Canadian Social Prescribing Student Collective
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Building the social prescribing student movement across Canada! 🍁
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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...
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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
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Around the world, Social Prescribing Connectors are transforming how we deliver health and wellbeing—not through medicine, but through connection.
Join us August 6 for the second installment of our #SocialPrescribing webinar series.
🔗 Register now: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us August 6 for the second installment of our #SocialPrescribing webinar series.
🔗 Register now: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
July 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Around the world, Social Prescribing Connectors are transforming how we deliver health and wellbeing—not through medicine, but through connection.
Join us August 6 for the second installment of our #SocialPrescribing webinar series.
🔗 Register now: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us August 6 for the second installment of our #SocialPrescribing webinar series.
🔗 Register now: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
A research team at U of T is conducting a national Canadian survey on mental health and social prescribing among post-secondary students.
If you are a post-secondary student, fill out the survey to contribute to social prescribing research: redcap.utoronto.ca/surveys/?s=R...
If you are a post-secondary student, fill out the survey to contribute to social prescribing research: redcap.utoronto.ca/surveys/?s=R...
June 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A research team at U of T is conducting a national Canadian survey on mental health and social prescribing among post-secondary students.
If you are a post-secondary student, fill out the survey to contribute to social prescribing research: redcap.utoronto.ca/surveys/?s=R...
If you are a post-secondary student, fill out the survey to contribute to social prescribing research: redcap.utoronto.ca/surveys/?s=R...
‼️ Did you know that social prescribing could reduce emergency room visits? ‼️
CSPSC members Lorynn Labbie & Mackenzie Heidel presented at the University of Saskatchewan Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds on May 21st.
View the recording here: skemcollective.ca/resource/soc...
CSPSC members Lorynn Labbie & Mackenzie Heidel presented at the University of Saskatchewan Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds on May 21st.
View the recording here: skemcollective.ca/resource/soc...
June 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
‼️ Did you know that social prescribing could reduce emergency room visits? ‼️
CSPSC members Lorynn Labbie & Mackenzie Heidel presented at the University of Saskatchewan Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds on May 21st.
View the recording here: skemcollective.ca/resource/soc...
CSPSC members Lorynn Labbie & Mackenzie Heidel presented at the University of Saskatchewan Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds on May 21st.
View the recording here: skemcollective.ca/resource/soc...
🎉 Our Medicine Working Group is still hard at work! 🎉
Check out their latest article in Paediatrics & Child Health, "The Ages and Stages of Paediatric Social Prescribing" (doi.org/10.1093/pch/...)
P.S. We can send the pdf if you need! 💛💙
Check out their latest article in Paediatrics & Child Health, "The Ages and Stages of Paediatric Social Prescribing" (doi.org/10.1093/pch/...)
P.S. We can send the pdf if you need! 💛💙
June 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🎉 Our Medicine Working Group is still hard at work! 🎉
Check out their latest article in Paediatrics & Child Health, "The Ages and Stages of Paediatric Social Prescribing" (doi.org/10.1093/pch/...)
P.S. We can send the pdf if you need! 💛💙
Check out their latest article in Paediatrics & Child Health, "The Ages and Stages of Paediatric Social Prescribing" (doi.org/10.1093/pch/...)
P.S. We can send the pdf if you need! 💛💙
CSPSC is hosting our June General Meeting tonight! Its not too late to register: ubc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
See you there!
See you there!
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CSPSC June General Meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CSPSC June General Meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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June 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
CSPSC is hosting our June General Meeting tonight! Its not too late to register: ubc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
See you there!
See you there!
Postsecondary student facilitators needed! (Honorarium)
Guide small groups through structured discussion sessions at a locally-focused #SocialPrescribing workshop on October 30, 2025 in Toronto.
Send your one paragraph statement by June 15 to [email protected]
Guide small groups through structured discussion sessions at a locally-focused #SocialPrescribing workshop on October 30, 2025 in Toronto.
Send your one paragraph statement by June 15 to [email protected]
June 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Postsecondary student facilitators needed! (Honorarium)
Guide small groups through structured discussion sessions at a locally-focused #SocialPrescribing workshop on October 30, 2025 in Toronto.
Send your one paragraph statement by June 15 to [email protected]
Guide small groups through structured discussion sessions at a locally-focused #SocialPrescribing workshop on October 30, 2025 in Toronto.
Send your one paragraph statement by June 15 to [email protected]
Attend our General Meeting June 11th!
Ali Gangji, a member of our Medicine Working Group, will be discussing how he originally became involved in social prescribing and his experiences with it on the ground and in his academic work.
Register here! ubc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Ali Gangji, a member of our Medicine Working Group, will be discussing how he originally became involved in social prescribing and his experiences with it on the ground and in his academic work.
Register here! ubc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Attend our General Meeting June 11th!
Ali Gangji, a member of our Medicine Working Group, will be discussing how he originally became involved in social prescribing and his experiences with it on the ground and in his academic work.
Register here! ubc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Ali Gangji, a member of our Medicine Working Group, will be discussing how he originally became involved in social prescribing and his experiences with it on the ground and in his academic work.
Register here! ubc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...