Michelle Sorensen has been living with type 1 diabetes for almost 20 years. She was diagnosed during graduate school and is now a clinical psychologist who works with people with diabetes (although she doesn’t discriminate and does see those without D as well!)

Michelle will be speaking and leading discussion about two topics. Firstly, “How to cope with the trauma of hypoglycemia” and secondly, “Communication strategies: the power of assertiveness”. Both pertain to issues that impact diabetes management as well as overall health and happiness. She looks forward to great discussions and everyone sharing their insight!

SESSIONS:
Saturday @ 9:15am - Recovering from Hypoglycemia - Discover the use of resiliency and courage to recover from acute hypo episodes (which often derail management for weeks, months or years). This session will focus on setting expectations (of course you may over-correct for downward trends or run a bit high for a few days or a week) and not getting discouraged, aiming to get sugars under control in a safe way.

Saturday @ 1:00pm - Advocating for Yourself - Learn the ins and outs of assertive communication. During this session, we will discuss how to seeking support from HCPs, family and friends, partners, children, and in the workplace and the advantages to using these skills when living with chronic illness.

Lorraine is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator. She has had the privilege of presenting lectures and workshops across Canada to both health care professionals and PWD’s and their families. When not at work, she is a busy mom and stepmom to six teenagers/“young adults” and two golden retrievers. Lorraine celebrated her 30 year diaversary in March of this year and understands firsthand the ups and downs of daily life with t1d.

SESSIONS:
Saturday @ 10:45am: Beyond Carb Counting: Advanced Techniques in Diabetes Management & Nutrition - Things have changed since the days of meal plans and exchanges! This session will take a step beyond basic carb counting and focus on the science behind food and the way it impacts Type 1 diabetes. There will also be opportunities to discuss low carb and ketogenic diets.

Saturday @ 3:30pm - Using Your Data - So you know there are apps out there to help with diabetes management, you know that you can combine data from multiple sources, but what do you do with all that data? Learn strategies for using your data to create diabetes change.

The diabetes community has always remained a constant in Julie’s life. After traveling the world, she started volunteering her time with Connected In Motion and Riding On Insulin. This led to a career change into Programming and Education and as a Registered Kinesiologist and Certified Diabetes Educator, Julie now works as the Community Advocate for Diabetes Daily. While managing multiple chronic diseases, she continues to push herself on the slopes, scuba diving and checking off the adventures on her travel bucket list.

Type 1 Diabetic Lauren Bongiorno is a virtual Diabetic Health Coach, Yoga Instructor, and Author of the Diabetic Health Journal. Lauren coaches T1D'S all over the world to achieve optimal diabetes management using her 360 degree approach, emphasizing wellness throughout the mind, body, and soul. Lauren believes that through self reflection and mindfulness we are better able to understand our own patterns, achieve our goals, and reform our most limiting habits. Lauren continues to be a leading voice in the diabetic online community to her 26 thousand Instagram followers, is an ambassador for Lululemon, and was recently nominated by Pure Wow as one of the top 100 entrepreneurs to watch for 2019 for her work in the diabetic space.

SESSIONS:
Saturday @ 10:45am - Yoga - Join Lauren, yoga instructor, T1D, and lululemon ambassador in an hour long outdoor yoga session suitable for beginners and experts alike.

Saturday @ 1:00pm - Creating an Empowered Mindset - In this session Diabetic Health Coach Lauren Bongiorno will share her Four Cornerstone principles to mentally thriving with Type 1 Diabetes and how you can cultivate an empowered mindset today.

Saturday @ 3:30pm - A Holistic Approach to Diabetes Management - In this session you will learn Lauren's 360 degree holistic approach to diabetes wellness and the specific areas of your life to assess in order to bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be- whether that's lowering your A1C, increasing insulin sensitivity for weight loss, lowering anxiety, or achieving more stable and predicable blood sugar numbers.

Paul Vugteveen is the chef, operator, and co-owner of OPEN Vegan Eats in Kalamazoo, Michigan with his partner (and Type 3/5.5er), Lindsey. In his professional work, he focuses on sustaining his community with delicious and satisfying barrier-free food. His attention is currently focused on the intersections of food justice, environmental justice, and social justice. In his spare time, he spends as much time outdoors as possible and eats delicious foods. He is currently active volunteering his time with Connected in Motion and JDRF.

