Canadian Patient Safety Week (CPSW) is a program of Healthcare Excellence Canada.
For CPSW 2026, Healthcare Excellence Canada (HEC) is inviting people across health and social care to reflect on one question: What shapes safer care? join them in to exploring the many ways people, relationships, environments and systems shape safer care every day.
# How you can get involved
Throughout the campaign, HEC will invite people to reflect on questions such as:
- Who or what affects safety for you?
- What stood out in a moment of care?
- What helped you feel heard or included?
- What can you do to help shape safety?
- How can systems support safer care?
They will also share stories and resources that show how safety is shaped every day through people, relationships, systems and environments – often in ways that may otherwise go unnoticed. Whether you work in care, receive care or support someone through care, you can participate by sharing, reflecting, listening or learning in ways that feel meaningful and safe for you.