Canadian Patient Safety Week (CPSW) is an annual campaign that brings people together around a shared goal: making healthcare safer for everyone.
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About CPSW
This year’s theme, All Voices for Safer Care, is an invitation to listen more deeply, ask important questions, and take meaningful action — together. Safer care doesn’t happen by chance. It requires collective responsibility, courageous conversations, and systems that make space for every voice. Whether you deliver care, support a loved one, lead a team, or shape policy, your voice matters. This CPSW, we’re spotlighting stories, tools and partnerships that help us move from awareness to action. Because safer care starts when we all step in.
CPSW Communications Guide: Share, Engage, Connect
We’ve created a toolkit to help you showcase your local CPSW events, to help us spread the word about CPSW and to encourage people to participate. Access sample content and graphics to help promote your local CPSW activities.
All Voices for Safer Care Blog Series
What lived experience teaches care: The journey of Vincent Dumez
“I am first and foremost a patient. An old patient.”
This is how Vincent Dumez introduces himself, even after a life devoted to championing causes, sharing lived wisdom and shouldering many responsibilities.
I see safer care in action when…
“Patients feel they are part of the care rather than care happening to them.”
- Allied Healthcare Provider (Ontario)
“Patients feel they are part of the care rather than care happening to them.”
- Allied Healthcare Provider (Ontario)
“Patients, families, and care teams work together in partnership – when voices are heard, communication is clear, and decisions are made with compassion and respect. It’s in the small moments of listening, the transparency of shared information, and the courage to speak up that trust is built and safety thrives.”
- Patient Advisor (Ontario)
“Patients, families, and care teams work together in partnership – when voices are heard, communication is clear, and decisions are made with compassion and respect. It’s in the small moments of listening, the transparency of shared information, and the courage to speak up that trust is built and safety thrives.”
- Patient Advisor (Ontario)
“Everyone feels safe to ask questions.”
- Administrator (Manitoba)
“Everyone feels safe to ask questions.”
- Administrator (Manitoba)
“Care providers acknowledge and address systemic barriers, tailor services to meet the cultural and historical realities of different communities and create space for community voices in decision-making.”
- Practical Nursing Student (British Columbia)
“Care providers acknowledge and address systemic barriers, tailor services to meet the cultural and historical realities of different communities and create space for community voices in decision-making.”
- Practical Nursing Student (British Columbia)
“When we actively listen to the needs and concerns of patients and families.”
- Administrator (Prince Edward Island)
“When we actively listen to the needs and concerns of patients and families.”
- Administrator (Prince Edward Island)
“Everyone has a voice.”
- Quality Improvement Lead (Manitoba)
“Everyone has a voice.”
- Quality Improvement Lead (Manitoba)
“I am informed of each step of my care, when I am seen and heard as an expert in my care, when staff see me as more than a burden to the system as a person living with complex care needs.”
- Patient Advisor (Saskatchewan)
“I am informed of each step of my care, when I am seen and heard as an expert in my care, when staff see me as more than a burden to the system as a person living with complex care needs.”
- Patient Advisor (Saskatchewan)
“I see staff taking extra time and educating patients and their families and caregivers on what to expect during their visit and after their visit and really taking the time to ensure they understand their care plan. I see safer care in action when I see a patient's emotional wellbeing considered in their care plan not just their physical or health condition.”
- Clinical Safety Coordinator (Alberta)
“I see staff taking extra time and educating patients and their families and caregivers on what to expect during their visit and after their visit and really taking the time to ensure they understand their care plan. I see safer care in action when I see a patient's emotional wellbeing considered in their care plan not just their physical or health condition.”
- Clinical Safety Coordinator (Alberta)
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Improving care for one million with Care Forward
A growing pan-Canadian movement transforming care for over a million people by advancing healthcare quality and safety.
