Addressing Dementia in Canada: Raising Awareness, Challenging Stigma and Reducing Our Risk

Dementia is one of the most pressing public health challenges of our time—currently impacting hundreds of thousands of Canadians and their families, with numbers projected to rise sharply in the coming decades. While some progress to address it has been made through national and provincial dementia strategies, the NIA’s latest report finds that a lot more can be done to improve public awareness, reduce the risk of dementia and challenge the stigma that still surrounds the condition.

Watch this webinar for an important discussion as we launch the inaugural report in the NIA’s new three-part annual Addressing Dementia in Canada series advancing dementia policy, practice and research across Canada. Our expert panel will explore:

• What Canadians know and don’t know about dementia.
• Why prevention and risk reduction must be better encouraged for Canadians of all ages.
• How stigma shapes public perceptions, care experiences, and policy priorities.
• How all levels of government can develop and strengthen their strategies, measure progress and share results.