Interest Group Email Archive

Hello DNIG Membership,

We have 1 remaining “Package D” membership to Esmond Wong's CDE Study website.

If you are (a) registered to write the CDE exam in May 2025, and (b) interested in a membership to Esmond’s website, please let us know so that your name can be included into a draw for the last remaining membership giveaway. Note that all memberships to Esmond’s website will expire on July 31, 2025. Only DNIG members in good standing will qualify for the membership in the CDE study course.

Happening Tonight

Join us tonight March 17 at 7:30 p.m. ET to learn more about the Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) exam. This webinar will cover topics including certification eligibility, exam content and study tips.

Once again our facilitator will be Esmond Wong, a pharmacist and CDE who created and maintains the popular website CDE Study Course. Esmond is an expert on the CDE and will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the exam.

Registration is now open!

Join us on March 17 at 7:30 p.m. ET to learn more about the Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) exam. This webinar will cover topics including certification eligibility, exam content and study tips.

Once again our facilitator will be Esmond Wong, a pharmacist and CDE who created and maintains the popular website CDE Study Course. Esmond is an expert on the CDE and will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the exam.

Save the date!

Join us on March 17 at 7:30 p.m. to learn more about the Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) exam. This webinar will cover topics including certification eligibility, exam content, and study tips.

Once again, our facilitator will be Esmond Wong, a pharmacist and CDE who created and maintains the popular website CDE Study Course. Esmond is an expert on the CDE and will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the exam.

Dear DNIG members, 

Prepare a warm cup of tea and virtually meet with Executive DNIG CDE members, Morgan and Shannon, to enjoy an evening of "Tea with a CDE" – Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 from 7:30–8:30 p.m. ET.

Feel free to network, ask questions or share your own experiences and diabetes knowledge.

Please register here.

We hope to see you there,

Morgan & Shannon

Hello DNIG membership,

We want to hear from you in our Spring Newsletter! 

If you're interested in writing an article for our Spring Newsletter, please send us an email at DNIGchair@gmail.com by March 1, 2025 with article (400 words or less, please).

The topic of the article should be relevant to diabetes. Some examples include key takeaways that you have learned at a recent diabetes course or conference or even recent advocacy you've done surrounding diabetes prevention and management.  

Hello DNIG members on this World Diabetes Day (Nov. 14, 2024),

What a good day to share our fall newsletter with all new and returning DNIG members (see attached).

You'll find out about DNIG's executive members and how DNIG funding has supported its members. Also, please enjoy an article from DNIG's Communication ENO, Lindsay, which highlights the importance of practicing holistic care throughout the year to all living with diabetes. And, our past chair, Lisa, shares an update on national pharmacare. 

Hello members,

Our executive members are pleased to invite you to join DNIG's virtual Annual General Meeting on Nov. 28, 2024 at 7:30 pm ET. This year we are welcoming the recipient of the RNFOO Nurses in Practice DNIG Special Projects in Diabetes Award, Tanya Thompson, to present her research findings on Five Point Insulin Injection Technique to improve glycemic control. If you would like to learn more about this, please register for this event by emailing dnigchair@gmail.com.

Dear member.

DNIG members are from diverse backgrounds and practise in a number of areas.  What brings us together is a mutual interest in strengthening the nursing contribution to diabetes prevention, care and management of those living with diabetes.  DNIG exists to support nurses with an interest in diabetes through education, networking opportunities and other supports.

If you know someone who has the passion and energy for leadership please consider putting their name forward for nomination.  If that person is you, there is a seat at the executive table.

While every week should be Nursing Week, DNIG is taking this unique opportunity to thank you for your tireless dedication to improve the health of clients and communities across Ontario.

While nurses contribute to the health of our society in quite diverse ways there is something fundamental that ties us together, that makes us nurses. That "something" is often debated but it is safe to say that nurses are the bedrock of any health-care system. Only a nurse understands what it means and what it takes to be a nurse, to serve others in their most vulnerable times, day after day.

The DNIG Special Projects in Diabetes Nursing will provide an opportunity to an RN who wishes to complete a special project focusing on diabetes.

The applicant must

Hello to DNIG members,  

Please take a moment to review your latest newsletter. Inside you will find updates on executive activities, a review of Queen's Park Day and an update on what's new in diabetes management.

Also don't forget to consider education and conference funding opportunities details of which are found inside.  If you have any questions or wonder if what you are considering qualifies, please email your questions to us at  dnig.info@gmail.com 

DNIG's second Open Mic Night is scheduled for Monday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. Join us for a discussion around food insecurity and other important issues affecting self management in our clients in the current socioeconomic and political climate.   What are we doing in our own communities?  What should we be doing?

Some initial thoughts are attached.  

Register HERE and we look forward to discussing with colleagues on Monday.

Back by Popular Demand!

Join us on March 7 at 7:30 p.m. to learn more about the Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) exam. This webinar will cover topics including certification eligibility, exam content, and study tips.

Happy holidays to DNIG members across Ontario.  

We are grateful for all those members practicing in diabetes or with an interest in it. For those living with diabetes and those yet to live with it, having a nurse on their team changes that experience for the better. It is imperative that the nursing voice is strong as we do research, provide care and write policy for this disease that can have devastating consequences.

This is the final reminder for the Diabetes Nursing Interest Group Virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2023 on Thursday, November 30 at 7 p.m.  During this virtual evening event, you'll meet your interest group executive and be updated on DNIG activities, vote on by-laws and be given time to voice your questions/concerns. 

Please attend to have your say and cast your vote.

Hello DNIG members,

First of all, we celebrate World Diabetes Day every Nov. 14 – the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting, who co-discovered insulin along with Charles Best in 1922. While we've come a long way since then, there is still very much to do. Thank you to all nurses who contribute in any way to the care of those living with diabetes 

Please join us tomorrow at 6:15 p.m. via Zoom as we host Damilola Iduye, PhD candidate, who will discuss her research project titled "Diabetes in African Canadian Populations: Preliminary Findings from a Scoping Review".

All are welcome. Register now - or, people who are not RNAO members (please feel free to share with those whom you might think would be interested in this topic) can contact Lisa at dnig.info@gmail.com.

As we start a new membership year, the Diabetes Nursing Interest Group (DNIG) executive members are extending a warm “Welcome” to new and returning members. We would like to take this opportunity to tell you more about the group you belong to/have recently joined.

Hello members and Interest Group chairs

Mark your calendars for Nov. 9 – the Diabetes Nursing Interest Group (DNIG) will be hosting an evening webinar led by Damilola Iduye, PhD candidate. She will discuss her research project titled "Diabetes in African Canadian Populations: Preliminary Findings from a Scoping Review". 

Watch RNAO Events for final details and sign-up information – coming soon!