SESSIONS:
Saturday @ 10:45am AND 1:00pm - Outdoor Cooking Session - Test your back country cooking skills! You'll work collaboratively with teammates and learn pro cooking techniques to always eat deliciously on the trail. Chef Paul will facilitate this hands-on cooking competition session on how to best use an open fire, camp stoves, and other camp kitchen equipment! This session is for ALL skill levels.

Brad is a recovering journalist, who has worked in Asia and Canada, and is currently
reclaiming his life in the outdoors since being diagnosed with T1D some 18 years
ago. He is addicted to fly fishing, and he can relate almost anything in life – including
his diabetes management – to the sport he loves! As a latecomer to Connected In
Motion, Brad is currently on an emotional high after recently participating in CIM’s Annual Canoe Trip, where he learned how to portage a canoe and improved his camp craft.

SESSIONS:
Saturday @ 9:15am AND 2:15pm - Fly Fishing Derby (w Instruction) - "Come learn the basics of casting a fly – and possibly land a lunker! Chat with Brad and discover the parallels of a fly-fishing life and living well with T1D. And if you’re feeling lucky, enter the Slipstream fly-fishing derby. *** An Ontario angling license is required."

Tammy Hand grew up in Scarborough Ontario. She was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 10 – sadly it was just after Halloween and her brother got to eat all of her candy. On the good side she started going to Diabetic Camp where she got in touch with her nature self. Tammy spends her days at her dream job instructing at one of the Peel District School Boards Outdoor/Environmental Education Centres. To her, outside doing stuff, experiencing life = fun. Tammy is excited to be joining the CIM Adventure Team heading to Gros Morne this summer because she am stoked to explore a place she has never been, to push her limits and to spread the word to others that life with Type 1 Diabetes can be full of possibilities.

SESSIONS:
Saturday @ 9:15am AND 10:45am AND 1:00pm - High Ropes - Join other Slipstreams as you explore this obstacle course in the sky! You’ll have the opportunity to choose your own level of challenge and step outside of your comfort zone! No experience necessary.

Saturday @ 3:30pm - Camp Skills 101 - The first step in taking your diabetes into the backcountry! Gain some hands-on skills for camping including operating camp stoves, learning about tents and tarps, and the ins and outs of group gear. Learn all about the behind-the-scenes of a CIM trip and from the perspective from CIM guide and Outdoor Educator Tammy Hand as to what goes into planning a backcountry trip.

No stranger to CIM, Amy Burrows has had type one diabetes for 30 years. Hailing from Beaverton Ontario Amy enjoys spending time outdoors (mainly canoe tripping) with her friends, family, fellow T1's and her dog Caius. She spends her days working in dentistry as a Level 2 assistant and treatment coordinator in Uxbridge.

SESSIONS:
Saturday @ 9:15am - Canoeing 101 - Get your feet wet (hopefully not literally) in this intro to canoeing. Learn basic skills for canoeing, brush up on your paddling, and spend some time out on beautiful Teepee Lake in this instructional session.

Saturday @ 1:00pm AND 2:15pm - Voyageur & Hike - Hop on into the Voyageur Canoe! This 16 seat canoe is a favourite at Camp Arowhon. Paddle across Teepee Lake and take a short hike to Gibraltar Look-Out - one of our favourite place to check out the fall colours!

Chrissy is from Ottawa, ON and is a registered psychotherapist who works with mostly adolescents and young adults. Lately, she has been branching out recently and working with clients who have diabetes or other chronic illnesses/accident recoveries. This is something she has experience in, as she has been living with diabetes for 26 years now, and is no stranger to life’s path needing to be changed. Chrissy has always had a love for the outdoors and ensuring adventuring is possible with diabetes is so important to her. She is really looking forward to the Slipstream weekend and sharing in the great outdoors with a great community of people that are continually brought together through CIM programming.

SESSIONS:
Saturday @ 2:15pm - Fall Colours Watercolor Paint Session - Explore the beauty of Algonquin Park with your own paintbrush! Learn to experiment with watercolour and explore your creative side among the fall colours.

Saturday @ 3:30pm - Frisbee Golf - Known affectionately as Frolf – travel around the frolf course challenging yourself to get your frisbee from the tee to the ‘hole’ under par!

Paul Chalmers lives in Niagara Falls, Ontario and works full-time for U-Haul. He also is completing his BA in Business Management. Paul loves long walks on the beach, snowboarding, reading and hanging with friends. He loves Slipstreams and looks forward to the chance to meet new friends and connect with old ones (that you haven't seen in 16 years from before you both had diabetes - seriously, that happened). Paul is excited to learn new and interesting ideas about diabetes. Interesting Fact: In 2016, Paul received Niagara's 40 under 40 business award for young leaders in the Niagara area.

