Alliance for Healthier Communities

Hepatitis C is the first curable chronic viral infection, yet many people remain undiagnosed or disconnected from care. Over 110,000 people in Ontario are living with hepatitis C, yet nearly 1/3 of cases are undiagnosed.

On October 31, 2025, the Alliance hosted a webinar with guests Tayler Brown and Dr. Peter Senior from the CanScreen T1D Research Consortium. 

Our guests spoke about the potential benefits of introducing pediatric T1D screening to Canada, while also reflecting on some of the necessary considerations.

In April 2025, the Alliance for Healthier Communities shared our vision for a Neighbourhood Health Home model of Primary Health Care, which enables regions to attach people to primary health care while addressing health inequities and improving primary care provider experiences. The model offers a path toward connected, equitable, and integrated care for people and communities.

In October 2025, the Alliance for Healthier Communities the officially launched our Interprofessional Primary Care Team (IPCT) Expansion Toolkit. In the first half of this webinar, we provided a brief overview of the Toolkit's contents, followed by a demonstration of how it might help you make the strategic and operational decisions necessary to implement your organization's expansion plans. The latter half was dedicated to a robust Q&A session with attendees. 

Please access the webinar recording and slide deck here.

Community Initiatives are a fundamental part of how Alliance members foster resilient, healthy communities and improve health and wellbeing at the population level. CIs achieve collective social, environmental, and/or policy change that benefits whole communities. They are often community-led and are always delivered in partnership with community members and organizations.

This webinar is presented by the Alliance for Healthier Communities in partnership with participating organizations and evaluators in the Black-Focused Social Prescribing (BFSP) project.

The 2.5-year pilot was implemented by The Alliance for Healthier Communities in collaboration with four Community Health Centres (CHCs) in Ontario: Black Creek, Somerset West, TAIBU, and Rexdale. Through BFSP, dedicated staff called Link Navigators connect clients to programs and services. This project won the National Social Prescribing Innovation Award in 2024.

Black-Focused Social Prescribing (BFSP) was a 2.5-year pilot initiative that aimed to augment social prescribing practices by developing and applying a culturally affirming model of care, specifically designed to address the unique health inequities faced by ACB communities. The pilot was implemented by The Alliance for Healthier Communities, in collaboration with four Community Health Centres CHCs in Ontario: Black Creek, Somerset West, TAIBU, and Rexdale.