Partners

The success of Phase I is attributable to the many partnerships formed with not-for-profit organizations, government departments, and corporations. The partners served in three capacities:

1. As members of the management committee
   
   
2. As members of the advisory committee
   
   
3. As providers of gifts-in-kind and direct financial support

Members of the Project Management team:

• Tom Kean, Mount Carmel Clinic
  
  
• Karen Ingebrigtsen, Klinic Community Health Centre

Members of the Advisory Committee:

• Frank Wesley, Elder
  
  
• Cheryl Susinski, Nor'West Co-op Community Health Centre
  
  
• Jeanette Edwards, Winnipeg Community and Long Term Care Authority
  
  
• Mabel Horton, Thompson General Hospital
  
  
• Noella Depew, Manitoba Health
  
  
• Gail Wylie, Healthy Start for Mom and Me
  
  
• Josephine Adamson, Canadian Diabetes Association
  
  
• Annalea Mitchell, Canadian Diabetes Association
  
  
• Nellie Erickson, Cree Nation Tribal Health Centre
  
  
• Linda Brazeau, National Aboriginal Diabetes Association
  
  
• Erla Wankling, Health Action Centre
  
  
• Tom Kean, Mount Carmel Clinic
  
  
• Karen Ingebrigtsen, Klinic Community Health Centre
  
  
• Kathryn Hockley, Sioux Valley Dakota Nation
  
  
• Darlene Hall, Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre
  
  
• Garda Sinclair-Moran, Aboriginal Head Start
  
  
• Lynne Foley, Health Canada
  
  
• Deborah Wilde, Anishinaabe Mino-Ayaawin
  
  
• Patrick Laroque, Beat the Street
  
  
• Randi Gage, Elder's Assistant, The Diabetes Project

Formal partners include:

• Manitoba Egg Producers
  
  
• Manitoba Milk Producers
  
  
• Manitoba Health
  
  
• Medical Services Branch, Health Canada
  
  
• MediSense
  
  
• Novo Nordisk
  
  
• Recreation and Wellness Branch of the Government of Manitoba
  
  
• The Canadian Diabetes Association, Manitoba Region
  
  
• The North West Company
  
  
• Winnipeg Regional Health Authority