Webinars Archive

Trades are the backbone of our economy, providing essential services to communities across Canada. Through educational efforts, reducing the stigma around mental health for trades students in post-secondary education is recognized as crucial to their self-care and overall well-being. In this webinar, we will highlight the work done through a partnership between Cambrian College and CMHA in addressing mental health and wellness among Trades students. We will be joined by Seija Korpela and Brian Lobban from Cambrian College, and Christophe Coulombe from CMHA Sudbury/Manitoulin to discuss how this partnership project creates a supportive environment where Trades students can build confidence, prioritize their mental health, and access resources to identify signs and symptoms of mental health challenges. This focus on personal growth encourages a positive self-image and empowers students to take pride in their chosen field, enhancing their educational experience and overall well-being, as well as fostering a healthier community among their peers. Selena Norman from CICMH will also introduce our new toolkit on Supporting Trades Students Mental Health. French closed captioning will be available.

In this webinar, Naiima Farah, a Faculty Counsellor from George Brown College, joins us to discuss Black Student mental health. She will present on the contributing factors to mental health challenges among African, Black and Caribbean (ABC) students, including the effects of colonial/imperial violence and the current approaches that revolve around an anti-Black and deficit model. In this webinar, audience will gain insight into the importance of Centering Afrocentric frameworks to promote Black wholeness, healing, well-being, and thriving.

Cultivating Trauma-Informed Spaces in Education Promising Practices Manual is an outcome of a Sheridan Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activities Growth Grant. The project goal was to develop proactive measures to enhance student support, and safer learning experiences, and reduce trauma, re-traumatization, and vicarious trauma. The Manual is intended to support increased awareness of trauma and the importance of Trauma-Informed Education in post-secondary education. It includes a framework, including macro, mezzo, and micro level organizational recommendations and pedagogical practices. It is a tool to support educators and educational institutions, through a preventative and harm-reducing approach, to support more compassionate, supportive, equitable and flexible learning spaces and workplaces.

In this webinar, we will be joined by Sarah Crawford of the Umbrella Project at Algonquin College, who will talk to us about harm reduction, substance use, and the incredible work the Umbrella Project has done to create a safer space on campus to discuss the impact of alcohol and other drugs.

In this webinar we are joined by James Tregonning, Indigenous Transition Coordinator and Instructor at Cambrian College, to talk about an indigenous model of self-care, how it differs from the current popular understanding, and how he has integrated it into his work supporting Indigenous students.

In this webinar, we welcome APSIP – the Aboriginal Post-Secondary Information Program – for an informative session about accessibility and other student support services available at colleges, universities, and polytechnics across Ontario and Quebec.