Join the Best Practices Network for a webinar with Kimberley Resch and Christine Evans from the Indigenous Relations Team, Intergovernmental and Indigenous Affairs Division at the Public Health Agency of Canada. They will discuss how the Public Health Agency of Canada developed a unique tool to support Indigenous learning to demystify competency development. The Indigenous Learning Road Map has six knowledge pillars and four depths of knowledge that form a matrix to help guide employees on their learning journey. The presentation will provide highlights of the Indigenous Cultural Competency Policy and supportive tools. This webinar is part of

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