Here, you will find high-level guiding documents utilizing evidence-based best practices. Explore the resources below to discover mental health frameworks and charters, resources for developing a campus mental health strategy, and supporting materials for data collection and reporting.
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Transgender People and Suicide: A Suicide Prevention Toolkit
Transgender People and Suicide: A Suicide Prevention Toolkit
Shared by Canadian Mental Health Alberta division and Centre for Suicide Prevention This peer-reviewed toolkit created by the Centre for Suicide Prevention includes information on unique stressors transgender people face, respectful language to use when speaking about gender diversity, risk factors to suicide and suicide risk warning signs. It also...
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CICMH Harm Reduction Toolkit
CICMH Harm Reduction Toolkit
Shared by the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health (CICMH) The purpose of this toolkit is to provide information on harm reduction strategies and practices useful in post-secondary settings to support campus peer support, staff, faculty, and administrators. This toolkit includes education around risk factors and barriers to accessing...
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Shifting Paradigms: Taking a whole campus approach to move from cultural competency toward cultural safety in supporting international student mental health and wellbeing
Shifting Paradigms: Taking a whole campus approach to move from cultural competency toward cultural safety in supporting international student mental health and wellbeing
Shared by CICMH This article examines the need to embed culturally inclusive services across Canadian campuses to address the specific challenges faced by international students including higher suicide ideations, levels of stress and challenges with connection. The argument about the importance of establishing cultural safety is presented, together with background...
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Understanding the CCWS: Orienting to the data, statistics and Tableau (Part 2)
Understanding the CCWS: Orienting to the data, statistics and Tableau (Part 2)
Webinars Date: February 12, 2025 / 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Join Dr. Andrew Szeto, Director of Mental Health Strategy at the University of Calgary, for an interactive part 2 to our series exploring the Canadian Campus Well-being Survey Tableau Dashboard. Participants will follow along on their own devices as Dr. Szeto dives further into a demonstration of the dashboard’s functionalities. This...
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Enhancing Educator Wellbeing and Student Support: Utilizing a Faculty Mental Health Toolkit
Enhancing Educator Wellbeing and Student Support: Utilizing a Faculty Mental Health Toolkit
Webinars Date: December 11, 2024 / 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
During the pandemic, educator concerns about student mental health surged, with faculty feeling unprepared to offer appropriate support or make referrals. At the same time, instructors’ own mental wellbeing was declining. To address these challenges, a faculty mental health toolkit was developed for Bow Valley College, providing guidance to faculty....
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CICMH National Standard for Mental Health & Well-Being Toolkit
CICMH National Standard for Mental Health & Well-Being Toolkit
Shared by the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health (CICMH) CICMH has pulled together a toolkit to provide you and your post-secondary institution with information to build an understanding of the different components of the Standard to support both your thinking about and implementation of the Standard within your...
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Insights on Implementation of the National Standard for Mental Health and Well-being of Post-Secondary Students
Insights on Implementation of the National Standard for Mental Health and Well-being of Post-Secondary Students
Shared by the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) This resource highlights common barriers and enablers that institutions are experiencing in their work with the National Standard for Mental Health and Well-Being for Post-Secondary Students (the Standard), as heard in 2023.
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Understanding Your Results from the CCWS: Orienting to the data, statistics, and Tableau (Part 1)
Understanding Your Results from the CCWS: Orienting to the data, statistics, and Tableau (Part 1)
Webinars Date: October 23, 2024 / 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join us for an insightful webinar led by Dr. Andrew Szeto, the Director of Mental Health Strategy at the University of Calgary, as he guides you through the CCWS Tableau Dashboard reporting tool. This session offers a comprehensive orientation on how to navigate and interpret the figures, numbers, and statistics...
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New HCA Community Hub Webinar Launch
New HCA Community Hub Webinar Launch
Webinars Date: October 9, 2024 / 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Join us for an online tutorial, conversation and Q&A about the brand new online HCA community hub. Explore the hub and how it can support you and your campus in relationship building and mental health knowledge exchange between Alberta post-secondaries.
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PHAC Indigenous Cultural Competency Learning Road Map
PHAC Indigenous Cultural Competency Learning Road Map
Shared by BP Net & The Public Health Agency of Canada The PHAC Indigenous cultural competency learning Road Map can be used as a planning tool for learning and aligning with indigenous-driven outcomes. Developing conditions that facilitate the restoration of institutional trust and learning more about the history of residential...
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Facilitated Conversation: Challenges facing International Students and Opportunities to Enhance Wellness On and Beyond Campus
Facilitated Conversation: Challenges facing International Students and Opportunities to Enhance Wellness On and Beyond Campus
From Healthy Campus Alberta In response to the growing number of international students attending post-secondary institutions and the many challenges they face on and beyond campus, Healthy Campus Alberta facilitated a webinar panel discussion exploring the intersecting contributors to international students mental health and wellbeing. This report is a summary...
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Alberta National Standard Discussion Group – Spring Edition 2024
Alberta National Standard Discussion Group – Spring Edition 2024
Webinars Date: May 9, 2024 / 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Are you working directly with the National Standard on an Alberta campus? You are invited to join HCA to discuss your efforts with the National Standard of Canada for Mental Health and Well-Being for Post-Secondary Students with other Alberta campuses. The HCA staff team will guide the discussion group with some prompting...
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