Bram & Bluma Appel Salon
Toronto Reference Library
Toronto, ON
April 9 and 10, 2025
Co-hosts Parachute and KITE/UHN were pleased to host colleagues from across Canada to the first in-person Canadian Fall Prevention Conference in six years. This event highlighted new research and knowledge, explored the implementation of promising practices and examined cross-cutting issues to prevent and mitigate the impact of falls and falls-related injuries on diverse populations.
Supported by CIHR’s Institutes on Aging and Musculo-Skeletal Health and Arthritis, the 2025 Canadian Fall Prevention Conference brought together healthcare professionals, academics, researchers, government representatives, public health/injury prevention and industry leaders working in fall prevention.
The conference attracted 187 registered delegates from Canada, the U.S. and Australia, including 20 students/trainees. Dr. Stephen Lord, Senior Principal Research Fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia, was the Keynote Speaker.
The conference featured:
- five workshops
- six panels
- five oral presentation sessions with 28 presentations
- 18 digital poster presentations,
- one lunch engagement session workshop
Eleven sponsors exhibitors supported the conference with 10 exhibiting at the conference:
- AAIMS Project
- CIHR’s Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Institute of Aging
- Brown Healthcare
- HealthCraft
- Physio Biometrics
- Associated Health Systems Inc.
- Neurosource
- March of Dimes Canada
- Incluzia
- Amica
Questions? Please contact info@parachute.ca.