Skip to main content

Stepping Stones Diabetes Workshop

iStock 545786906smStepping Stones Workshop: Spark Interest, Build Trust, and Inspire Hope

An Experiential Workshop for Health Care Providers & Health Leaders

Workshop Overview

Stepping Stones is a 1.5-day interactive workshop designed to ignite hope, strengthen confidence and re-imagine what is possible in diabetes prevention and care.

Grounded in hope, empowerment, equity, and strengths-based practice, this workshop invites participants to explore diabetes differently—centering people with lived experience, drawing on science and culture, and focusing on what supports healthy blood flow, now and for generations to come.

Rather than following a rigid agenda, Stepping Stones moves at a pace shaped by participants, allowing meaningful dialogue, shared learning, and trust to emerge naturally. Follow-up learning and connection opportunities will be offered after the workshop to support ongoing reflection, application, and community of practice.

Who Should Attend

This workshop is designed for:

  • Health care providers (nurses, dietitians, physicians, pharmacists, community health workers)
  • Indigenous health practitioners and wellness staff
  • Health leaders, managers, and planners
  • Diabetes program coordinators and educators
  • Policy and system leaders interested in equity-centred care

No prior diabetes specialization is required—curiosity and openness are welcome.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Describe a hope-based, strengths-focused approach to diabetes prevention and care
  • Apply equity-centred and trauma-aware practices that support trust and engagement
  • Explain diabetes using clear, empowering language grounded in physiology, respect and lived experience
  • Identify ways to individualize diabetes care using available tools, technologies, and medicines and based upon the person's stories and experiences
  • Support self-efficacy, autonomy, and advocacy for people living with diabetes
  • Recognize and build on community assets, including cultural, land-based, and traditional practices
  • Reflect on their own role in shaping better outcomes—now and for future generations
  • Describe the many influences on individual and societal relationships with food and ways to support a joyful and comfortable approach to food for diabetes
  • Draw on your own experiences to create options for optimal diabetes care 
  • Explain why current approaches to diabetes care perpetuate the acute/medical care model and how to change this approach 

What to Expect

Participants can expect a learning experience that is:

  • Interactive and relational – using sharing circles and small-group dialogue
  • Flexible and responsive – topics deepen as they emerge with the group
  • Science-informed and practical – connecting physiology, tools, and treatment options
  • Strengths-based – focusing on what is working and how to build from there
  • Grounded in respect and hope – honouring lived experience and diverse ways of knowing

There will be a balance of:

  • Short teaching moments
  • Group discussion and reflection
  • Story, metaphor, and real-world examples
 

What are past participants saying about this workshop?

"The Stepping Stones Workshop offered an inviting atmosphere amongst peers to learn and grow alongisde of one another. The information provided is very useful and appropriate in my Indigenous community setting. Thank you to both Barb and Rebecca for facilitating and teaching this lovely workshop."

"Thank you again so so much for an incredible 3-day workshop! It has brought so much inspiration & energy into my work life." 

"I really enjoyed the aspect of the circle of equality. It pulled us all together. Great concept."

"I feel this workshop was very informative, and I definitely learned so much."

Upcoming dates for this workshop are:

February 26-27, 2026: Day 1 - 9:00 am - 4:00 pm PST, Day 2 - 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

May 7-8, 2026: Day 1 - 9:00 am - 4:00 pm PST, Day 2 - 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Cost: $349 +tax/participant per session

** Please feel free to reach out to our team if you or your community would like to schedule a workshop and have it tailored to meet your needs (including workshop length or start times). This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. **

 

 

IDEA Diabetes Workshop Policies

We truly understand that life happens. This is why we have tried to create a flexible approach to our workshop policies. 

  • After registration, if you are no longer able to attend, we are willing to offer you a credit for a future session or the option to send someone in your place. 
  • We understand that everyone is busy and that people have important responsibilities. If you are unable to attend the full workshop, we completely understand. To get the most out of the workshop, please try to attend as much as possible, but if you need to step away, we completely understand. 
  • Since the workshop offering is virtual, it is optimal if participants have access to a high-speed internet connection, a camera and a microphone to have the full experience from participation, however we recognize that this can be a challenge and still encourage people to participate, in whatever way they can. 

Individual Registration

Please enter information in the form below to process registration for    Stepping Stone 1: Spark Interest, Build Trust and Inspire Hope.

Payment Information

Amount
$
Tax amount
$
Gross amount
$
Payment Method *
Credit Card Number*
Expiration Date*
/
Card (CVV) Code*
Card Holder Name*
Captcha*

 

Copyright © 2016-23 IDEA-diabetes.com.   All Rights Reserved.
Web site:  Avonlea Communications