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HCA 2022 Wellness Summit
HCA 2022 Wellness Summit
Events Date: June 14 - 16, 2022 / 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm
The Wellness Summit is an annual event for the HCA Community of Practice to gather to learn, share and celebrate the work being done across the province to strengthen post-secondary mental health and wellness. Rooted in the foundation of HCA, we are excited to explore this year’s theme of Connection,...
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From Surviving to Thriving: Developing Personal and Academic Resilience
From Surviving to Thriving: Developing Personal and Academic Resilience
From Workplace Strategies for Mental Health When they begin college or university, students may face significant stressors on their own for the first time. This resource can help them plan ahead so they are better able to cope with the personal and academic stressors they may encounter. To learn more,...
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Grief: Loss As a Result of Substance Use
Grief: Loss As a Result of Substance Use
From MyHealth.Alberta.ca “Losing a loved one to substance use (such as alcohol, opioids, or other drugs) is devastating. You are not alone. “Gone Too Soon: Navigating Grief and Loss as a Result of Substance Use” is a handbook to help you during this difficult time. This handbook is for: Family...
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Connect with the Community of Practice
Connect with the Community of Practice
Are you interested in participating in ongoing conversations within the community of practice? Would you like to connect with other members of the community to problem-solve or craft new approaches? Are you interested in the resources and tools that are being used and created across the province? Join the community...
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Canada’s Low Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines
Canada’s Low Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines
From the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction “Outlines best practices for setting drink limits and when not to drink alcohol. The brochure provides tips for safer drinking and defines a standard drink.” You can also find the communications toolkit here.
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MHCC Mental Health of Emerging Adults
MHCC Mental Health of Emerging Adults
From the Mental Health Commission of Canada The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) has provided many helpful resources, one of which is a Consensus Statement on the Mental Health of Emerging Adults. It includes 13 recommendations for service providers, policy makers and anyone else in a position to improve...
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Mental Health Initiatives
Mental Health Initiatives
The following initiatives were submitted in response to a call for Mental Health Initiatives that was shared out to the Community of Practice in April, 2016. The purpose of this call was to showcase Alberta mental health initiatives with the intent that they would spark conversations, innovation, and collaboration across...
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Toolkit for people who have been impacted by a suicide attempt
Toolkit for people who have been impacted by a suicide attempt
From the Mental Health Commission of Canada “The Mental Health Commission of Canada, in collaboration with the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention, the Centre for Suicide Prevention, the Public Health Agency of Canada, along with an Advisory Committee comprised of people with lived experience related to suicide, have developed toolkits...
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Toolkit for people who have been impacted by a suicide loss
Toolkit for people who have been impacted by a suicide loss
From the Mental Health Commission of Canada “The Mental Health Commission of Canada, in collaboration with the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention, the Centre for Suicide Prevention, the Public Health Agency of Canada, along with an Advisory Committee comprised of people with lived experience related to suicide, have developed toolkits...
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TeenMentalHealth.org
TeenMentalHealth.org
From TeenMentalHealth.Org TeenMentalHealth.org is committed to creating and disseminating the highest quality mental health information (products and training programs), addressing the needs of youth (ages 12 to 25 years), families, educators, health providers, policy makers and others. Their vision is to help improve the mental health of youth by the...
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Cannabis evidence series : an evidence synthesis
Cannabis evidence series : an evidence synthesis
From the University of Calgary “Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in Canada. In 2015, the new Liberal government of Canada announced their plan to legalize cannabis and in June of 2016 a federal task force on cannabis was announced. Guided by this task force, cannabis legislation is...
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Alberta Cannabis Framework, Legislation, and Fact Sheet.
Alberta Cannabis Framework, Legislation, and Fact Sheet.
From the Government of Alberta “Alberta’s system for legalized cannabis will provide adults safe access to legal cannabis while protecting Alberta’s youth and public health, promoting safety on roads, in workplaces and in public spaces, and limiting the illegal market.” Excerpt from pg. 2 of the handbook To view the...
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Canada’s Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines (LRCUG)
Canada’s Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines (LRCUG)
From Centre for Addiction and Mental Health An evidence-based tool to guide choices and improve the health of Canadians who use cannabis, provided by the Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). For more information from CAMH about cannabis , click here.
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