Funding innovative research for a global cure.


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    Join us on March 22nd for an unforgettable breakfast experience at the Sky 360 restaurant at the top on the Calgary tower. More Information

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    Join us this June 6th for the 23rd Annual Sean Fleming Golf Classic at The Links of Spruce Grove.
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    Put on your favourite sports jersey for a night filled with fun and friendly rivalry with friends and family in support of diabetes research. More Information

The Alberta Diabetes Foundation (ADF) is devoted to raising money for diabetes research. Through our fundraising efforts, we directly support scientific research which has yielded extremely positive results. To date the ADF has raised over 11.8 million in support of cure-related diabetes research.

Learn more about diabetes and the types of research being conducted at the Alberta Diabetes Institute



{A Second Chance - Jason Turner}

A Second Chance - Jason Turner

Like many diabetics before him, Jason Turner learned the hard way that he wasn’t indestructible. Now, thanks to two life-transforming islet transplants, Turner feels profoundly grateful for the procedure that made it all possible.
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{ Life on Thin Ice - Bob Inglis}

Life on Thin Ice - Bob Inglis

Midday on a September afternoon, Bob Inglis and his wife Cathy are relaxing in the lounge area of 3G2, the transplant ward at the U of A Hospital 48 hours after a transplant procedure. And 4 days before that, he was at his home in Halifax.
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{Reborn to be Wild - Daryl-Chase}

Reborn to be Wild - Daryl-Chase

For most of his life, Daryl Chase was a man of extremely modest ambitions. Earlier this year, with a July checkup scheduled at the U of A Hospital, the 37-year-old islet transplant recipient decided to make the trip from Vancouver to Edmonton on his bike.
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