TheraPsil

Helping Canadians with cancer & mental health conditions access psychedelic therapy. Expert healthcare training & Canada’s largest therapy directory.

05/05/2026

Healing happens in connection. 🍄

This Mental Health Week, we're coming together with our loved ones, our therapists, and our communities.

Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy can be a meaningful part of the mental healthcare toolkit. Because Canadians deserve access to every evidence-based option and no one should face their darkest moments alone.

05/01/2026

The TheraPsil Co-Sitter Directory is now live.

This is a public-facing resource to help patients connect with trained co-sitters across Canada.

Co-sitters bring presence, expertise, and care to every client's journey. They come from clinical, spiritual, medical, and somatic backgrounds, and beyond. This breadth of training and lived experience is what makes deep, safe healing possible.

Browse the directory and reach out directly to any co-sitter through their profile.

Check it out at therapsil.ca/cositter-directory

04/30/2026

On March 11, MP and physician Marcus Powlowski tabled Bill C-265, a bill that could meaningfully reform Canada's Special Access Program and finally trust doctors to make clinical decisions for their patients.

Second reading is May 8. That's less than two weeks away and the bill doesn't yet have government backing, which means your MP needs to hear from you now.

Swipe to learn what the bill does and how to take action.

Sign the pre-drafted letter to your MP here: https://politraq.ca/activations/support-bill-c%E2%80%91265-to-modernize-canada%E2%80%99s-special-access-program/tnj9hbar06nikqp8kbly2ntdpprz5w

You can also sign up for a webinar with MP Powlowski, hosted by RareKidsCan here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vqV_U8a9TM2vGC4N6brmYg #/registration

04/29/2026

TheraPsil is proud to be a community partner for the Toronto world premiere of The Next Chapter.

This documentary follows adults over 55 as they enter psychedelic-assisted therapy while carrying grief, depression, anxiety, and long-unresolved pain.

Following the screening, a panel of voices in mental health and psychedelic-assisted therapy will continue the conversation, with audience Q&A afterwards.

John from our team will be there, and we'd love to gather with our Toronto community for the screening, the post-film panel, and the conversation that follows.

📅 Thursday, June 18, 2026 · Doors 6 PM, screening at 7 PM
📍 The Royal, 608 College Street, Toronto

Tickets and full event details on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-next-chapter-documentary-world-premiere-screening-toronto-tickets-1987085514264

Hope to see you there!

04/22/2026

Do our Charter rights include access to psilocybin?

Spencer Hawkswell, CEO of TheraPsil, asks the question directly, pointing to precedents like cannabis and MAiD.

If Section 7 protects life, liberty, and security of the person, where does psilocybin fit?

04/20/2026

📌 Correction: the time in the image is incorrect — the live session runs 4:00–7:00 PM PT.

We're excited to announce a new virtual course, offered in partnership with Neuma Centre, designed for guides, therapists, and mental health professionals working in or adjacent to psychedelic-assisted care.

What's included:

-2 hrs of self-directed prep materials
-3-hr live session on May 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM PT
-Participant guide ($50 value) + certificate of participation

Space is limited. Register now for $249 + GST at therapsil.ca/advanced-training

04/19/2026

Happy Bicycle Day 🚲

In 1943, Albert Hofmann took what he thought was a cautious dose of L*D and hopped on his bicycle. He had no idea what was coming.

The rest, as they say, is history.

🎬 Clip from Hofmann’s Potion (2002) — National Film Board of Canada

04/15/2026

Psychedelic experiences are often associated with a deeper sense of connection to the natural world.

What do we do with that, especially in the context of the ecological moment we're in?

On May 13, join Bruce Tobin, Ph.D., founder of TheraPsil as we explore:

- Psychedelics and "nature-relatedness"
- Connection and environmental behaviour
- How inner experience may shape how we respond to ecological crisis

May 13, 2026 | 7:00–8:30 PM ET
Pay what you can

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/psychedelics-environmental-destruction-climate-change-with-bruce-tobin-tickets-1985475182719?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

04/08/2026

You heard the podcast.
Now the full write-up is here.

Pete was denied legal psilocybin after months of waiting.
He was approved for MAiD in three weeks.

So he accessed psilocybin outside the system.
His end-of-life anxiety disappeared.

TheraPsil supported compassionate access through Section 56 and SAP.
He was still denied.

This is why we continue to advocate for regulated, compassionate access.

Read the full story below.

04/06/2026

There's still time to RSVP!

We’re gathering this Wednesday, April 8, for a live screening of Last Journey, a short documentary that follows three women living with cancer as they enter a guided psilocybin retreat in search of healing, meaning, and peace.

Join us for the film and a Q&A with Heather A. Lee, LCSW following the screening.

🎟️ Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/last-journey-live-film-screening-qa-with-heather-a-lee-tickets-1983820044155
🌿 Pay What You Can

04/01/2026

More and more Canadians are asking the same question:

What would it look like to explore psychedelic therapy, safely and legally?

We’re seeing a significant rise in patient applications, which tells us that people are looking for support, for trained therapists, for care that’s grounded, ethical, and intentional.

If you’ve been curious, or quietly considering this path, you don’t have to navigate it by yourself.

Learn more about accessing psychedelic therapy with the support of a trained team: therapsil.ca/patients

And a huge thank you to Suzanne Zilkowsky, our incredible intake volunteer, who’s the first point of contact for patients reaching out.

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