Meeting Proceedings now available: 2025 Canadian Pressure Injury Summit

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On Friday, November 21, 2025, provincial and federal leaders, healthcare administrators, clinicians, researchers, and patient advocates gathered both in-person at Richcraft Hall, Carleton University in Ottawa and virtually across Canada for the second annual Canadian Pressure Injury Summit, hosted by the Canadian Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (CPIAP).

Under this year’s theme — Repositioning Pressure Injuries: Shifting mindsets and transforming culture to support practice excellence — the summit emphasized the critical role of standardized data, patient partnership, workforce education, and policy alignment to shift mindsets, strengthen accountability, and reduce the burden of pressure injuries across the Canadian health system

The event aligned with Worldwide Pressure Injury Prevention Day (November 20, 2025), strengthening a nationwide effort to raise awareness, share evidence, and mobilize action to support better outcomes for individuals at risk of pressure injuries.

Strong Engagement Across Canada

This year’s Summit brought together a highly engaged national audience:

96 attendees joined in-person at Carleton University
574 registered to attend virtually
330 individuals participated live on Zoom

We were especially proud to see representation from across Canada. Of the Canadian attendees outside Ontario:

18% were from Nova Scotia
17% from Alberta
15% from British Columbia
13% from Quebec
11% from Manitoba
10% from Newfoundland and Labrador
The remaining 16% represented all other provinces and territories

Meeting Proceedings Now Available!

Canadian Pressure Injury Advisory Panel. Report on repositioning pressure injuries: shifting mindsets and transforming culture to support practice excellence. Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Canada; 2025, Nov 21. 40 p. Available from: https://www.cpiap.com

Access the Meeting Proceedings

The proceedings cover national and international perspectives on pressure injury prevention, including keynote insights from the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel, patient and caregiver experiences, equity considerations such as assessment in diverse skin tones, and the realities of avoidable versus unavoidable pressure injuries. Presentations highlighted practical system-level strategies—ranging from Accreditation Canada’s required safety practices, data-driven quality improvement frameworks, and real-world organizational case studies, to emerging technologies and interprofessional models of care in acute, community, and long-term care settings.