Slipstream 2021 TODAY! (PS - take a look around our site to get a sneak peek at what other events we're planning for 2021... ) https://www.connectedinmotion.ca/e/virtual-slipstream-2021/ Special shoutout to Tandem Diabetes Care Canada, Dexcom, Ypsomed Diabetescare, Medtronic Diabetes Canada & MyOmnipod Canada for their support in bringing this event to life!

Over the last few months, CIM Content Intern Eleanor took a look at the past, present, and future of the diabetes world She took a detailed look at the American Disability Rights Movement. We wanted to follow that up and dive a little bit deeper into how the disability rights movement has impacted Canadians, specifically, how this might impact you and your life with diabetes, and outline a few great ways to get involved in local advocacy efforts Head to the link below to check out this lates blog - and saw awesome pictures from the CIM archives that paint the picture of the incredible things that a community of people living with disability can do (and continue to do) https://www.connectedinmotion.ca//disability-rights-in-ca/

We're excited to announce the winners of our #Dex4 prize pack contest! Congratulations to Sorina, Reba, Trevor, Hannah, Nancy, Tanya, Marcel, Paula, Logan & Alisha who will be receiving a Dex4 prize pack in the coming weeks - we'll be in touch via email shortly! To everyone else who entered, keep your eye on your mailbox for a tube of the new Watermelon Dex4 flavour, too! Didn't get a chance to enter? There are still some tubes of Watermelon Dex4 up for grabs - head to the link below to try them! And be sure to share this with any of your diabuddies who might want to try, too! http://www.dex4.ca/CIM/

Your thoughts and ideas are important to us! As we kick off 2021, we want to be sure that we’re planning programs that meet the needs of YOU, our community. Recently, we asked for feedback and ideas about our 2020 Virtual Slipstream programming through our community survey. ... YOU LIKE WEEKEND PROGRAMMING 75% of people prefer programming on weekends. Virtual Slipstream 2021 will be hosted Thursday through Sunday, with the majority of programming on the weekend days. ONE HOUR SESSIONS WORK BEST 90% of people would like one hour of content during sessions with extra time for Q&A That’s great! We’ll plan accordingly. VARIED STYLE OF SESSIONS We’ve learned that variety and options are key, with a priority on small-group and hands-on learning! 40% prefer workshops, 25% prefer breakouts, 18% prefer presentations, 17% prefer activities and panels. NEW TOPICS! You also shared with us some ideas for great new session topics and hooked us up with incredible new speakers! Women’s Health & T1D Aging with T1D Deep Dive into Pump Settings Coping with Complications Integrative Health & Nutrition Global Scientific Developments Planning your own Adventure Niche Exercise Topics How to Support our Support Crew Hands-on Adventure/Trip Planning NEW IDEAS! We also collected lots of great ideas for future improvements: - Ongoing monthly casual meet-ups - More opportunities for our Support Crew to engage - As much time for interaction, sharing and Q&A as possible - Bringing participants back to the main room after splitting into breakouts for facilitated sharing & debriefs - Ways for people to submit questions for speakers ahead of time THANK YOU! We look forward to putting together another awesome year of programming in 2021 and continuing to breathe fresh air into diabetes education. Keep your eyes peeled on our social channels THIS WEEK for announcements about our 2021 Virtual and In-Person program dates.

Are you a healthcare provider working in the diabetes space? We want to hear from you! Head to the link below & take a moment to fill out our 2021 HCP Community Survey! This survey is open to any HCPs in the diabetes community, whether you've been to a CIM program or not. It includes the opportunity to recommend speakers (yourself or others!) for our 2021 programs! You can answer as many or as few Qs as you'd like. The more people that fill out our survey, the better ...we can make our programs Feel free to share this survey with the HCPs in your life - and thanks in advance! https://forms.gle/Fi8LLxQpqkBFzCNXA

Well hello there, 2021! We hope all of your New Years are off to a joyous start Have you set any goals or intentions for the year ahead? While the last year has certainly taught us a lot about "going with the flow," we still like to come up with a rough idea of what we hope to do throughout the year - gives us something to look forward to! Let's make this a year of: Hiking ALL the trails!... Getting some face time with open bodies of water! Feeling the sun warm our faces - no matter the temperature! Picking up our paddles! Basically spending a lot of time adventuring & exploring the great outdoors... ...and taking diabetes along for the ride, learning & growing with the amazing CIM community! What are you hoping 2021 brings your way? Big or small, let us know in the comments!

