Mental Health Promotion Programs

Prepared by the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health (CICMH), the graduate student mental health toolkit is a guide to supporting students and is part of a province-wide effort to enhance student mental health by promoting positive mental health and well-being at post-secondary institutions. The toolkit aims to provide guidance on how to support graduate students, whether in need of mental health and addictions supports or not, and the suggestions provided are meant to enhance campus experiences for graduate students in the long term.

This webinar hosted by the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health will discuss how transitioning into post-secondary may be a difficult process for students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on engagement with both grade 12 and first-year PSE students, this webinar will provide front-line staff with a framework on how to build and bridge support for students.

Presented by the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health, the More Feet on the Ground (MFOTG): Recognize, Respond, Refer and Reflect Trainer Workshop is aimed at trainers who want to learn how to deliver MFOTG course on their campus.  The MFOTG course prepares campus staff and student leaders to support students on campus who may be living with mental health concerns.

In the 2020 joint report, In It Together: Foundations for Promoting Mental Wellness in Campus Communities, Ontario’s Universities, Colleges Ontario, Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) and College Student Alliance (CSA) put forward their recommendations for helping meet the growing challenge of student mental health.

Presented by Michael Lee, Senior Instructor with Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia and Patty Hambler, Director, Health Promotion & Education on the UBC Vancouver campus for the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health (CICMH) on October 30 2019, this webinar shares research and innovative projects that creatively engage instructors in enhancing student wellbeing from a large Canadian university.

Presented by Dr Leah Goodman for the Center for Innovation in Campus Mental Health (CICMH) on September 17 2019, this webinar discusses the process of introducing wellness coursework and the clear benefits of integrating it into the university or college experience.

The Strengths-Based Resilience program is designed to help students develop resilience. The program defines resilience as the ability to cope with adversity and invites students to reflect actively on their experiences that demonstrate various aspects of their resilience. By reflecting back on these experiences, and engaging in other exercises, they learn skills and strategies to build their resilience.

Developed by the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health (CICMH), this guide explores issues related to cannabis use and provides readers with an overview of health approaches that can reduce the harms and risks associated with it.

Reducing Alcohol Use and Related Problems Among College Students: Guide to Best Practices

Based on Corey Keyes’ model (Keyes, 2007; Keyes et al., 2011), the Flourish program teaches students to use their strengths to do well and feel well, pursue academic and meaningful co-curricular activities and learn skills to bounce back from setbacks quickly and adaptively.  

The University of Alberta (U of A) Suicide Prevention Framework outlines a five-part framework for enhancing suicide prevention. Specifically, the report identifies 36 recommendations across the five categories to build upon student, staff, and faculty mental health and wellness services and to improve the capacity and capability for suicide prevention at the U of A.

ThriveRU is made up of 4 session resilience training program designed to teach the five factor model of resilience (mindfulness, gratitude, optimism, self-compassion, and grit). This program is offered separately for students, faculty and staff at Ryerson University.

This online, interactive inventory is designed to help colleges, institutes, and universities self-evaluate and plan action systemically supporting mental health on campus.