The GenWell Project

GenWell, a registered Canadian non-profit since 2016, is Canada’s Human Connection Movement. Our mission is to create a happier and healthier world by educating, empowering, and catalyzing Canadians about the importance of face-to-face social connection as a proactive step we can all take for our health, happiness, longevity and the betterment of society. 

We achieve this on a population level through our website, daily social media presence, media outreach, and seven annual catalytic campaigns designed to encourage Canadians to reach out and get connected face-to-face for their own health or the health of others. These campaigns are strategically timed throughout the year, targeting key moments, specific population segments or occasions, which ensures that everyone in Canada can benefit from the reminder, excuse, and permission to get connected. 

At the grassroots level, we deliver interactive and engaging social health programs in workplaces, schools, community groups, municipalities, and senior-focused organizations. These programs raise awareness about the increasing challenges of social isolation, disconnection, and loneliness and their effects on both individual and societal well-being. We conclude by highlighting the power of human connection as a proactive step we can all take to enhance health and happiness, not only for ourselves but also for those around us.

For more information, check out www.GenWell.ca 

We are guided by a business and scientific advisory board. After seven years of being a volunteer-led organization, we recently received significant funding to help develop a broader organization that can share our work, message, and mission across Canada and beyond. 

Here are a couple of links to content as a reminder of our work and movement.

Human Connection Movement video – https://youtu.be/grBR3HVb108?si=W_vpbCz6mtKSyiAG

Dr. Kwame McKenzie (General population) – https://youtu.be/HojbTPaD2fY?si=dlgwAk_edhJ3wRsf

The Agenda (post-pandemic) – https://youtu.be/8sWuoHrMV2k?si=2wEjzZ7Ivz3ypKzl

Sharon Lorber (kids) – link 

Dr. Heather Palmer  (seniors) – link

Recognition in Parliament – link 

New Canadian – link

International students – link

Intergenerational relationships – link