Canadian Social Prescribing Student Collective
@cspsc.ca
Building the social prescribing student movement across Canada | Faire grandir le mouvement étudiant de la prescription sociale au Canada 🇨🇦
🌐 cspsc.ca
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🌐 cspsc.ca
📚 https://linktr.ee/cspscollective
Explore this webinar by the Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health on exploring interventions for social isolation and loneliness in older adults
Jan 14, 2026 | 12:00–1:00 pm EST | Register here: ow.ly/4KZR50XSyc5
Jan 14, 2026 | 12:00–1:00 pm EST | Register here: ow.ly/4KZR50XSyc5
January 13, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Explore this webinar by the Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health on exploring interventions for social isolation and loneliness in older adults
Jan 14, 2026 | 12:00–1:00 pm EST | Register here: ow.ly/4KZR50XSyc5
Jan 14, 2026 | 12:00–1:00 pm EST | Register here: ow.ly/4KZR50XSyc5
✨ 5 winners notified, 15 prizes remaining! ✨
Complete our quick member survey for a chance to win one of 15 remaining $20 Tim Hortons gift cards courtesy of @cisp-icps.bsky.social!
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Wishing you Happy New Year and a fabulous 2026!
Complete our quick member survey for a chance to win one of 15 remaining $20 Tim Hortons gift cards courtesy of @cisp-icps.bsky.social!
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Wishing you Happy New Year and a fabulous 2026!
CSPSC Membership Commitment Check-In
Welcome to the CSPSC Membership Check-In Survey! This quick check-in (about 5–10 minutes) helps us understand who’s still engaged, what you’re interested in, and how we can better support you.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:45 PM
✨ 5 winners notified, 15 prizes remaining! ✨
Complete our quick member survey for a chance to win one of 15 remaining $20 Tim Hortons gift cards courtesy of @cisp-icps.bsky.social!
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Wishing you Happy New Year and a fabulous 2026!
Complete our quick member survey for a chance to win one of 15 remaining $20 Tim Hortons gift cards courtesy of @cisp-icps.bsky.social!
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Wishing you Happy New Year and a fabulous 2026!
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Pseudoscientific grifters love claiming they’ll “heal your root causes” when they’re really selling unregulated supplements and expensive protocols.
Meanwhile, real root causes (social determinants of health) exist: income, housing, food security, social connection, transportation…
Meanwhile, real root causes (social determinants of health) exist: income, housing, food security, social connection, transportation…
December 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Pseudoscientific grifters love claiming they’ll “heal your root causes” when they’re really selling unregulated supplements and expensive protocols.
Meanwhile, real root causes (social determinants of health) exist: income, housing, food security, social connection, transportation…
Meanwhile, real root causes (social determinants of health) exist: income, housing, food security, social connection, transportation…
Happy Holidays from CSPSC! Wishing you warmth, rest, and community connection as we head into 2026 🩵✨
December 26, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Happy Holidays from CSPSC! Wishing you warmth, rest, and community connection as we head into 2026 🩵✨
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Join the CSPSC Medicine Working Group December 10th from 5pm to 6pm PST to hear Darlene Dalby and Peggy Napope talk about Indigenous Perspectives on Social Prescribing!
📍Register here: usask-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📍Register here: usask-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Join the CSPSC Medicine Working Group December 10th from 5pm to 6pm PST to hear Darlene Dalby and Peggy Napope talk about Indigenous Perspectives on Social Prescribing!
📍Register here: usask-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📍Register here: usask-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join the CSPSC Medicine Working Group December 10th from 5pm to 6pm PST to hear Darlene Dalby and Peggy Napope talk about Indigenous Perspectives on Social Prescribing!
📍Register here: usask-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📍Register here: usask-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Join the CSPSC Medicine Working Group December 10th from 5pm to 6pm PST to hear Darlene Dalby and Peggy Napope talk about Indigenous Perspectives on Social Prescribing!
📍Register here: usask-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📍Register here: usask-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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New qualitative study coming out of @oxprimarycare.bsky.social explored factors surrounding #SocialPrescribing link worker retention in the UK. As a community connector in Canada, I see similar ambiguities here at home.
Entering a liminal state when becoming a social prescribing link worker and how it affects retention: findings from a UK qualitative study | Primary Health Care Research & Development | Cambridge ...
Entering a liminal state when becoming a social prescribing link worker and how it affects retention: findings from a UK qualitative study - Volume 26
www.cambridge.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
New qualitative study coming out of @oxprimarycare.bsky.social explored factors surrounding #SocialPrescribing link worker retention in the UK. As a community connector in Canada, I see similar ambiguities here at home.
