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Jeffrey Wong

@jeffrey.cspsc.ca

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Research assistant @idea.nursing.ubc.ca and co-lead @cspsc.ca. Exploring how #SocialPrescribing can improve health and social care for older adults and people living with dementia. He/him.

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Jeffrey Wong @jeffrey.cspsc.ca · Jan 31

Hello Bluesky! Now that we’ve got some new friends around, allow me to reintroduce myself:

I’m Jeffrey—sociology student at TWU, research assistant at UBC IDEA Lab, and co-lead of @cspsc.ca. Also into hiking 🥾 and songwriting 🎶

Excited to connect here 🦋

Group photo of the Canadian Social Prescribing Student Collective team at the 2024 Canada’s Social Prescribing Conference in Toronto. Eight team members, wearing name badges and blue lanyards, pose in front of an interactive display on social prescriptions.

Me standing next to a vibrant ʻōhiʻa lehua tree with bright red flowers, growing out of the barren lava field in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Misty air surrounds the rocky crater landscape in the background.

Me and three friends standing on a rocky mountain summit, smiling with Mount Baker towering behind us. The sky is bright blue with scattered clouds, and AllTrails stats overlay the image, showing our 15.3 km hike, 733 m elevation gain, and 3-hour, 57-minute trek.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 2d

Pop-up roller skating rink near the Chelsea section of the High Line celebrating LGBTQ+ activists like Marsha P. Johnson

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Jeffrey Wong @jeffrey.cspsc.ca · 8d

Couldn’t have asked for a better partner to present this work with! Thank you Lynn for making it all the way to Langley from Victoria 💛

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UBC IDEA Lab @idea.nursing.ubc.ca · 8d

Proud moment today! Our research assistant @jeffrey.cspsc.ca and patient partner Lynn Jackson presented our poster “Co-Designing Immersive Virtual Reality With Indigenous Communities” at the TWU CREATE Conference 2025.

Jeffrey Wong and Lynn Jackson stand beside their poster “Co-Designing Immersive Virtual Reality With Indigenous Communities” at the TWU CREATE Conference 2025.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 19d

Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.

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Jeffrey Wong @jeffrey.cspsc.ca · 19d

As someone working closely with this research, I see these (very adorable) robots not as a replacement for human care, but rather as tools to complement and enhance human interaction :)

Jeffrey Wong, a young Asian man with curly black hair, smiles while hugging LOVOT, a plush-style social robot with large round eyes. They are seated in a booth at the LOVOT Café in Tokyo, Japan, with patterned walls and a paper placemat visible on the table.

Jeffrey Wong @jeffrey.cspsc.ca · 19d

Thanks for raising this important point, @evafain.bsky.social.

Our study at @idea.nursing.ubc.ca explored older adults’ experiences w/ social robots, co-created with people with lived experience, to understand how they may support emotional and social wellbeing (commenting in a personal capacity):

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UBC IDEA Lab @idea.nursing.ubc.ca · 20d

Today is #WorldAlzheimersDay. At the UBC IDEA Lab, we believe our work matters because people living with dementia matter. Through co-created research, we’re working toward a kinder, more compassionate future for dementia care 💜

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Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute @vchresearch.bsky.social · 20d

🤖 A new study led by VCHRI researcher Dr. Lillian Hung reveals how accessible, AI-enabled robot companions foster emotional engagement & social connection for residents of long-term care homes:

Fostering connection in long-term care with the help of social robots

As Canada’s aging population continues to grow, so does the demand for innovative solutions to enhance the care and quality of life for older adults. At the forefront of this technological shift is Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Lillian Hung, whose new study explored the potential of social robots to support well-being among residents of long-term care homes.

www.vchri.ca

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Michelle Gamage @michellegamage.bsky.social · 23d

Researchers quantified what people with lived experience have been saying for years: street sweeps harm people, increasing their risk of violence and overdose.
My latest for @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

‘Street Sweeps’ Increase Overdose and Violence Risks, Study Finds | The Tyee

City workers in Vancouver have been confiscating tents and personal belongings from unhoused people since 2008.

thetyee.ca

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Jeffrey Wong @jeffrey.cspsc.ca · 25d

Welcome 🥳🦋

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Canadian Social Prescribing Student Collective @cspsc.ca · 26d

@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...

