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JOIN US on Friday, September 27 at 12 p.m. for a very special one-hour launch party webinar for Community Health and Wellbeing Month 2024 – The Future of Community: Primary Health Care As the Foundation of the Health System. 

# What to expect

Come dressed as your favourite sci-fi or futuristic character, if you feel like it!  And get ready to PARTY (as much as a webinar will allow), as we share:

• Resources available to you for the month to deliver messages about your organization’s amazing work, why it’s so vital, and why governments need to do more to support it.
• Reflections from Marie-Lauren Gregoire Drummond, the Alliance's Director of Communications and Stakeholder Relations, about this year's theme and why #CHWM is important to Alliance members this year.
• A primer on the Alliance’s upcoming Queen’s Park Lobby Day. This event, which will take place on November 26, will focus on the incredible impact of our members' work as well as the need for sufficient and stable funding to sustain it.

Since it's a party, we'll also have music and dancing to help us connect, celebrate, and build excitement. If you want lunch, you'll have to bring it yourself.  

# What to bring

Please bring your event details and shareable content with you, plus any questions, comments, suggestions or complaints! We want to hear them all, and help you make this an amazing month of advocacy for health equity and community health and wellbeing!

This conference is presented by Parachute and KITE (Knowledge. Innovation. Talent. Everywhere.)/University Health Network. . 

The first in-person Canadian Fall Prevention Conference in six years will be held April 9 and 10, 2025 at the bright and spacious Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library in downtown Toronto. 

Parachute is hosting this conference along with co-host KITE (Knowledge. Innovation. Talent. Everywhere.)/University Health Network. We are pleased to invite you to join colleagues from across Canada to attend this event that will highlight new research and knowledge, explore the implementation of promising practices, and learn about cross-cutting issues to prevent and mitigate the impact of falls and falls-related injuries on diverse populations.  Supported by CIHR’s Institutes of Aging and Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis, the 2025 Canadian Fall Prevention Conference will bring together healthcare professionals, academics, researchers, government representatives, public health/injury prevention and industry leaders working in fall prevention.

The Bram & Bluma Appel Salon is a beautiful public venue is located at the crossroads of Bloor Street and Yonge Street, close to restaurants, sporting events, shopping, museums and attractions.    Information on early bird registration, a preliminary program, accommodation and an exciting tour of the KITE lab can be found through this link - https://parachute.ca/fallconference2025 . 

# Call for Abstracts

The Call for Abstracts has been released and abstracts are being accepted until October 31, 2024. Abstracts are to address seniors’ fall or injury prevention, either as research studies or practice/community initiatives. Abstracts will be accepted as:

• Digital poster presentations with 3-min oral presentation
• Individual (oral) presentations
• Panel presentations
• Workshops

For more details and to submit your abstract, visit https://site.pheedloop.com/event/EVEBKTKSVLODK/abstracts   For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Pamela Fuselli at pfuselli@parachute.ca.   

Presented by the Alliance for Healthier Communities Social Prescribing team.

In 2018, the Alliance for Healthier Communities brought Social Prescribing to Canada. Our version of the model was always a little different: Alliance members worked with their clients and communities to develop programs that were tailored to local assets, values, and needs. This meant embedding system navigation, health promotion, and supports for the social and structural determinants of health. Many of our social prescribing programs address food security, digital equity, and other sources of inequity in addition to social connectedness. Over the last five years, the model has evolved to include special population health focuses such as Black health, mental wellness, and active living for seniors. 

In this webinar, we'll celebrate the successes and share what we have learned over the past six years. We will also look to the future of social prescribing and its potential role in advancing health system transformation and integration. For example, we'll talk about the crucial role of Link Workers in connecting to the right supports at the right time and ensuring that health and social care are seamlessly woven together. We'll share our observations about how Social Prescribing can help keep people out of hospital beds and emergency departments, and reduce their need for clinical care. And we'll talk about the incredible potential of culturally tailored Social Prescribing. 

Panelists include:

1. Heather Klein Gebbinck, Executive Director of South Georgian Bay CHC, Wasaga Beach, ON, speaking about the Green Prescribing Pilot project and its successes
2. Stéphanie Hemmerick, Manager of Community Programs, Seaway Valley CHC, Cornwall ON, speaking about a team-based approach to social prescribing and its successes
3. Beth Kominek, Health Promoter, Chatham-Kent Community Health Centres, Chatham , ON, speaking about social prescribing successes with Older Adults

Presenté par Health Nexus

# À propos de cet événement

Rejoignez-nous pour sensibiliser et célébrer les forces des personnes ayant un TSAF ! Apportez votre propre pique-nique et profitez de boissons et de cupcakes offerts. Rassemblons-nous pour une journée de divertissement, de communauté et de soutien !

L'événement commencera à 10h30 avec des boissons gratuites et se poursuivra avec une ouverture d'un·e Aînée autochtone, des discours inspirants et une proclamation du conseiller municipal Jeff Leiper.

Socialisez-vous, réseautez, engagez-vous dans des conversations importantes et explorez les ressources à dispositions tout en dégustant des sorbets et des cupcakes (options véganes et sans gluten disponibles).

Une variété d'activités sera proposée pour votre famille, allant de la construction Lego au maquillage et à l'équithérapie. Ne manquez pas la performance de l'artiste des bulles et la salle de gym sensorielle !

Il y aura également une Bibliothèque Humaine où vous pourrez poser des questions aux membres de la Bibliothèque. Quelques-unes des spécialités sur lesquelles les membres de la Bibliothèque pourront s'exprimer incluent l'intersectionnalité entre le TSAF et les communautés historiquement mal desservies, la défense des droits des personnes en situation de handicap et de l'accessibilité, le soutien en santé mentale pour tou·tes, la planification de vie tel que les testaments, les fiducies, la planification successorale et la tutelle, et bien plus encore !

Avec des espaces intérieurs et extérieurs, l'événement sera agréable par tous les temps, et une salle calme sera disponible pour ceux qui ont besoin d'un espace sensoriellement sécurisé.

Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant pour une journée remplie de divertissement, d'apprentissage et de communauté !

• Les familles peuvent installer leurs pique-niques sur la terrasse (les familles doivent apporter leur propre pique-nique) ou avoir l'option d'acheter des plats à emporter au Baja Burger Shack près de la plage.
• Les parents et les tuteur·trices sont responsables de la supervision de leurs enfants/dépendants.
• Aucun animal de compagnie n'est autorisé, à l'exception des animaux d'assistance enregistrés.