EVENT DETAILS

Date: Saturday, Nov 12, 2022 
Time: 5-11pm
Location: Club Regent Event Centre, 1425 Regent Ave
Theme: "Glamping Under the Stars"​
Tickets: Individual $200 with a $50 tax receipt
Tables: 10 people with $500 tax receipt

We are extremely pleased to announce that Dr. Elizabeth Sellers will be recognized as the 2022 Honoree of the 14th Annual Best Banting Gala, presented by Signex Manufacturing.

As we celebrate 60 Years of Camp in 2022, who more appropriate to recognize then Dr. Sellers. She has been an integral part of the D-Camps program dating back to 1993 at Camp Banting in Ontario and continuing as Camp Medical Director for Manitoba’s Camp Briardale. Dr. Sellers is also an active member of our National Medical Task Force for D-Camps.

Academically, Dr. Sellers undergrad medical training was at University of Western Ontario in London, her pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa and pediatric endocrine training at McGill University in Montreal. She completed the research component of her endocrine training in Manitoba, undertaking a Masters of Science in Community Health Sciences. She is currently a Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba. As a clinician and clinical researcher, her primary focus has been the epidemiology, pathophysiology, complications, treatment and support of youth with type 2 diabetes with a particular interest in Indigenous populations. Dr. Sellers is privileged to work with the interprofessional team at the Diabetes Education Resource for Children and Adolescents in Winnipeg and to work with and learn from youth and families affected by diabetes.