Join us at our Diabetes Healthy City Expo and help us build our Mississauga Diabetes Strategy

Join us for the Diabetes Healthy City Expo on Thursday, November 16 at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga. The Expo brings together industry leaders, community partners and businesses to plan ways the City can help reduce rising cases of type 2 diabetes while also working towards decreasing the number of people at risk of getting type 2 diabetes. Free diabetes testing will be provided by Dynacare.

The City is working with partners, experts and communities to develop the Mississauga Diabetes Strategy to prevent rising cases and protect residents’ health and well-being.

Event details

What:

Attend our Diabetes Healthy City Expo and learn more about how Mississauga can become a healthier city (Noon to 8 p.m.). Registration is required.

Who:

Mississauga residents
Health practitioners
Patients with diabetes and their family members
People at risk of type 2 diabetes
Advocates and community leaders
Primary care doctors or specialists
Nutritionists/dietitians
Diabetes educators

When:

Thursday, November 16
Noon to 8 p.m.

Where:

Living Arts Centre

4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga

Register: Mississaugadiabetesexpo.eventbrite.ca 

Additional information

• Join us at the FREE Healthy community dinner (5:15 to 6:15 p.m.)
• Attend the Healthy City community meeting and learn more about type 2 diabetes in Mississauga and share your ideas about making our city healthier (6:15 to 8 p.m.)
• Free children’s program (for ages four to 12 years old) is also available from 4 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. (spaces are limited)
• Free diabetes testing will be provided by Dynacare

Travelling to the event

Consider taking MiWay or request a free shuttle bus service to the Living Arts Centre from designated community centres – more information is available on the registration page.

Have your say

We’d appreciate your input – complete the survey to help us understand your experience with type 2 diabetes and your ideas for a healthier city.

For more information, visit yoursay.mississauga.ca/diabetes

Background

Mississauga is experiencing a rise in type 2 diabetes cases. To combat this, the City, along with partners and experts, are developing a strategy to prevent further cases.

Mississauga’s Diabetes Strategy will focus on risk reduction by improving daily living and promoting physical activity through active transportation. By creating healthy communities that are compact, pedestrian-friendly and transit-supportive, Mississauga residents will have access to more healthy choices.

The strategy will inform community services and programming to support active living and education for diabetes prevention. Through community engagement, the City will determine the most effective interventions for the strategy.

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• Public Consultation and Engagement