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Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing
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Le pôle canadien de la prescription sociale. Canada's hub for social prescribing.
🌐 socialprescribing.ca
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‼️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...
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
💡 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚

Fraser Health Authority has been awarded two Michael Smith Health Research BC grants to advance social prescribing for older adults.

🔗 Learn more:
www.fraserhealth.ca/news/2025/Au...
New opportunities to expand social prescribing
Fraser Health is the recipient of two Michael Smith Health Research BC grants to help evaluate and expand social prescribing.
www.fraserhealth.ca
August 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
💻 Missed our first session of our #socialprescribing webinar series? The recording is now available!

👉 Watch the recording here: youtube.com/watch?v=tGSv...
Starting and Scaling Social Prescribing
YouTube video by The Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing
youtube.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Missed our webinar last week? You’ll want to catch this one. 🎥

▶️ Watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm8l...
Bridging Health and Community Care: The Essential Role of Social Prescribing Connectors
YouTube video by The Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing
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August 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Trust is ✨𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥✨ — especially when it comes to supporting older adults through social prescribing.

📖 Read "The Importance of Trust Among Older Adults Throughout the Social Prescribing Pathway: A Mixed-Methods Analysis” here: bit.ly/4mHr84O
The Importance of Trust Among Older Adults Throughout the Social Prescribing Pathway: A Mixed-Methods Analysis - International Journal of Community Well-Being
Loneliness and social isolation pose significant health risks to older adults and necessitates the development and application of novel interventions to effectively tackle this critical issue. Social ...
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August 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
📅 Tomorrow!

Join us for the 2nd webinar in our #SocialPrescribing series:
Bridging Health and Community Care: The Essential Role of Social Prescribing Connectors

🔗 Register now: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
⏳ Good news—nominations for the 2025 Social Prescribing Impact Awards are now open until August 15!

Nominate a colleague, program, or team—or yourself—by August 15, 2025 👉https://surveymonkey.ca/r/QPCPWD7
August 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Who are social prescribing connectors—and why are they so essential?

Also called link workers, navigators, or community connectors, they help bridge the gap between clinical care and community supports.

📅 Wed, Aug 6
🕛 12 PM ET
🔗 Register now: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
⏳ Just a few weeks left to nominate for the 2025 Social Prescribing Impact Awards!

🏆 Categories include:
🔹 Innovation
🔹 Connector
🔹 Researcher/Research Team
🔹 Student Champion
🔹 Changemaker

Nominate a colleague—or yourself—by August 4, 2025: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/QPCPWD7
July 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🏆 Nominations are open for the 2025 Social Prescribing Impact Awards!

By nominating someone, you’re not just giving them the spotlight — you’re strengthening a growing movement for more integrated, equitable, and person-centred care in Canada.

🔗 Nominate now: lnkd.in/gUiAkbKw
July 18, 2025 at 7:53 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...
July 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This June, we joined our Alberta partners for a rich and insightful site visit that reminded us what makes social prescribing work: relationships, trust, and community leadership.

Read more here: irp.cdn-website.com/92bb31b3/fil...
July 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
⏳ Just a few weeks left to nominate for the 2025 Social Prescribing Impact Awards!

🏆 Categories include:
🔹 Innovation
🔹 Connector
🔹 Researcher/Research Team
🔹 Student Champion
🔹 Changemaker

Nominate a colleague—or yourself—by August 4, 2025: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/QPCPWD7
July 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
📢 New Resource!

Looking to onboard or support Community Connectors? Created by @unitedwaybc.bsky.social, this comprehensive guide packed with foundational knowledge can help anyone onboard Connectors in social prescribing programs across Canada.
July 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫

The @who.int's report shows loneliness & social isolation are urgent global health issues. Investing in connection can transform health systems & lives

www.who.int/groups/commi...
WHO Commission on Social Connection
Anyone, anywhere, can be lonely or socially isolated. The WHO Commission on Social Connection aims to see the issue recognised and resourced as a global public health priority.
www.who.int
July 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🎉 Big news for caregivers in Peel Region! Ontario is investing $25K to expand the Social Prescribing for Seniors’ Caregivers initiative across five Adult Day Services sites.
🔗 Learn more: peelregion.ca/press-releas...
Ontario Government Awards $25,000 for Social Prescribing Program Focused on Caregivers of Seniors - peelregion.ca
BRAMPTON, ON (June 23, 2025) - Peel Region is proud to announce two major milestones in its commitment to supporting family and informal caregivers of seniors: the successful graduation of the first c...
peelregion.ca
June 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
📣 Happening THIS WEEK!
Starting and Scaling Social Prescribing

📅 This Wednesday, June 18th
🔗 Save your spot: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🎧 Live closed captioning in French will be available.
June 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
📣 À l’affiche cette semaine!
Starting and Scaling Social Prescribing
(Mise sur pied et expansion de la prescription sociale)

📅 Ce mercredi 18 juin
🔗 Réservez votre place: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🎧 Un service de sous-titrage en direct en français sera offert.
June 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Based in the GTA? Interested in facilitating a #SocialPrescribing workshop? Reach out to Nicole Cormier at @cisp-icps.bsky.social by Sunday!
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 Nicole.Cormier@redcross.ca
June 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🌸 May is Caregiver Awareness Month
Caregiving can be an act of deep love, commitment, and responsibility—but it can also be isolating, exhausting, and overwhelming. Caregivers often carry a heavy and invisible load, navigating complex systems while putting their own wellbeing aside.
May 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨
Ontario’s new Primary Care Act, 2025 marks a bold step toward a more connected, inclusive, and responsive health system.

✅ Connected care
✅ Responsive systems
✅ Community partnerships

Learn more about the Primary Care Action plan: bit.ly/3GTmvVq
Primary Care Act, 2025
Bill 13 from Parliament 44 Session 1 of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Primary Care Act, 2025.
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May 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Nous sommes ravis de lancer une nouvelle série de webinaires visant à faciliter le dialogue et à présenter des stratégies pratiques, des enseignements et des idées novatrices en matière de prescription sociale, provenant de diverses sources au Canada et ailleurs.

🔗: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We’re excited to launch a new webinar series to facilitate dialogue and share practical strategies, lessons learned, & innovative ideas in social prescribing from diverse voices across Canada and beyond.

✨ First up: 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 ✨
🔗 To register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Last week, CISP team members Srija Biswas and Safiya Clarke-Mendes had the opportunity to attend and present at the Safe Space Brave Space Wellness Summit for frontline workers.
May 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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On World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, we honour those around the world who act on the side of humanity every day helping people impacted by crisis.❤️
May 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM