I have greatly enjoyed working with the Social Pediatrics team! They are a group of deeply passionate and hard working individuals who truly want to make the province of New Brunswick an equitable place for all children to grow up into healthy and resilient adults. I hope that one day I can contribute and be an advocate and ally as some of my mentors in this program!

We are helping people from different walks of life to achieve their goals, one step at a time, and it feels great to be part of such an effort. I've learned a lot about project coordination, negotiation and creation of marketing strategy.

It has been a source of pride serving NB Social Pediatrics to achieve its key objective of becoming non-profit incorporation in New Brunswick. The entire team has been inspirational, and I enjoyed collaborating with them to accomplish the goals. I believe NB Social Pediatrics serves a vital purpose in building a healthy and sustainable future for children and their families. It will be an equally exciting experience of helping this organization in any future community initiative.

Moving to NB for medical school, it was important to me to learn about the context I was training in. The Social Peds elective allowed me to meet with numerous organizations that are active in the Saint John community, so I know where and how to best direct future patients.

I did an elective in Social Pediatrics in my first year of medical school to get more experience in Pediatrics and get to know the community and resources better. I rotated not only through a variety of clinics, but also community organizations, simulation experiences and counselling sessions. The experiences I had opened my eyes to the barriers that children and their families face to accessing care and living healthy lives, and I learned how impactful health professionals can be when they recognize and work to break down those barriers. The elective certainly encouraged me in the direction of Pediatrics, and has given me perspective that still impacts my day-to-day practice. I’m thankful for the experience I gained through the program, and for the important work that they continue to do!

Participating in the Social Pediatrics Elective was a wonderful experience that helped me familiarize myself with a variety of community resources in Saint John and network with physicians and other providers in the community who share a social determinants of health lens in their practices. It also allowed me to further develop my advocacy skills as my elective project was to write a letter advocating for the removal of a minimum age for gender-affirming chest surgery in New Brunswick. I would strongly recommend this elective experience to others as I believe it provides context and knowledge that will help you become a better future healthcare provider for all of your patients, regardless of your specialty of interest.

I have had the pleasure of working with the Social Paediatrics Department in Saint John over the past few years. Before my acceptance to medical school I worked for a summer in data entry where I would input the statistics that eventually became the basis of my project. Once in medical school, Dr. Gander and Sarah Campbell helped me investigate the factors that create barriers to timely care in their pediatric clinic. Last year the project was published in Cureus medical journal of Paediatrics. As a person who is usually terrified of research and avoids it at all costs, I could never have asked for a better team than the one I got working with this department. It turned out that this was one of my favourite experiences in medical school and I look forward to any future opportunities that may arise to work together once again.

It was a pleasure doing the project. Everyone with the program was highly engaged and helpful, very clearly caring about the work we were doing. The project itself was interesting for me, and felt like it could meaningfully impact patient care. Overall, I am grateful that I had the opportunity to collaborate with the NB Social Pediatrics program.

The MBA program is helping me to improve my knowledge structure, refine the management methods, and develop a business mindset. Most of the courses were related to business analysis; I learned many methodologies, and I am very good at Strategic Management. The MBA is a challenging process, but it will benefit me in my future life and work.

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In addition, I’m so excited to be a Revenue Development Coordinator at the NB Social Pediatrics to identify new relationships key to additional funding opportunities and work with the excellent team of NBSP to help more NB children who need to get healthcare assistance. This position comes with some challenges, but it is a wonderful opportunity to fulfill my knowledge acquired from my MBA. I will do my best to complete all the tasks and appreciate the position provided by NB Social Pediatrics.

I appreciate working with NB Social Pediatrics, which links my past psychiatric experience and MBA learning with the real world. I love working with this organization because of its special and unique mission of improving children's well-being and disrupting the poverty cycle, which I felt in the past in my clients. All of this is possible because of the compassionate and powerful team at NB Social Pediatrics, which tries to build a healthy society. It is exciting to work in this organization with the aim of a sustainable future.

As a business student majoring in Marketing, I'm grateful to be working for NB Social Pediatrics as a Knowledge Translation & Communications Coordinator! I'll be contributing towards the organization's fantastic mission of improving the wellbeing of children and families in New Brunswick, all while learning and honing my professional skills.

Working with NB social pediatrics has given me the wonderful opportunity to gain more knowledge and experience in my community. Coming especially from a science background and having an interest in pharmacy, I have learned so much about the implications of the healthcare field as a whole, and the benefits of creating easier access to healthcare within Saint John. This position has piqued my interest in working with children and aiding in their development!

NB Social Pediatrics' mission of combining social inequities and critical approaches to health outcomes is what drew me to the organization. Coming from a Political Science and non-profit background, this experience has allowed me to enhance my research skills and outreach coordination by helping non-profits identify indicators that are essential to measuring the impact of their programs. Creating an intersectional approach to health is critical to address inequities in our system and improve quality of life for all, and NBSP has shown its dedication to this goal. Research is my passion, and combining this with outreach to non-profits has inspired me to continue working with my community members to address inequities in New Brunswick. I am incredibly grateful for this experience and have learned so much from the team already.