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UBC IDEA Lab @idea.nursing.ubc.ca · Aug 21

Our new scoping review in Digital Health (@journals.sagepub.com), led by @nurselillian.bsky.social, explores what helps and hinders co-designing #SocialRobots with older adults living with #Dementia. Read here:

Facilitators and barriers to codesigning social robots with older adults living with dementia: A scoping review - Lillian Hung, Irene Chen, Joey Wong, Yong Zhao, Karen Lok Yi Wong, Sadaf Murad-Kassam...

Background Social robots are increasingly used to support older adults living with dementia by providing not only reminders and companionship but also emotional...

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JBI @jbiebhc.bsky.social · Aug 8

Healthcare decision-making requires diverse evidence beyond studies of effectiveness.

#EvidenceSynthesis
#EBHC

www.youtube.com/shorts/1aFMy...

What is unique about JBI Methodology? #shorts

YouTube video by JBI

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UBC IDEA Lab @idea.nursing.ubc.ca · Aug 7

@nurselillian.bsky.social #nursesky and UBC IDEA Lab patient partner Mario Gregorio recently joined Mark Niu @beingpatient.bsky.social to chat about how #SocialRobots like PARO and LOVOT are transforming #DementiaCare. Check it out:

Do Robots Have a Role in Life With Dementia?

YouTube video by Being Patient

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Jeffrey Wong @jeffrey.cspsc.ca · Aug 2

Today is #EmancipationDay, marking the beginnings of the abolition of slavery in “Canada” in 1833. This history is not well known—I learned all about slavery in the US but didn’t even know that there’s similar history here until today. Hope you’ve learned something new too.

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UBC IDEA Lab @idea.nursing.ubc.ca · Jul 30

Our July 2025 newsletter is out now! If you haven’t already, subscribe to stay in the loop with UBC IDEA Lab team spotlights, project updates, upcoming events, and more: eepurl.com/ilKMy6

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Jeffrey Wong @jeffrey.cspsc.ca · Jul 29

Yay Margaret!!!

Jeffrey Wong @jeffrey.cspsc.ca · Jul 24

“If Medicare was about guaranteeing access, then the next legacy must be about building health differently: through prevention, through connection, and through community.” —Dr. J.R. Baker, via @croakeynews.bsky.social

Labor built Medicare. Its next legacy must be a health system that keeps people well

Introduction by Croakey Professional Services: The Australian Social Prescribing Institute of Research and Education (ASPIRE) is calling on the Albanese

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Jeffrey Wong @jeffrey.cspsc.ca · Jul 23

Yes! There’s lots of exciting social prescribing work happening in Canada too. See @cisp-icps.bsky.social and @cspsc.ca, the SP student movement that I’m part of :)

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Jeffrey Wong @jeffrey.cspsc.ca · Jul 23

Congratulations Kate!

Jeffrey Wong @jeffrey.cspsc.ca · Jul 23

Troubling to see federal cuts targeting Indigenous Services and scientific research under PM @mark-carney.bsky.social. Share your voice and push for a budget that reflects our values: canada.ca/yourbudget

David Macdonald @davidmaccdn.bsky.social · Jul 17

Oddly these are Trump's priorities for Canada. Defence, RCMP and Border services are whitelisted, needing few if any cuts. But what should be our priorities: Indigenous reconciliation, Vets, Science and our standing in the world --- are cut to the bone. 7/x

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Canadian Social Prescribing Student Collective @cspsc.ca · Jul 22

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

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Jeffrey Wong @jeffrey.cspsc.ca · Jul 17

This is incredibly helpful! Thank you.

Jeffrey Wong @jeffrey.cspsc.ca · Jul 17

Haha thanks JBI, will keep you posted on how it goes! I’m excited to learn from @uvicnursing.bsky.social CEiHC facilitators. Is there anything that I should prepare or read ahead of time to get the most out of the training?

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Jeffrey Wong @jeffrey.cspsc.ca · Jul 17

Curious to hear more about that—what if the second reviewer checks the AI extraction for accuracy as the authors of that paper suggested?