As an organization that spent 10 years thriving on programs that brought our community together around campfires, 2020 really threw us for a loop. Although the big change was scary, with it came many silver linings. Swipe through to see 2020's 1852 #CIMSilverLinings This year was full of ups and downs for CIM. Despite the inability to do what we've always done - connecting the community in person to share, learn, grow, laugh... we are so proud of what we were able to achie...ve in 2020. We wanted to take a moment to share our biggest accomplishments of the year, and to humbly ask for your support in helping to make 2021 the best year yet There's a number of ways you can support us as we move into 2021: Become a monthly donor: A donation of as little as $25/month can help CIM keep low supplies in stock and BGs in check during our adventures in 2021 and can help us keep information about CIM programming in diabetes clinics across the country! Make a one-time gift: A donation of $50 can help offset the costs of program materials for our Slipstreams and keeps our first aid kits and emergency equipment up to par. A donation of $100 helps us make sure that no individual is ever kept from participating due to financial limitation. Volunteer at an event: We benefit SO greatly from the support of our volunteers. In fact, our 2020 programming would never have happened without them. CIM will be doing a call-out for Board Members in 2021. If you're someone who has experience on a non-profit Board or has essential skills that would benefit CIM, we'd love to hear from you! Head to the link below to check out our end of year campaign & to support us in 2021 and beyond! https://register.connectedinmotion.ca//end-of-year/c315984

For our final #CIMSilverLinings weekly theme, we're looking towards the future While we've asked you to reflect on the good that's happened this year over the last few weeks, we also want to think of all the good that's yet to come! This week, we want to hear your wishes for 2021. You can share them in a post (tag us & #CIMSilverLinings!), or comment below! We'll start: 1 Spend PLENTY of time exploring the great outdoors ... 2 Bring another Virtual Slipstream to life with our friends around the world! 3 Continue to grow, learn & connect with the amazing diabetes community With only a few days left until 2021, we still need some help raising $10,000 to keep our programming running into 2021 and beyond. Donations can be made by heading to the link below! https://register.connectedinmotion.ca//end-of-year/c315984

Up next in our Diabetes Past & Present Series: a brief history of Diabetes Camps, and Connected in Motion! For some, attending diabetes camp was a highlight of their childhood, and CIM gives them the opportunity to continue enjoying similar experiences into adulthood. For others, CIM is their first time in a diabetes community of this sort. Whatever the case, diabetes summer camps laid the groundwork for establishing T1D communities in outdoor settings. In this blog, CIM C...ontent Intern Eleanor will describe the history of diabetes summer camps and explain how CIM takes experiential diabetes education one step further Head to our website to read more! By the way - how fun is this throwback to Winter Slipstream?! https://www.connectedinmotion.ca//diabetes-past-present-s/

I would love for people to know that we can thrive as diabetics without dieting, and diabetes doesn’t disqualify us from a joyful relationship with food and our bodies. It wasn’t until I ditched the diets and started to trust my body again that I truly began to thrive with diabetes and found joy in food and my body. For the longest time, I just assumed that a complicated relationship with food was all a part of living with diabetes, but knowing that it’s not drives m...y passion for helping others who want to improve this relationship too. -Lindsay, @theintuitivediabetic .. [Image description: Graphic of a captioned photo on a light green and dark green background. Lindsay is smiling and leaning on a railing with green leaves in the background. The caption reads ‘We can thrive as diabetics without dieting, and diabetes doesn’t disqualify us from a joyful relationship with food and our bodies.’ -Lindsay, #ThisIsTypeOne.]

New blog alert! Medtronic Diabetes Canada's Guardian Connect CGM system recently dropped in Canada. This Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) utilizes a new transmitter which makes it the first ever smart CGM, automatically assessing and sending readings to your smart & iOS device (such as an iPhone, iPod, iPad, or smart watch) every 5 minutes Medtronic has recently announced a year-long subscription service, which saves users some money & makes receiving products easier. I...n our latest blog, we’ll go over how this subscription works, and how it can be accessed. Head to our website to check it out! https://www.connectedinmotion.ca//cost-of-type-1-diabetes/

This National Diabetes Awareness Month, we've spent some time reflecting on the past & just how much has changed in the diabetes world! In order to better understand the world we live in, we must look to where we have been We are excited to share a new 3-part blog series, Diabetes Past & Present - written by our amazing Content Intern, Eleanor! This series will examine different elements of diabetes in history and discuss how these stories relate to current events in the co...mmunity. We’ll start by looking at the history of insulin Head to our website to check this first blog - and keep your eyes open for more blogs this month! https://www.connectedinmotion.ca/bl/the-history-of-insulin/

As many companies and organizations in the diabetes world are coming out with innovative new tools, it can be hard to know how each option fits into real-life! At CIM, we’re committed to sharing our own experiences with diabetes tech and programming, to help your own learning experiences In our latest blog, CIM's Communication's Coordinator, Kendra shares her experiences with Tandem Diabetes Care Canada's Basal IQ technology on the t:slim X2 pump alongside Dexcom's G6 CGM ... Head to our website to read the blog & learn about her experience! https://www.connectedinmotion.ca//setting-up-basal-iq-on-/