For Seniors, By Seniors: Community Conversations
This project aimed to create a virtual gathering space connecting seniors with each other and experts to address the issues that matter most to them when it comes to aging in place healthily and safely.
Poison Prevention Week
This Canada-wide awareness week, held annually during the third week of March, draws attentions to common causes of inadvertent poisoning.
Fall Prevention Month
Falls are the No. 1 cause of injury in Canada. Held annually in November each year in Canada, Fall Prevention Month raises awareness about and encourages action on this cause of serious injury and death.
Social media guide
Sample social media posts Below are sample posts you can use on all social media channels (X, BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc). You are also welcome and encouraged to come up with your own posts and messages that make sense for your organization and your community. Be sure to mention the Fall Prevention Month campaign […]
Popping the Bubble Wrap podcast
Tune into Parachute’s podcast, Popping the Bubble Wrap. It’s focused on the concerns of the “household safety officer”: the person in a family who worries about safety.
Canadian Injury Prevention Day
This annual health promotion day, to be held in 2026 on Monday, July 6, raises awareness about the devastating impact of predictable and preventable injuries in Canada.
CIPD Hospital Challenge
As part of Canadian Injury Prevention Day, Parachute invites hospitals across Canada to raise awareness about the importance of injury prevention to the health-care system. Why injury prevention is important for hospitals The Cost of Injury in Canada report shows that, in one year, preventable injuries from collisions, falls, poisonings, drownings and violence cost the […]
Light up Canada!
Light up Parachute Green on July 6, 2026!
Light up social media
Our hashtags #ParachuteNIPD and #TurnSafetyOn garnered 5.6 million social media impressions in 2022.
Proclamations
Parachute invites jurisdictions across Canada to delcare Monday July 6, 2026 as Canadian Injury Prevention Day. We have provided a template for you to use. If you have any questions or need further help, please contact David Wilson at info@parachute.ca The following jurisdictions declared Monday, July 7, 2025 as National Injury Prevention Day (the former […]