Developed by the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health (CICMH), this toolkit aims to help faculty and teaching staff take steps within the classroom in a collective effort to support student mental health.
The Mental Health and the Learning Environment Toolkit provides recommendations to provide support for faculty working to embed mental well-being into everyday practice.
These guidelines outline best practices for graduate supervision at the University of Toronto and assist all participants in the supervisory process to have a clear understanding of responsibilities and expectations in order to optimize the graduate experience and prevent or reduce potential problems or conflicts.
Studies have indicated that good mental health and wellbeing enhances a student’s ability to learn. Evidence also shows that different teaching practices affect student learning outcomes. The “Identifying the influence of teaching practices on undergraduate students’ mental health and wellbeing” project explored which teaching practices best support student wellbeing and effective student learning.