Diabetes Champions
A longstanding partner of JDRF in their commitment to diabetes awareness, prevention, care and research, Sun Life has played an instrumental role in making our signature Sun Life Walk to Cure Diabetes for JDRF and Sun Life Ride to Defeat Diabetes for JDRF events possible through their partnerships as title sponsors. Our alignment comes from the hard work and dedication of the Sun Life employees and advisors.
Our alignment comes from the hard work and dedication of Sun Life employees and advisors.
Sébastien Machabee at the Ride
Sébastien Machabee, 38, is a communications specialist within the Client Care Centre at Sun Life in Quebec, and a long-time JDRF champion. He was introduced to JDRF after becoming a member of the Marketing team at Sun Life – tasked with simplifying and mastering the registration process used when signing up for the Sun Life Walk to Cure Diabetes for JDRF.
His role began with internal communications – spreading JDRF’s message and promoting prizes and contests to get people excited about the annual Walk.
“I started doing anything I could to spread the word for JDRF,” he said, “each year I tried to do better.”
Having friends and family who live with type 1 diabetes, Sebastien says that working with JDRF means the world to him.
“Type 1 diabetes is not something everyone understands fully, and I’m happy that I can spread awareness through my work,” Sébastien says. “I love this part of my job and look forward to working with JDRF each year.”
Sébastien is only one of the many key champions within the Sun Life community in the fight against diabetes. He is a testament of the strength of this alliance and our common goal to accelerate the pace of research. We’d like to extend a huge thank you to the entire Sun Life community for their continued support in our mission to turn type one into type none.
The Sun Life team at the 2019 Toronto Ride