A community of practice for people interested in exploring social innovation in health care
Volunteer led
Colleen Young
Canadian Virtual Hospice/
Portail canadien en soins palliatifs [14]
Online resources and community for people living with limited time, losing someone, caring for someone, or working through grief
Canadian Virtual Hospice
Colleen Young
SharingStrength/
FortesEnsemble [11]
A Canadian online resource library and community for women with breast cancer
SharingStrength
Colleen Young
CancerConnection/
ParlonsCancer [13]
An online community for people touched by cancer
Canadian Cancer Society
Heather Sinardo
Crohnology [26]
Social health network for people with Crohn’s and colitis
Healthy Labs, Inc.
Sean Ahrens
BabyCenter [27]
Online resources and community for new, expecting, and “actively trying” parents
BabyCenter Canada
N/A
ACOR [31] Collection of 140+ online cancer communities Association of Cancer Online Resources, Inc. Gilles Frydman
Tudiabetes [33]
An online community of people touched by diabetes
Diabetes Hands Foundation
Manny Hernandez
PatientsLikeMe [38]
An online community of people sharing health experiences to help themselves, other patients, and organizations
PatientsLikeMe
Liz Morgan
MyMacmillan Online Community [45]
An online community for anyone affected by cancer in any way
Macmillan Cancer Support
Laura Goss