SESSIONS:
Saturday @ 3:30pm - Archery - Try your hand with a bow and arrow! Join us for a lesson and get out and practice your skills.

Diagnosed at 8 years old, by the time Silvi left home for university wanderlust already had a strong hold on her. In 2013, she officially “quit her life” to travel and adventure (and is extremely proud of her ability to pack carry-on only no matter the length of the trip - T1D supplies included!) She'll pretty much try anything once and generally laughs the loudest at herself. She was a rider and Social Media / Activities Coordinator on Team Bike Beyond.

SESSIONS:
Saturday @ 7:15pm - Sport & Adventure Panel - Hear from some Slipstreamers who have been on epic adventures in sport and backcountry exploration. Join the CIM Adventure Team and Team Bike Beyond in a panel discussion. Bring your questions!

As a self-proclaimed life-enthusiast, Abbey isn't into letting T1D be the reason she can't accomplish a goal or say HECK YES to new adventures. She has swam around the island of Manhattan, biked across the U.S. with Team Bike Beyond, and most recently decided a move to Alaska sounded like a good idea. You can always find her with a cup of coffee in hand and living a balanced lifestyle of endurance training and Netflix binging.

SESSIONS:
Saturday @ 7:15pm - Sport & Adventure Panel - Hear from some Slipstreamers who have been on epic adventures in sport and backcountry exploration. Join the CIM Adventure Team and Team Bike Beyond in a panel discussion. Bring your questions!

Tina has been rocking the world of living with T1 for 25 years. Her connection to the T1 community and outdoor adventures started at Camp Huronda where she worked for 17 summers, the final few as the Assistant Director. She was thrilled at the idea of an organization like CIM coming to fruition after her camp days ended as she realized the strength and knowledge of a T1 community is vital for managing this disease. Tina has some experience in the outdoors, but nothing like what the Rockwall has in store. She has taken on her 25th diaversary as one for celebrating living well with type one and doing big things! She has taken Adam Brown’s writing in Bright Spots and Landmines to heart, with regards to eating and insulin management and is currently training for a half marathon with CIM in Ottawa on May 27. The Rockwall Trail will be the grand finale! She is the Executive Director at Montessori Academy of London, where she tries to get on every outdoor field trip as possible, and lives in the city with her husband Kary and 9 year old son William. Together they share a passion for fishing and baseball.

SESSIONS:
Saturday @ 7:15pm - Sport & Adventure Panel - Hear from some Slipstreamers who have been on epic adventures in sport and backcountry exploration. Join the CIM Adventure Team and Team Bike Beyond in a panel discussion. Bring your questions!

Sarah is from Lakefield, ON and was recently diagnosed in the summer of 2017 while finishing her BSc. in Halifax, NS. Sarah loves anything and everything outdoors but is passionate about canoe tripping, and has spent several summers guiding trips in Algonquin Park, ON. This summer Sarah made her first trip out west as a part of the CIM Adventure Trek Team and fell in love with hiking in the mountains!

SESSIONS:
Saturday @ 7:15pm - Sport & Adventure Panel - Hear from some Slipstreamers who have been on epic adventures in sport and backcountry exploration. Join the CIM Adventure Team and Team Bike Beyond in a panel discussion. Bring your questions!

Marcia has been living with T1 for 28 years. Well, living with, but not necessarily admitting to. For many of those 28 she has been hauling it behind her as a jangling sack of disparate demands that she sometimes forgets to set aside time for.

CIM has helped with that – so she claims – a lot. She found out about CIM in 2017 after her diabetic team got her to read a book on diabetic burnout, which informed her that she was doing well on 3 of the 4 main coping areas but sucked at community. So she searched online for community, found CIM, and encountered it by campfire light, 13 persons strong, having arrived late to the annual canoe trip. Then the daylight came, and she’s never looked back.

Marcia is the mother of a 3 and grandmother of 1. She’s an ardent cottager, racquet sports player, and lover of anything outdoors, ideally near or in water. She works as a marketer, writing content and articulating strong opinions on strategy, for a small set of clients of whom she is very fond.

