Healthy aging in place

Improving rural and northern Aboriginal seniors’ health through policy and community level interventions (2011-2014)

History of Diabetes Data Processing Unit

First Nations people in Canada are three to five times more likely to develop Type II diabetes than Canadians in general. Yet even as recently as 60 years ago, the disease didn’t exist for these communities in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Atlas Project

Maps can be used to show health and health care patterns. Digital maps have the additional advantages of storing data, providing a mechanism for retrieval and use, and testing hypotheses. SPHERU researchers are developing a user-friendly, interactive digital atlas covering health issues throughout Saskatchewan.