2025 HCA Wellness Summit: Summary and Community Report
The 2025 HCA Wellness Summit took place in person over 2 days, June 17th & 18th at the University of Calgary. The theme of this year’s Summit was Reimagining Campus Culture, calling for a collective effort to reshape campus environments across Alberta by cultivating wellness, belonging, and inclusion. 24 post-secondary...
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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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Student Mental Health Network
The Student Mental Health Network is a free, universally-accessible source for mental health promotion resources and tools targeted specifically to post-secondary students across Canada. The website is built on three pillars: Learn, connect and access. It offers a digital shop for mental health education, tools, and resources curated for post-secondary...
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CMHA Campus Peer Support Training Resources
Shared by CMHA National The Campus Peer Support training and resources was originally developed by CMHA National for a three-year pilot program beginning in 2021 and is now available for free to post-secondary institutions. The curriculum, materials, and resources can be adapted to the needs of each campus —whether launching...
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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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2024-2025 Calgary Regional Gathering Report
The Calgary Regional Gathering was held on January 30, 2025, at Bow Valley College in Calgary. The event was attended by 39 participants from 6 Alberta campuses and 4 community organizations. In addition to sharing several of their recent successes in the area of mental health and wellbeing, the HCA...
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2024-2025 Edmonton Regional Gathering Report
The Edmonton Regional Gathering was held on November 22, 2024, at the King’s University in Edmonton. The meeting was attended by 25 participants from 7 Alberta campuses and 4 community organizations. In addition to sharing several of their recent successes in the area of mental health and wellbeing, the HCA...
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Post-secondary Student Resilience
Shared by Workplace Strategies for Mental Health Examine strategies for assisting post-secondary students in developing more resilience and to lessen the negative impacts of stress. These tools may assist students in learning and adopting constructive methods of coping. The Post-secondary Student Resilience resource includes the PDF From Surviving to Thriving:...
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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
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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HCA 2024-2025 Regional Gatherings
We are excited to announce three Regional Gatherings again for this academic year. These gatherings provide an opportunity to learn about HCA, impact future priorities of HCA, and connect for meaningful conversation with a diverse group of partners in campus mental health. What is the purpose of a...
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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
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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