Here, you will find all of the Tools and Resources that we have shared on our site. You can use the pages to explore them or use the search bar above to look for something specific. We have also sorted the tools and resources into three categories: Framework & Strategies, Initiatives, Training, and Tools, and Healthy Campus Alberta Information. Is there a resource that you would like to see shared here? Please let us know!
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Supporting Students Living with Precarity
Supporting Students Living with Precarity
Webinars Date: November 23, 2022 / 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Research has suggested that 70 000 Canadian postsecondary students experience homelessness every year (Weissman et al., 2019). Even more students are living with precarity, including food insecurity and housing insecurity. Although there is a lack of research and awareness about student precarity, campuses across Alberta and Canada are working to...
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Looking Forward and Reflecting Back: 2022 Community Environmental Scan Report
Looking Forward and Reflecting Back: 2022 Community Environmental Scan Report
In spring 2022, the HCA staff facilitation team conducted a qualitative Community Environmental Scan. Members of the HCA community of practice were invited to share their experiences in one of a series of focus group interviews. The findings of the Scan will inform how HCA creates and maintains an inclusive, collaborative,...
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Trauma Informed Leadership: Optimizing Patient Outcomes
Trauma Informed Leadership: Optimizing Patient Outcomes
Webinars Date: February 16, 2023 / 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Posttraumatic growth is defined as “the experience of positive change that occurs as a result of the struggle with highly challenging life crises” (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004). This concept is relevant in a time when collective trauma and returning to “normal” are a part of conversations on post-secondary campuses. This webinar...
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Campus Mental Health Across Canada: The Ongoing Impact of COVID-19
Campus Mental Health Across Canada: The Ongoing Impact of COVID-19
From MHCC and CACUSS “COVID-19 has intensified the challenges of post-secondary student mental health for campuses across Canada. To better understand what they are facing, CACUSS’ Campus Mental Health Community of Practice (CoP) conducted a representative survey of 69 Canadian post-secondary institutions. The survey, which focused on the 2020-21 academic...
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Maintaining Your Mental Health: Taking Care of Yourself and Others
Maintaining Your Mental Health: Taking Care of Yourself and Others
Webinars Date: September 20, 2022 / 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Welcome back to a new academic year! In the spirit of refreshing and recharging for the year ahead, this webinar will serve as a building block for your mental health as you care for those around you. Local Alberta expert Dr. Keith Dobson will provide an overview of key considerations...
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Wellness Webinar Series
Wellness Webinar Series
The 2022/2023 Wellness Webinar Series, hosted by Healthy Campus Alberta, provides topics and strategies that will support staff, students, and faculty who support student mental health. These webinar will focus on self-care practices, practical tools for your workplace/role, and sharing Alberta-based expertise. By participating in this series, you will be...
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Fall 2022 Peer Mentor Celebrate and Share Dinner
Fall 2022 Peer Mentor Celebrate and Share Dinner
Events Date: September 22, 2022
Hosted by BVC Wellness Mentors The BVC Wellness Mentors invite you to a share and celebrate dinner IN PERSON at BVC in Calgary. This is an opportunity for post-secondary peer leaders to share and learn from each other, as they gear up for another amazing year.
Join us by RSVPing by September 15
HCA 2022 Wellness Summit: Summary, Resources, and Community Report
HCA 2022 Wellness Summit: Summary, Resources, and Community Report
The 2022 HCA Wellness Summit took place online over 3 days from June 14 to June 16, 2022. Thank you to everyone who joined us throughout event for sharing in learning and collaboration! The theme of this year’s Summit was “Connect, Collaborate, Celebrate” and was intended to honour the strong foundation...
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Resources: Cultivating wellness culture through engaging student staff voice
Resources: Cultivating wellness culture through engaging student staff voice
From Healthy Campus Alberta Modified from a presentation given by the HCA staff facilitation team at the CACUSS Conference 2022, this handout is intended to provide resources that can support anyone aiming to engage student staff in a strengths-based workplace wellness culture.
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The National Standard: An HCA Guide to Resources
The National Standard: An HCA Guide to Resources
Whatever stage you’re at with the National Standard, this resource sheet is a wayfinding tool for the many resources that can support you and your campus as you work with the National Standard. Follow along with a few of the major stages of working with the Standard, plus access a...
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E-QIP Foundations to Quality Improvement e-Course
E-QIP Foundations to Quality Improvement e-Course
From E-QIP “Foundations to Quality Improvement is a free e-Learning Course offered by the Excellence through Quality Improvement Project (E-QIP). The course offers a comprehensive introduction to quality improvement course and is intended for clinical, administrative, or volunteer members of the community mental health and addiction sector who are new...
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Post-Traumatic Growth: How Trauma Shapes our Priorities in Work & Life
Post-Traumatic Growth: How Trauma Shapes our Priorities in Work & Life
Events Date: May 18, 2022 / 10:00 am - 11:15 am
Join the HCA community at this workshop, developed and presented by Diana Tikasz, MSW, RSW. “Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG) is a term used is psychology to describe the phenomenon of positive change that people can experience in the wake of a negative experience or trauma. Signs that PTG has occurred include a greater...
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