Faculty Guides for Student Wellbeing

The Bp-Net.ca Team is curating faculty guides and resources that support student wellbeing. If your institution has additional resources you would like to contribute or if you have other helpful resources to add to this page, please e-mail us at info@bp-net.ca.

Algonquin College  

Starting the Conversation: Raising our awareness of student mental health, Resource Booklet for Instructors – Student Support Services (PDF)

Camosun College 

Student Mental Health and Well-being Strategy: Faculty and Staff – Counselling Centre (Website)

Supporting Students in Distress – Employee Reference Guide (PDF)

Carleton University 

Pedagogical Practices to Support Students in Need – Teaching Resources (Website)

Humber College  

Mental Health: Creating a Healthy Campus – Teaching Methods (Website)

McGill University 

Enhancing student wellness: Simple tips for instructors – Faculty of Education, Student Wellness Hub, and Teaching and Learning Services (PDF)

McMaster University 

Professor Hippo-on-Campus: Student Mental Health Education Program for Educators and Navigators – Macpherson Institute (Website)

Simon Fraser University 

Creating Conditions for Well-being in Learning Environments – SFU Health Promotion and The Centre for Educational Excellence (PDF)

10 Ways to Embed Well-being into Remote Learning Environments – SFU Health Promotion (PDF)

Tools for Well-being in the Classroom

Well-being in Learning Environments: Resource Library – Healthy Campus Community (Website)

Well-being in Learning Environments: Faculty and instructor profiles – Healthy Campus Community (Website)

Well-being in Learning Environments Newsletter (Website)

Trent University  

Wellbeing on Campus and in the Classroom – Student Wellness Centre (Website)

Toronto Metropolitan University

Mental Wellbeing in the Classroom – Learning & Teaching Office (PDF)

University of Alberta  

Climate for Learning – Centre for Teaching and Learning (Website)

University of British Columbia 

Embedding Mental Health Literacy: Teaching + Learning Resources – UBC Wellbeing (Website)

University of Calgary

Mental Health and Wellness Resource Library – Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning (Website)

Student Mental Health and Well-being: Supporting Teaching and Learning Practices – Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning (PDF)

University of Toronto

Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation (Website)

Instructor Guide to Supporting Students in Online Learning Environments (PDF)

Supporting Students in Distress: Guidelines for Teaching Assistants at the University of Toronto – Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation (Website)

University of Victoria

Mental Health in the Classroom – Student Mental Health (Website)

Assisting Students in Distress (PDF)

University of Waterloo  

Supporting Students’ Mental Wellbeing: Instructional Strategies – Centre for Teaching Excellence (Website)

Supporting Students’ Wellbeing: Course Design – Centre for Teaching Excellence (Website)

University of Western Ontario 

Building Community – Centre for Teaching and Learning (Website)