GenWell Portraits of Connection, a series of mini-documentaries designed to shed light on the realities of loneliness and celebrate the transformative potential of connection

Today is the official start of GenWell’s 2024 Spring GenWell Weekend campaign, and we are inviting people to join our human connection movement this May 3, 4 and 5, by making us the catalyst to reach out to friends, family,
neighbours, classmates or colleagues and getting connected face-to-face.

The 2023 Canadian Social Connection Survey has revealed some crucial insights into how Canadians are connecting—or not connecting—across various social contexts. From workplace dynamics to intergenerational relationships, the survey sheds light on the state of social connection in Canada today. Let’s delve into some of the key findings and what they mean for our well-being and societal cohesion.

This work provides some great preliminary evidence of how important social connection can be when it comes to the health and well-being of sexual minority men.

When our neighbourhoods become communities of connection, they become the primary source of health. There is power in human connection, and there is power in ordering our lives around this belief.

There has never been a person who walked on this earth who did not experience loneliness. It is something that we all share, and if we look at its evolutionary function, we see that despite the pain it causes, it is actually important for our survival.