Resources Archive
The Garnet Guide
A holistic guide to navigating wellness & mental health at Mount Allison University
November 26, 2024
The idea emerged to develop a holistic guide which could serve as a “one stop shop” for student wellness at Mount Allison University. The Garnet Guide is a holistic guide to navigating mental health and wellness for students - Created by students, for students. Developed and created by Isabella Gallant
Navigating Substance Use Issues and Recovery Supports in Post-secondary Institutions
December 16, 2024 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
In this webinar, Jason Parete from University of Windsor and Mack Park from the Association of Recovery in Higher Education (ARHE) will discuss student recovery programs within post-secondary settings, while also providing anti-stigma education to be a good ally. Specifically, they will talk about what substance use issues and recovery are and how they are related to the student population; the role of stigma in creating barriers to care and how to begin mitigating it; suggestions for supporting students on your campus and how to advocate for the student recovery program model. This webinar will be recorded, and French closed captioning will be provided.
Understanding and Voicing the Needs of Indigenous Post-Secondary Students on Ontario Campuses
November 25, 2024 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST
In this webinar, we are joined by Megan VanEvery, Indigenous Post-Secondary Knowledge and Research Lead from CICMH along with Lisa Doxtator, Cultural Counsellor from Queen’s University to discuss the current gaps that exist in supporting Indigenous post-secondary student mental health and well-being across campuses. They will address lived realities that Indigenous students are facing when seeking mental health and cultural supports on campus. Discussion will include why connection to Indigenous culture is important to the overall well-being amongst Indigenous students. Closed captioning in French will be available.
University of Windsor - Newcomer International Student Support
Newcomer Community Videos
August 23, 2024
With project funding provided by the Ministry of Colleges & Universities, the University of Windsor, St. Clair College, the Canadian Mental Health Association Windsor-Essex Branch, and Point Blank Creative have collaborated to develop a series of videos to guide you through common challenges faced by new international students and to help prepare you for your transition to Canada.
Developing a Campus Mental Health Strategy
June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
Dr. Andrew Szeto and Dr. Jennifer Thannhauser will join us to discuss their journey with the renewal and evaluation of the mental health strategy at the University of Calgary. They will highlight themes that emerged from this journey and the research surrounding them. These themes include upstream strategies for student mental health, post-secondary resilience, academic culture, and community support.
Talk Today: Supporting Athlete Mental Health
March 27, 2024 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST
In this webinar, Dr. Philip Sullivan, Mishka Blacker, and Jenny Philavanh from Brock University, along with Heather Gillespie from CMHA Niagara and Alex Salomie from CMHA Ontario, will discuss a recent pilot of CMHA Ontario's sports mental health program, Talk Today. The pilot, implemented during the fall semester, involved over 50 athletes from Brock's women's rugby and men's soccer teams. These teams received mental health and suicide prevention education and were paired with on-campus and off-campus mental health coaches to provide support throughout the season.
Just Get Over It: An Indigenous-led Approach to Learning about Colonialism
January 29, 2024 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST
We will be joined by Dr. Dawn Lavell Harvard and Anjeni Lovelady from Trent University to introduce the Just Get Over It (JGOI) exercise that the First Peoples House of Learning developed. The JGOI is an experiential learning opportunity that allows participants to learn and understand the timeline of colonialism in Canada and its effects on Indigenous peoples across the country. Trained facilitators, who are Indigenous themselves, will weave their own stories and perspectives into the timeline, allowing participants to hear the real impacts this history has had and continues to have on Indigenous families and communities. Participants additionally engage with the timeline through an interactive portion that asks them to place themselves in the shoes of Indigenous peoples living through different parts of that history. Through the webinar, attendees can find out how to request this workshop and the outcomes we have seen as we continue to offer this exercise to community partners.
Thriving Classrooms: Toolkit in Practice
December 15, 2023 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST
In this webinar, we will be joined by Rick Ezekiel from Dalhousie University and Nadine de Gannes from Ivey Business School to discuss The Thriving Classrooms toolkit. This toolkit offers faculty and educators a range of practical resources to create classroom conditions that promote community, academic, career and personal resilience among students. Attendees will have an opportunity to learn more about the toolkit, see practical examples of how elements of the toolkit have been implemented at Ivey Business School and OISE (University of Toronto), and identify next steps in how they may use resources in the toolkit to help students thrive in their classrooms.
Food Security Advocacy and Activism Among Post-Secondary Students: A Case Study of Lakehead University
May 9, 2023
In this MA thesis, using a feminist intersectional case study approach, the author examines how the identities of student activists influence their activism and advocacy on food insecurity on campus at Lakehead University.
Empowering Students to Overcome Climate Anxiety
November 24, 2022 | 12:00PM - 1:00PM EST
In this webinar we are joined by two nursing professionals, Natania Abebe, a double master’s graduate in Nursing and Public Health and Raluca Radu, lecturer in the School of Nursing from the University of British Columbia, to talk about the relationship between climate change and mental health. Our guests will present an interactive resource toolkit that was developed as part of Natania’s graduate project which focused on climate change and mental health. This presentation aims to explore strategies for supporting students experiencing eco-anxiety.