Anissa Gamble was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick where she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 8. Pursuing competitive hockey, she attended Appleby College in Oakville, Ontario for high school, and went on to play Division 1 NCAA hockey at Robert Morris University (RMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. While at RMU, she majored in biology with a concentration in pre-medicine and minored in chemistry. She recently completed her masters in experimental surgery at the University of Alberta studying islet cell transplantation for Type 1 diabetes under the wing of Dr. Shapiro.

SESSIONS:
Saturday @ 7:15pm - Hear from some Slipstreamers who have been on epic adventures in sport and backcountry exploration. Join the CIM Adventure Team and Team Bike Beyond in a panel discussion. Bring your questions!

Gamble will be joining us for the weekend to tackle all things social media.

Bio coming soon.

AJ will be joining us to document our weekend through his photography skills!

Walt was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2000 at the age of 12. Despite having T1D for over half his life Walt didn’t really come to terms with it until after completing a cross country charity cycling tour in 2012. Cycling over 4,000 miles from South Carolina to California in 80 days with no Type 1 complications made Walter realize that the only thing holding him back from doing everything he wanted was himself. He’s been cycling ever since and completed a second cross-country charity cycling tour from Maryland to Oregon in 2014. In 2017, he was team coordinator for Bike Beyond.

SESSIONS:
Saturday @ 7:15pm - Sport & Adventure Panel - Hear from some Slipstreamers who have been on epic adventures in sport and backcountry exploration. Join the CIM Adventure Team and Team Bike Beyond in a panel discussion. Bring your questions!

When Heather was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at age 16, Connected in Motion was one of the first organizations she was introduced to as a "new member" of the diabetes community in Toronto. Soon after, Heather moved to Nova Scotia to attend Acadia University, later graduating with a Kinesiology degree. For the past three years, Heather has been working with a number of diabetes organizations in the community, coordinating programs for youth and adults with T1D. She has also stayed busy teaching all varieties of fitness classes (and has a special love for aquafitness!).

Dana was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2002 at the age of 8. As the Communications Manager at Beyond Type 1, Dana strives to use social and digital media to amplify the voices of the diabetes community and build community around living well with Type 1. Dana studied Biology and Community Health as an undergraduate and went on to complete an MS in Health Communication from Tufts University. In the past, Dana has worked as a communications specialist with major hospitals as well as small nonprofits on topics ranging from cancer to pediatric device innovation. When she’s not favoriting your tweets, you can find her skiing, biking or drinking coffee.

When he isn’t daydreaming about ripping down a mountain in knee deep powder, you can find Hank behind a camera. His passion for film and media began when he was a young child– seeing blockbuster films had him hooked. Whether it’s on a mountain, or inside a studio, the need to tell a story through images consumes his time. His love for the outdoors and filmmaking collide head-on in his role with Connected in Motion as their video producer. Hank is the man and the mind behind the CIM Adventure Team video project.

Hank will be documenting our weekend to create the Ontario Slipstream Highlight Reel.

Jen has grown up with Type 1 diabetes. Diagnosed in 1987, she has never let diabetes stop her from pursuing her passion. Jen’s early beginnings as a campfire-loving, bug-catching, mud-puddle-jumping, tree-climbing tot sparked in her a love for the natural world that has been fostered and frown into a full-blown passion for everything outdoors. Jen has degrees in Kinesiology and Education and specializes in Outdoor and Experiential Health education. Jen has worked with Connected In Motion for 10 years and is now CIM's Executive Director.

Nicole was diagnosed with T1D in 2006 at the age of 11. Growing up in the Monterey Peninsula, Nicole has always enjoyed any outdoor activities that keeps her near sea level. She is also a previously trained high ropes course instructor and lifeguard. Nicole is a recent graduate from Kent State University with a degree in Human Development and Family Studies concentrating in Child and Youth Development and a Non-Profit Studies minor. Now the intern at Beyond Type 1, she has been able to put all of her past years of experience in non-profit work and as a diabetes camp counselor towards a non-profit organization that means a lot to her.

Supporting close family members with T1D for the past 30+ years, Erin has always considered herself an ally to the T1D community. Her strong desire to educate and connect with the T1D community led Erin to work at Camp Huronda for many summers and to pursue a career in nursing. Erin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, as well as being a Certified Diabetes Educator. Not only does Erin work as the Slipstream Coordinator, she also works as a nurse educator at the paediatric diabetes clinic at Markham Stouffville Hospital. When Erin is not working you can find her paddling, camping or spending time at the cottage.