Parents urge Ontario to create standard of care for students with diabetes – CTV
February 10, 2026
TORONTO — One of Susan Simpson’s scariest moments as a parent came when her diabetic preteen daughter’s blood sugar became dangerously low while on a tree planting field trip and neither she, nor any classmates, nor teachers had a snack that would prevent a health emergency.
Simpson, who monitors her child’s blood sugar levels from her laptop or phone, was close to calling 911 but managed to get a teacher on the phone and they rounded up the whole class, got on the bus and drove to a gas station so her daughter could get a source of sugar.
Simpson and other parents whose children have Type 1 diabetes are urging the Ministry of Education to create a provincewide standard of care for diabetes in schools, so it doesn’t vary from classroom to classroom, school to school, or board to board.
“For anyone with kids, you just want your kids to enjoy their childhood, be enriched through school or extracurricular activities and be safe while they do those things,” she said.
“Our kids are not safe right now.”
