Join George Brown College’s 24th annual Mental Health Conference on February 29th 2024. This year’s theme is International Student Mental Health & Well-Being: A Collective Responsibility. Attendees can choose to attend a variety of sessions on topics such as counselling approaches, peer support models, food and housing insecurity, and socio-emotional supports on campus. The conference will include a presentation from Marija Pajden from the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health (CICMH), who will speak to best practices, research, and other resources to bolster international student mental health and well-being. The conference will also feature a panel of international students

  Date: March 6, 2024 Time: 10:00-11:00am EST Location: Online Join The Postsecondary Student Mental Health Research Global Speaker Series for their next virtual session discussing the "Mental Health of University Students in Ukraine During and After the War". Researchers Dr. Irina Pinchuk, Dr. Volodymyr Virchenko, and Violetta Seleznova, from the Tara Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, will share the results of a national survey of over 2300 respondents exploring the challenges posed by the war for the mental health of Ukrainian university students. The session will be moderated by Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam, Vice President, Education, Centre for Addiction and

    Join the Best Practices Network for a webinar with Amy Kheong, Executive Director of Counselling and Wellness, and Johnny Liu, Clinical Counsellor, from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design. After the murder of George Floyd and the ongoing violence faced by Indigenous Peoples, they saw a spike in the number of students presenting with inter-generational and racial trauma. To better support their BIPOC students, the counselling team formed a study group aimed at decolonizing their counselling practices. In this session, Amy and Johnny will share the Brave Space Agreement they adopted and the process they undertook

Join the Canadian Positive Psychology Association (CPPA) for a free webinar discussing “How Do We Better Support Post-Secondary Student Mental Health and Wellbeing: Current State and Emerging Practices." Dr. Andrew Szeto, Director of Mental Health Strategy at the University of Calgary, will provide an overview of the current landscape of student mental health and wellbeing on post-secondary campuses and outline examples of practices and resources being utilized on campus. There will also be an opportunity to discuss realistic and feasible approaches to support student mental health and wellbeing. Register for the webinar here    

The Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health (CICMH) is seeking collaborators and reviewers for a new toolkit on harm reduction for Ontario post-secondary campuses. If you are interested, you can fill out this survey by April 30th, 2024. For questions, contact Tarin Karunagoda at tkarunagoda@campusmentalhealth.ca

    Join the Best Practices Network for a webinar with Kris Desjarlais, Director of Indigenous Affairs, and Mireille Saurette, Wellness Advisor - Learning Commons from Assiniboine Community College. They will share Assiniboine Community College’s journey toward Indigenization and decolonizing of programs and services to support all students wholistically. The session will includes stories that reflect trauma-informed and strength-based practices. This webinar is part of our Conversation Series: Advancing Decolonization and Indigenization in Post-Secondary Student Mental Health and Wellbeing. This series is a national conversation on how post-secondary institutions can advance their decolonization efforts. Register for the webinar here

  Join the Canadian Evaluation Society’s National Conference as they dive into this year’s theme of “Renewal and Confluence: Navigating the Future of Evaluation.” This is an exciting in-person conference for evaluation professionals in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn and share best practices as well as new trends in evaluation work. Registration will open soon. Learn more about this year’s conference here. Click here to access this year's conference themes.