Clinical Psychospiritual Education (CPE) Courses Available

CASC/ACSS courses are offered by the various Teaching Centres across the country. Start dates, application deadlines and fees vary. To apply for a course and for more information, please contact the Supervisor Educator directly below.

​Newfoundland and Labrador

THERE ARE NO CPE PROGRAMS IN NFL AND LABRADOR AT THIS TIME.

Nova Scotia

​Nova Scotia Health Authority Halifax

• Supervisor Educator: Monika Price
• Email:  moncekova@hotmail.com​​
• CPE Application

Prince Edward Island

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Health PEI

• ​Supervisor Educator: Mark W Buell
  
• Email: mwbuell@ihis.org

New Brunswick

Horizon Health Network, NB

• Supervisor Educator: Pam Driedger, MDiv, CSCP, CSE, Manager of Spiritual Care;
• email: Pam.Driedger@Horizon.NB.ca;
• Phone: 506-857-5347
• ​​Extended CPE Unit September – April, Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton and Miramichi, NB.
• CPE Brochure
• ​CPE Application Package

Que​bec

Université de Montreal

• Supervisor Educator: Erin LeBrun, M.A., M.Th. Superviseure provisoire et Intervenante en soins spirituels spécialisé par CASC/ACSS
• Courriel: erin.lebrun@umontreal.ca
• Supervisor Educator: Kathy Edmison, D.Min Superviseure-Enseignante de CASC/ACSS
• Courriel : Kathy@astheravenflies.ca

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Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montreal (CHUM)

• Contact: au CHUM:  Mme Dominique Paré;  ​Directrice du centre de formation en soins spirituels; Cheffe de service Soins spirituels
  514 890-8000 poste 11631;  dominique.pare.chum@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
• Contact: au CHUM: Jean-Bosco Gakwisi; bosco.gakwisi.chum@sss.gouv.qc.ca
• ​Annonce de stage clinique en soins spirituels
• ​Formulaire de Demande dadmission au stage clinique en soins spirituels

Ontario

 Hamilton Health Sciences 

• none at this time

Providence Care Hospital, Kingston

• Click here for more information

Grand River Hospital,  Kitchener

• Supervisor Educator: Florence Juma
• Email: Florence.juma@grhosp.on.ca

St. Joseph’s Health Care, London

• Supervisor Educator: Stephen Yeo,  Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care 
• Email: Stephen.yeo@sjhc.london.on.ca;  (519) 685-4292 ext. 49350

Niagara Region

• Supervisor Educator: Warren Litt
• Email: littw@cogeco.ca
• ​Jan 2024 Extended unit full
• Taking applications for Sept 2024

The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa

• Click here for more information

Toronto and GTA

• Click here for more information

Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill

• Supervisor Educator: Rev. Bavly Kost
• Email: bavly.kost@mackenziehealth.ca

Grey Bruce CPE (Bright Shores Health System) Owen Sound

• Supervisor Educator:Jan Temple Jones
• Email: jtemplejones@gbhs.on.ca 

Manitoba

CPE in Manitoba Brochure

St Boniface Hospital
Supervisor Educator: Chenene Layne
Email: cpe.stb@gmail.com

Selkirk Mental Health Centre
Supervisor Educator: Tim Frymire
​Provisional Supervisor Educator: Lindsay Drabiuk
Email: ​lindsay.drabiuk@gov.mb.ca

Swan River
Supervisor Educator: Marg McCallum
Email: swanvalleycpe@gmail.com

Saskatchewan

Saskatoon:
Supervisor Educator: Julie Bergen
Email: Julie.Bergen@saskhealthauthority.ca​

Alberta

Northern Region (Edmonton) 
Supervisor Educator Darlene Pranke
Email: Darlene.Pranke@covenanthealth.ca 
Southern Region (Calgary) 
​Supervisor Educator Kathy Marshall-Spate
Email: Kathy.Marshall-Spate@ahs.ca 
Rural Extended CPE unit (Virtual classrooom with in-person clinical done in student's own location) Fall 2024- Spring 2025
Deadline for Applications: May 10, 2024
For more information contact Supervisor Educator:
Kathy.Marshall-Spate@ahs.ca 

British Columbia

Fraser Health CPE
Supervisor Educator: Philip Tse
Email: philip.tse@fraserhealth.ca
• Fraser Health CPE Brochure  
• Fraser Health Application form 2023-2025

Vancouver General Hospital CPE
Supervisor Educator: Arun Chatterjee
Email: arun.chatterjee@vch.ca

• Brochure 2023​

Providence Health Care
Supervisor Educator: Anne Tuppurainen
Email: atuppurainen@providencehealth.bc.ca
Phone: 604-874-1141 ext. 78005

• CPE Brochure 2024
• Providence CPE Application 2023-2024 

Psychospiritual Therapy Education (PTE) Courses Available

ONTARIO - Community Counselling Centre of London

Supervisor Educator: Alida van Dijk
Email For Application package: Lynn Van Leeuwen admin@cclondon.ca

​The Community Counselling Centre of London runs an extended, part-time PTE (Psychospiritual Therapy Education) internship every eight months. 
Term                                   Months                               Application Deadline
Fall / Winter                    September – April              April 1
Spring / Fall                     May – December                January 1
Winter / Spring               January – August                August 1
Information about the internship can be found on the CCCL website. Click on the Internships tab: https://www.communitycounsellinglondon.com/general-4

ONTARIO - McMaster Divinity College

• Supervisor-Educator: Kelvin Mutter
• Email: mutterk@mcmaster.ca

COURSE TYPES

Full Time (intensive): 

• Each Unit = 11 weeks, Mon-Fri, 8 hrs/day 
• Usually offered in spring/summer - running from May to July
• Offered at Basic and Advanced levels​

Part-Time (extended):

• Each Unit = 28-29 weeks, 2 days per week, 8 hrs/day
• Usually offered in fall - running from Sept to April
• Offed at Basic and Advanced levels
• All PTE courses are done in the extended format.

Residency (full time intensive)

• 3 or 4 back-to-back intensive units
•  Mon-Fri, 8 hr/day, for 33 or 50 weeks
• Includes Basic and Advanced levels
• Fast track program toward Certification
• Bursary is available to offset the cost of tuition
• This course type fills up quickly - early application is encouraged
• Prerequisite of one basic SPE unit for admission to a Residency ​​
• Usually offered in fall- starting in Sept running to May

​* for a list of residencies, visit the Residencies page HERE