The Brookfield Chair in Fracture Prevention was established in March 2020. It is the world’s first university chair in fracture prevention.

In March 2024, the Eastern-Urban Zone of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services established the BreakFree Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) at St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital funded by the Brookfield Chair in Fracture Prevention.

Beginning in January 2024, Western Memorial Hospital in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador saw the implementation of a BreakFree Fracture Liaison Service (FLS). The FLS program is based on the research and recommendations of Osteoporosis Canada and is the first of its kind to be implemented in Newfoundland.  This quality improvement program focuses on secondary fracture prevention by identifying patients at risk for future fracture and initiating appropriate evaluation, risk assessment, education, and therapeutic intervention.