1957 First camp for children with diabetes opens in Alberta. The purity of insulin is improved. Home testing for sugar levels in urine increases level of control for people with diabetes. 1966 First pancreas transplant performed at the University of Manitoba. Blood glucose meters and insulin pumps are developed.
Laser therapy is used to help slow or prevent blindness in some people with diabetes.
Twenty-five years later, membership exceeds 1,700. 1977 First issue of Diabetes Dialogue, a magazine for members of CDA, was published. 1979 CDA's Good Health Eating Guide is first developed. It is revised in 1994. First biosynthetic human insulin is introduced.