Using CCWS Data to Inform Institutional Practices
Following a brief overview of the CCWS (presented by Professor Guy Faulkner), the first part of this presentation features three institutional case studies who have implemented the Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey (CCWS) and how the data has informed their institutional practices.
Case Study 1
Case Study 2
Case Study 3
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Time Stamps
Part 1: Using CCWS Data to Inform Institutional Practices: Perspectives from Three Participating Institutions
Time: 0:00-1:03:21
Part 2: Technical Overview of the CCWS Tableau Dashboard Reporting Tool
Time: 1:03:22-1:21:08
Presenters
Dr. Guy Faulkner is a Professor and Chair in Applied Public Health in the School of Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He currently coordinates the implementation of the Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey (CCWS; www.ccws-becc.ca) which is a system for collecting data on the health and wellbeing of Canadian post-secondary students.
Kelly Wunderlich is a Research Manager at the University of British Columbia. She manages the day-to-day operations of the Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey (CCWS), a Canadian health and wellbeing assessment tool for Canadian post-secondary campuses.
Lina Di Genova is the Director, Assessment & Evaluation in Student Life & Learning at McGill University. Lina has over twenty years’ experience of translating data into action to promote the wellbeing of individuals and organizations.
Meaghan Blake, c.o. Psychotherapist, is the Chairperson of the Counselling team at John Abbott College. She is responsible for mental health strategic planning, and coordinating the College’s alignment with the National Standard, and corresponding Plan d’action sur la santé mentale étudiante en enseignement supérieur (QC).
Sandra Gibson is the Manager of Health Education and Promotion at the University of Waterloo and has been involved in the health and wellness industry for 30 years. Sandra engages with students, staff, and faculty to develop programming and promote wellness on campus. Sandra runs the Peer Health Education program, implements the Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey at University of Waterloo, and co-produces the award-winning new student orientation play ‘To Be Honest”.
Dhruvi Nishar is a Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey (CCWS) data analyst with expertise in data management, wrangling, mining, and visualization. She is proficient in programming languages such as Python and R, as well as BI tools like Tableau. As part of her role with the CCWS, she creates and maintains the Tableau dashboards, and supports post-secondary institutions to understand and use them. Dhruvi also serves as the data steward and custodian for CCWS, ensuring the integrity and security of the project’s data.