by yukont1d_lvh3s4 | Dec 14, 2023 | K-12 Advocacy
2157. That’s the number of days it has been since we first asked Yukon Government to implement a procedure in schools that will help kids with Type 1 diabetes manage their disease. Our asks are small: Get a set of procedures in place that will better support kids...
by yukont1d_lvh3s4 | Feb 13, 2023 | K-12 Advocacy
Dear Minister McLean, The Yukon T1D Support Network appreciates your department’s efforts in reaching out to us in May of 2022 for the purposes of developing Type 1 diabetes procedures or policies in schools. We had been working with the Director of Inclusive Policy...
by yukont1d_lvh3s4 | Sep 1, 2022 | K-12 Advocacy
Hello, T1D in K-12 team! Please see attached the Yukon T1D Support Network’s draft version of the T1D in schools procedures. There are a few things that I want to bring your attention to: This is a draft, so things can easily be changed. For example, I’ve...
by yukont1d_lvh3s4 | Jan 4, 2022 | K-12 Advocacy
Attn: Currie Dixon, Chair Re: Comment on Department of Education Response Thank you for the opportunity for the Yukon T1D Support Network (the “Network”) to provide input into the Department of Education’s response to the Auditor General’s recommendations. Since 2018,...
by yukont1d_lvh3s4 | Nov 20, 2020 | K-12 Advocacy
In June of 2018, the Yukon T1D Support Network contacted Yukon’s Department of Education after securing information that some children with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) were not receiving necessary health supports while at school. A brochure outlining basic health...
by yukont1d_lvh3s4 | Nov 4, 2020 | K-12 Advocacy
The Yukon does not currently have territorial standards governing the Department of Education’s support for students with Type 1 Diabetes in Yukon. In effort to amend this gap in policy, The Yukon T1D Support Network is establishing the T1D in Yukon K-12 Community...
