Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey
The Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey (CCWS) aims to help post-secondary institutions assess health and wellbeing on campuses, identify priorities for intervention, and increase capacity to link research with policy and practice. Aligned with the National Standard for Mental Health and Well-Being for Post-Secondary Students, the CCWS vision is for a comprehensive and coordinated evaluation system for Canadian post-secondary student mental and physical health and wellbeing. Participating institutions receive a customized dataset for their own institution, as well as access to an interactive reporting tool (Tableau dashboard) to allow for comparisons between data for non-identified institutions, allowing for knowledge and resource sharing. The CCWS is now available to all post-secondary institutions across Canada with over 60 institutions participating so far.
Why Participate?
The CCWS aims to equip post-secondary institutions with the data they need to inform policies and practices to support student health and wellbeing.
Student Survey
The student survey takes students 15-20 minutes to complete and covers nine core sections related to student health and wellbeing
Employee Survey
The employee survey takes approximately 15 minutes to complete and includes 7 core sections, with 5 optional modules that institutions can select based on their priorities
Participate
Thinking about participating in the CCWS? Here are some additional resources to help you get started.
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Survey Deployment
Learn more about how to deploy the survey, including timeline, checklists, and the necessary forms and agreements to be completed before the survey can start.
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Toolkits
CCWS has developed a series of toolkits to help you promote the survey. Toolkits are available for both the student and employee surveys.
Participate in the 2023-2024 deployment
Have additional questions? Visit the FAQs page of the CCWs website
Please visit the CCWS website or send an email to survey@ccws-becc.ca to learn more
Featured Webinars
Featured Reports
The CCWS publishes reports on their survey deployments and knowledge mobilization initiatives.
CCWS Development Report (2019)
Covid-19 Technical Report (2020)
CCWS 2019-2020 Deployment Employee Survey Development (2022)
Employee Survey Development (2022)
Mental Health Help Seeking Questions Report (2022)
Call for White Paper Topics
The CCWS team is inviting requests for customized analyses of the CCWS data. These may be the basis of white papers (e.g., an in-depth report on a specific topic) for dissemination to the postsecondary community via the Best Practices Network. Priority will be given to topics of interest at a national scale. More information about the CCWS and associated data is available at www.ccws-becc.ca. If interested please email survey@ccws-becc.ca.
Research
For peer-reviewed publications, visit the Research Articles page of the BP-Net website.