Amazing student-led work from @idea.nursing.ubc.ca showcasing a community-based ukulele learning program as a potential community asset for #SocialPrescribing.

What if your doctor could prescribe a walking group or a museum visit instead of just medication? Our first Student Blog explores how #SocialPrescribing could support student wellbeing on post-secondary campuses.

It’s residency #MatchDay for Canadian medical students 🥳🩺 Wherever you land, we hope you’ll keep championing #SocialPrescribing: connecting people to community, belonging, and prevention 🩵

Sign up for this free webinar from Hey Neighbour Collective & United Way BC! "Housing that Connects Us Webinar Series: Innovative Community Programs to Build Social Connection in Housing" March 6 | 10–11:30 AM PST Link: uwbc-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🌱 Community gardens can foster social connection and well-being Oyango's research explores cultural food security and the impact of collective community gardening on health. Read about the impact of both her research and the Taste of Home project. www.ualberta.ca/en/public-he...

🚨 New publication alert! 🚨 "Identifying social prescribing core outcomes using a Delphi approach: findings and future directions" Read it here: www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

Looking to get involved in the social prescribing movement in 2026? ✨ Join the CSPSC as a student member or partner before #SocialPrescribingDay on March 26th to get our monthly newsletter which contains events happening before and on the big day ✨ cspsc.ca/join-us/

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

✨ 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! 👉 Click here: docs.google.com/forms/d/10zV... Wishing you Happy New Year and a fabulous 2026!

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…

Happy Holidays from CSPSC! Wishing you warmth, rest, and community connection as we head into 2026 🩵✨

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...

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...

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.

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...

Its not too late to register! Join us for an hour of community and discussion!

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!

📢 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...

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...

🚨New research🚨 #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!

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.

‼️$3M Investment Boosts Support for Older Adults Across Alberta ‼️ 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...

📢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/

‼️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...

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)

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

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...

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

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...

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...

‼️ 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...

🎉 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! 💛💙

CSPSC is hosting our June General Meeting tonight! Its not too late to register: ubc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 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]

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...

After completing her undergraduate degree, Yola Switkowski found her calling working as a Social Prescriber/Community Connector for the non-profit North Shore Community Resources. This work inspired her to pursue a Masters of Science at the UBC researching social prescribing!

The World Report on the Social Determinants of Health Equity is out! We would love to hear how this report might impact your social prescribing initiatives! Comment your thoughts below 👇 www.who.int/teams/social...

We're working on our strategic plan! Please message or comment your thoughts - we would love to hear from you 📢💭 Click the link in our bio to view the full draft! #strategicplan

Help Shape the Future of CISP! 📝 Please take 10 minutes to share your insights through our short survey: lnkd.in/dUpv9B8p The deadline to respond is May 5, 2025.

Don't miss out on tomorrow's event! Register here t.co/G7ts8E8kIg

Bridging Social Needs and Medicine: A Conversation on Social Prescribing with Dr. Andrew Boozary When: Tuesday Apr 29, 3-4pm EST Please register here: queensu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

It was lovely to have met some of our dedicated members at the March General Meeting. For those who have missed Tarek's fascinating talk on the role of pharmacists in social prescribing, it will be uploaded to our YouTube channel soon.

Do you get our monthly email newsletter? Sign up as a member or partner of the collective to get our monthly email blast which includes everything from social prescribing events to job opportunities to the latest research! cspsc.ca/join-us/

In honour of #SocialPrescribingDay, here’s a highlight from our NOURISH event with TWU Intercultural Programs last night—bringing students together through knowledge sharing, nutritious food, and meaningful community connections 🍇🥗

🍁 Did you know the CSPSC was featured in the Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing's 2025 Social Prescribing in Canada report? 🍁 Find us on page 26 & 27 and read the full report to explore the current state of social prescribing in Canada. irp.cdn-website.com/92bb31b3/fil...

Don't miss our General Meeting March 31st! This event will spotlight student leaders in our community, provide updates about the collective, and be a chance to network. We will welcome guest speaker and Research and Knowledge Translation Lead, Tarek Hussein!