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.
Framework & Strategies
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Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) in the Faculty of Nursing
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Post-Secondary Student Standard Compendium Series
Post-Secondary Student Standard Compendium Series
Shared by the CSA Group There are eight free compendiums with specific guidance that can support your journey to align with the National Standard. The compendiums cover a variety of topics, including strategic alignment and leadership, safe and inclusive learning environments, indigenous perspectives and resources, data gathering and evaluation, crisis response, privacy...
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Men and Suicide: A Suicide Prevention Toolkit
Men and Suicide: A Suicide Prevention Toolkit
Shared by CMHA Alberta and Centre for Suicide Prevention This resource is an introduction to men and suicide. The toolkit shares statistics, warning signs, why men are more at risk, and the gender paradox. There are conversational strategies for how to talk with men about suicide and prevent suicide. Additional...
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Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey (CCWS)
Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey (CCWS)
Shared by UBC CCWS Background Information The Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey is a Canadian assessment tool to help colleges and universities collect the data they need to support student health and wellbeing. Beginning in Fall 2021, institutions can also collect data using the CCWS for employees if they would like...
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Sexual Minorities and Suicide Prevention Toolkit
Sexual Minorities and Suicide Prevention Toolkit
Shared by CMHA Alberta and Centre for Suicide Prevention This peer-reviewed toolkit created by the Centre for Suicide Prevention includes information on suicide risk factors for 2SLGBTQ+ people and how to address them, as well as strategies individuals and institutions can adopt to support sexual minorities and their mental health. ...
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Harm Reduction Toolkit
Harm Reduction Toolkit
Shared by CICMH This toolkit is intended for campus staff, faculty, and administrators who would like to increase their knowledge of harm reduction approaches on campus. The toolkit provides resources for awareness and education, as well as recommendations to equip post-secondary campuses in supporting students who may be engaging in...
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Post-Secondary National Standard Toolkit
Post-Secondary National Standard Toolkit
Shared by CICMH This toolkit, created by the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health (CICMH), provides post-secondary institutions with information to build an understanding of the different components of the National Standard of Canada for Mental Health and Well-being for Post-Secondary Students (the Standard), released by the Mental Health...
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Supporting Skilled Trades Students Toolkit
Supporting Skilled Trades Students Toolkit
Shared by CICMH This toolkit is designed to provide post-secondary campus staff with context, knowledge, resources, and tools to better support skilled trades students and the unique factors they face that affect their mental health and wellbeing and safety. The toolkit includes information on substance– related harms, the nature of...
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Art Hives How- To Guide
Art Hives How- To Guide
Shared by Janis Timm-Bottos and Rachel Chainey of Concordia University Montreal. The Art Hives Network promotes arts-based social inclusion. The Art Hives How-to-Guide was created to address a need to respond creatively to multifaceted issues in communities and globally. Decades of practice research, ongoing observation and adaptation, and experimentation have...
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Pathways to Wellness: an Online Wellness Resource for Indigenous Students
Pathways to Wellness: an Online Wellness Resource for Indigenous Students
Shared by Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig is founded on an Anishinaabe vision of learning as established by Chief Shingwauk. Chief Shingwauk (1773-1854) envisioned a “teaching wigwam” for his people, providing educational tools to support Anishinaabe students to thrive in modern society without compromising the values or integrity of...
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Culturally-Attuned Teaching Toolkit for Faculty
Culturally-Attuned Teaching Toolkit for Faculty
Shared by Georgian University The Culturally Attuned Teaching Toolkit is designed to empower educators with the knowledge, skills, and strategies required to foster a culturally inclusive learning environment. This free toolkit is organized into five sections: Section 1: Introduction Section 2: Cultural Awareness & Humility Section 3: Intercultural Communication Section...
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HCA Webinar – Build Your Own Campaign to Cultivate Belonging: Lessons Learned from Suicide Prevention Campaigns at the U of A
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Transgender People and Suicide: A Suicide Prevention Toolkit
Transgender People and Suicide: A Suicide Prevention Toolkit
Shared by CMHA Alberta and Centre for Suicide Prevention This peer-reviewed toolkit created by CMHA Alberta and 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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