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36 teams across Canada are joining Paramedics and Social Prescribing! The program helps paramedic teams implement social prescribing to connect people with non-medical social and community supports that improve health and well-being. Find out more: www.healthcareexcellence.ca/en/care-forw...
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
36 teams across Canada are joining Paramedics and Social Prescribing! The program helps paramedic teams implement social prescribing to connect people with non-medical social and community supports that improve health and well-being. Find out more: www.healthcareexcellence.ca/en/care-forw...
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨
Medicine Working Group Member Jessica Maher recently published in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine alongside Dr. Louis Hugo Francescutti on social prescribing!
Check out the article here or message us for a pdf: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Medicine Working Group Member Jessica Maher recently published in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine alongside Dr. Louis Hugo Francescutti on social prescribing!
Check out the article here or message us for a pdf: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨
Medicine Working Group Member Jessica Maher recently published in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine alongside Dr. Louis Hugo Francescutti on social prescribing!
Check out the article here or message us for a pdf: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Medicine Working Group Member Jessica Maher recently published in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine alongside Dr. Louis Hugo Francescutti on social prescribing!
Check out the article here or message us for a pdf: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Its not too late to register! Join us for an hour of community and discussion!
📢 Attention CSPSC Members!
Join us on November 5th at our general meeting to hear Judy O'Keefe, MSW, RSW, CHE's perspective as a social prescribing coordinator at Seniors NL
Register here: ubc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us on November 5th at our general meeting to hear Judy O'Keefe, MSW, RSW, CHE's perspective as a social prescribing coordinator at Seniors NL
Register here: ubc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Its not too late to register! Join us for an hour of community and discussion!
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Great week of learning and connecting at #CAG_2025 in Montréal with @nurselillian.bsky.social and the @idea.nursing.ubc.ca team. Presented posters on a seated dance pilot in LTC and a scoping review on social support for 2S/LGBTQ+ older adults in Canada :)
October 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Great week of learning and connecting at #CAG_2025 in Montréal with @nurselillian.bsky.social and the @idea.nursing.ubc.ca team. Presented posters on a seated dance pilot in LTC and a scoping review on social support for 2S/LGBTQ+ older adults in Canada :)
The CSPSC community is nationwide! 🍁
The Canadian Association on Gerontology 2025 conference in Montréal brought together CSPSC members Daniela Gerstmann, Emma Chen, and Jeffrey Wong!
The Canadian Association on Gerontology 2025 conference in Montréal brought together CSPSC members Daniela Gerstmann, Emma Chen, and Jeffrey Wong!
October 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The CSPSC community is nationwide! 🍁
The Canadian Association on Gerontology 2025 conference in Montréal brought together CSPSC members Daniela Gerstmann, Emma Chen, and Jeffrey Wong!
The Canadian Association on Gerontology 2025 conference in Montréal brought together CSPSC members Daniela Gerstmann, Emma Chen, and Jeffrey Wong!
📢 Attention CSPSC Members!
Join us on November 5th at our general meeting to hear Judy O'Keefe, MSW, RSW, CHE's perspective as a social prescribing coordinator at Seniors NL
Register here: ubc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us on November 5th at our general meeting to hear Judy O'Keefe, MSW, RSW, CHE's perspective as a social prescribing coordinator at Seniors NL
Register here: ubc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
📢 Attention CSPSC Members!
Join us on November 5th at our general meeting to hear Judy O'Keefe, MSW, RSW, CHE's perspective as a social prescribing coordinator at Seniors NL
Register here: ubc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us on November 5th at our general meeting to hear Judy O'Keefe, MSW, RSW, CHE's perspective as a social prescribing coordinator at Seniors NL
Register here: ubc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Are you a medical student interested in social prescribing?
The CSPSC Medicine Working Group is recruiting! Join to work with fellow medical students on teams like research, education, advocacy, finance and more.
Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The CSPSC Medicine Working Group is recruiting! Join to work with fellow medical students on teams like research, education, advocacy, finance and more.
Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Canadian Social Prescribing Student Collective - Medicine Working Group (CSPSC MWG)
Thank you for your interest in joining our collective! Please fill out this form if you wish to become a member of the Canadian Social Prescribing Student Collective Medicine Working Group (CSPSC MWG)...
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October 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Are you a medical student interested in social prescribing?
The CSPSC Medicine Working Group is recruiting! Join to work with fellow medical students on teams like research, education, advocacy, finance and more.
Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The CSPSC Medicine Working Group is recruiting! Join to work with fellow medical students on teams like research, education, advocacy, finance and more.
Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🚨New research🚨
#SocialPrescribing: A Pragmatic Pathway to Address Loneliness and Mental Health in Canada
🔗 www.longwoods.com/content/2768...
#SocialPrescribing: A Pragmatic Pathway to Address Loneliness and Mental Health in Canada
🔗 www.longwoods.com/content/2768...
October 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
🚨New research🚨
#SocialPrescribing: A Pragmatic Pathway to Address Loneliness and Mental Health in Canada
🔗 www.longwoods.com/content/2768...
#SocialPrescribing: A Pragmatic Pathway to Address Loneliness and Mental Health in Canada
🔗 www.longwoods.com/content/2768...
The CSPSC Medicine Working Group was proud to represent at the Saskatchewan Family Medicine Conference in Regina! 🩺🌱
We connected with doctors to spotlight the power of #SocialPrescribing in family practice.
Big thanks to Lorynn Labbie & Terri Thunder for their leadership!
We connected with doctors to spotlight the power of #SocialPrescribing in family practice.
Big thanks to Lorynn Labbie & Terri Thunder for their leadership!
October 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The CSPSC Medicine Working Group was proud to represent at the Saskatchewan Family Medicine Conference in Regina! 🩺🌱
We connected with doctors to spotlight the power of #SocialPrescribing in family practice.
Big thanks to Lorynn Labbie & Terri Thunder for their leadership!
We connected with doctors to spotlight the power of #SocialPrescribing in family practice.
Big thanks to Lorynn Labbie & Terri Thunder for their leadership!
Hi CSPSC members, @cisp-icps.bsky.social needs your help! They would love to hear your perspective, and those of your fellow students!
Please complete their survey: redcap.utoronto.ca/surveys/?s=R...
As a thank you, you can enter for a chance to win 1 of 20 $50 Amazon gift cards.
Please complete their survey: redcap.utoronto.ca/surveys/?s=R...
As a thank you, you can enter for a chance to win 1 of 20 $50 Amazon gift cards.
Eligibility Form
redcap.utoronto.ca
September 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Hi CSPSC members, @cisp-icps.bsky.social needs your help! They would love to hear your perspective, and those of your fellow students!
Please complete their survey: redcap.utoronto.ca/surveys/?s=R...
As a thank you, you can enter for a chance to win 1 of 20 $50 Amazon gift cards.
Please complete their survey: redcap.utoronto.ca/surveys/?s=R...
As a thank you, you can enter for a chance to win 1 of 20 $50 Amazon gift cards.
‼️$3M Investment Boosts Support for Older Adults Across Alberta ‼️
Read about how social prescribing is growing in Alberta here: corealberta.ca/resources/an...
Read about how social prescribing is growing in Alberta here: corealberta.ca/resources/an...
[Announcement] $3M Investment Boosts Support for Older Adults Across Alberta - Healthy Aging CORE Alberta
Healthy Aging Alberta (HAA) is pleased to announce $3.06M in funding from Waltons Trust towards the Provincial Social Prescribing for Older Adults Program, extending this work until September 2028. S...
corealberta.ca
September 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
‼️$3M Investment Boosts Support for Older Adults Across Alberta ‼️
Read about how social prescribing is growing in Alberta here: corealberta.ca/resources/an...
Read about how social prescribing is growing in Alberta here: corealberta.ca/resources/an...
@cisp-icps.bsky.social hosted a series of webinars exploring evidence, policy, priority population perspectives, and co-design approaches with leading researchers in the field of social prescribing.
Check out the series here: www.socialprescribing.ca/webinar-seri...
Check out the series here: www.socialprescribing.ca/webinar-seri...
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September 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
@cisp-icps.bsky.social hosted a series of webinars exploring evidence, policy, priority population perspectives, and co-design approaches with leading researchers in the field of social prescribing.
Check out the series here: www.socialprescribing.ca/webinar-seri...
Check out the series here: www.socialprescribing.ca/webinar-seri...
📢Attention CSPSC members!
Fill out our members survey so we can learn how to best serve you: docs.google.com/forms/d/10zV...
Not a member? Join here: cspsc.ca/join-us/
Fill out our members survey so we can learn how to best serve you: docs.google.com/forms/d/10zV...
Not a member? Join here: cspsc.ca/join-us/
CSPSC Membership Commitment Check-In
Welcome to the CSPSC Membership Check-In Survey! This quick check-in (about 5–10 minutes) helps us understand who’s still engaged, what you’re interested in, and how we can better support you.
Please ...
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September 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
📢Attention CSPSC members!
Fill out our members survey so we can learn how to best serve you: docs.google.com/forms/d/10zV...
