Hosted by Healthy Campus Alberta
February 4, 2026 / 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm MST
Join Healthy Campus Alberta for a webinar featuring Dr. Vicki Squires, Co-Chair of the Canadian Health Promoting Campuses Network, and Dr. Jennifer Thannhauser, Evaluation Lead for UCalgary’s Community Mental Health and Well-Being Strategy, as we explore the Limerick Framework for Action. This session will provide background on the Framework’s development, an overview of its key elements, and a discussion of its relevance for Alberta’s post-secondary mental health community in relation to other guiding documents such as the National Standard. We will also examine how campuses are addressing the intersections of mental health and well-being, sustainability, and EDIA, and identify opportunities for shared learning and collaboration across the provincial community of practice.
Speakers
Dr. Jennifer Thannhauser
Ph.D., R.Psych.
Dr. Jennifer Thannhauser is a Registered Psychologist (AB) serving as Academic Director, Mental Health & Wellbeing in UCalgary’s Office of Institutional Commitments and Evaluation & Research Lead for UCalgary’s Community Mental Health & Well-being Strategy. Jennifer also serves as team lead for UCalgary’s inaugural Post-secondary Mental Health and Well-being Research and Knowledge Hub. She has 12+ years’ experience as a post-secondary counsellor, administrator, and researcher with UCalgary’s Student Wellness Services. Her research and clinical work focus on improving post-secondary students’ mental health and well-being through strengths-based and systems approaches, with an emphasis on resilience. Jennifer has held multiple tri-council grants to advance understanding of resilience in the post-secondary context, currently leading a national multi-disciplinary research team in a SSHRC-funded study exploring students’ perceptions of resilience.
Dr. Vicki Squires
Ph.D.
Dr. Vicki Squires serves as the Associate Dean, Research, Graduate Support and International Initiatives and is a Professor in the Department of Educational Administration in the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan. Her areas of research are post-secondary education and student well-being; supporting mental health and wellbeing requires collaboration among units and a systems approach. Dr. Squires has been the lead of multiple grants exploring the implementation of the Okanagan Charter on campuses in Canada and globally. She has published and presented on the work of health promoting universities and the Okanagan Charter; she is also the lead editor on a co-edited book that includes international co-authored chapters written by researchers involved in health promotion efforts on their campuses.
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