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Update April 2026: The T2D Network was awarded a $10,000 Peace Arch Hospital Foundation grant for community type 2 diabetes screening sessions.


What Finland Figured Out About Diabetes Prevention and What We Can Learn
Finland cut type 2 diabetes incidence by more than 50% through community-based prevention at scale. The evidence has been available for two decades.
IHSTS
4 min read


Rural BC's Health Equity Problem: Designing for Cities and Wondering Why It Doesn't Work
Rural BC communities carry the highest chronic disease burden yet receive solutions designed for urban settings. Here's why community-led design isn't idealism, it's the evidence-based alternative.
IHSTS
4 min read


Food Is Medicine. So Why Isn't BC's Health System Prescribing It?
Evidence now supports dietary intervention as a path to type 2 diabetes remission. So why does BC's primary care system still treat nutrition as an afterthought? A look at the gap and the opportunity.
IHSTS
3 min read


Palliative Care in BC: Still Too Dependent on Where You Live
BC exceeds hospice bed benchmarks but equity in end-of-life care remains unfinished work. A look at the access gaps, eligibility inequities, and integration challenges that still need solving.
IHSTS
3 min read


The Pilot Graveyard: Why BC's Health System Keeps Solving the Same Problems
80% of health innovations fail to scale globally. In BC, the pattern is familiar and costly. Here's what system leaders need to understand about why good pilots die, and what to do instead.
IHSTS
3 min read


Why BC's Type 2 Diabetes Crisis Demands a Network Response, Not Another Pilot Project
BC faces a 44% projected rise in type 2 diabetes prevalence. Here's why sustained provincial network infrastructure, not more pilots, is the only path to equitable, lasting impact.
IHSTS
3 min read
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