Not a member? Join here: cspsc.ca/join-us/
Fill out our members survey so we can learn how to best serve you: docs.google.com/forms/d/10zV...
Not a member? Join here: cspsc.ca/join-us/
‼️Pop quiz‼️
A 2022 systematic review of 7 global social prescribing studies revealed that social prescribing increases:
A. Health confidence
B. Health status
C. Physical Activity
D. Social connection
E. All of the above
doi.org/10.1136/fmch...
A 2022 systematic review of 7 global social prescribing studies revealed that social prescribing increases:
A. Health confidence
B. Health status
C. Physical Activity
D. Social connection
E. All of the above
doi.org/10.1136/fmch...
Systematic review of social prescribing and older adults: where to from here?
Objective Social prescribing is a person-centred model of care with emphases on lessening the impact of unmet social needs, supporting the delivery of personalised care, and reducing non-medical resou...
doi.org
September 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
‼️Pop quiz‼️
A 2022 systematic review of 7 global social prescribing studies revealed that social prescribing increases:
A. Health confidence
B. Health status
C. Physical Activity
D. Social connection
E. All of the above
doi.org/10.1136/fmch...
A 2022 systematic review of 7 global social prescribing studies revealed that social prescribing increases:
A. Health confidence
B. Health status
C. Physical Activity
D. Social connection
E. All of the above
doi.org/10.1136/fmch...
Social prescribing is a global movement 🌏
Our Co-Lead, Local Initiatives Jeffrey Wong connected with the Social Prescribing Lab in #HongKong during his winter break. Their new report offers insights into SP rooted in local context: www.mad.asia/programmes/s... (Chinese only)
Our Co-Lead, Local Initiatives Jeffrey Wong connected with the Social Prescribing Lab in #HongKong during his winter break. Their new report offers insights into SP rooted in local context: www.mad.asia/programmes/s... (Chinese only)
August 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Social prescribing is a global movement 🌏
Our Co-Lead, Local Initiatives Jeffrey Wong connected with the Social Prescribing Lab in #HongKong during his winter break. Their new report offers insights into SP rooted in local context: www.mad.asia/programmes/s... (Chinese only)
Our Co-Lead, Local Initiatives Jeffrey Wong connected with the Social Prescribing Lab in #HongKong during his winter break. Their new report offers insights into SP rooted in local context: www.mad.asia/programmes/s... (Chinese only)
Join the Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing on August 6 to learn how #SocialPrescribing Connectors address social determinants of health, improve equity/access, & strengthen community relationships.
🔗https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1117519838484/WN_Zrbm3bFTSVyko1ZX34zEjA#/registration
🔗https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1117519838484/WN_Zrbm3bFTSVyko1ZX34zEjA#/registration
July 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Join the Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing on August 6 to learn how #SocialPrescribing Connectors address social determinants of health, improve equity/access, & strengthen community relationships.
🔗https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1117519838484/WN_Zrbm3bFTSVyko1ZX34zEjA#/registration
🔗https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1117519838484/WN_Zrbm3bFTSVyko1ZX34zEjA#/registration
ATTENTION! Free online social prescribing training for all primary healthcare professionals! It only takes 3 hours to learn skills that could improve someones lifetime.
🔗 www.allianceon.org/Social-Presc...
🔗 www.allianceon.org/Social-Presc...
Social Prescribing - Online Course | Alliance for Healthier Communities
New health equity-focused, online Social Prescribing training modules to help your team implement or improve social prescribing processes. These self-directed modules offer practical tips and helpful ...
www.allianceon.org
July 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
ATTENTION! Free online social prescribing training for all primary healthcare professionals! It only takes 3 hours to learn skills that could improve someones lifetime.
🔗 www.allianceon.org/Social-Presc...
🔗 www.allianceon.org/Social-Presc...
Join @cisp-icps.bsky.social on August 6th to learn how Social Prescribing Connectors are bridging health and social care to:
✅ Address social determinants of health
✅ Improve equity and access
✅ Strengthen relationships between people and their communities
🔗 Register now: lnkd.in/gcXvRFsH
✅ Address social determinants of health
✅ Improve equity and access
✅ Strengthen relationships between people and their communities
🔗 Register now: lnkd.in/gcXvRFsH
July 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Join @cisp-icps.bsky.social on August 6th to learn how Social Prescribing Connectors are bridging health and social care to:
✅ Address social determinants of health
✅ Improve equity and access
✅ Strengthen relationships between people and their communities
🔗 Register now: lnkd.in/gcXvRFsH
✅ Address social determinants of health
✅ Improve equity and access
✅ Strengthen relationships between people and their communities
🔗 Register now: lnkd.in/gcXvRFsH