Okanagan Charter Promotion

This international charter is an outcome of the 2015 International Conference on Health Promoting Universities and Colleges cohosted by HM|HC in Kelowna. The Okanagan Charter articulates an encompassing vision with shared aspirations for the pursuit of robust health promotion in and outward […]

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Mental Health and Well-being Framework

In 2021, HM|HC’s Support Team assisted Vancouver Community College in the process of formulating VCC’s first Mental Health & Well-being Framework. The process and result reflected VCC’s attraction to a systemic approach for addressing mental health in its own institutional […]

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Campus Suicide Prevention Grants

In 2020, The Canadian Mental Health Association – BC Division (CMHA BC), in partnership with BC’s Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions (MMHA), invited proposals from publicly-funded post-secondary institutions in BC to engage in campus suicide prevention initiatives. The intent […]

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Changing the Culture of Substance Use Project

The Changing the Culture of Substance Use (CCSU) project launched in 2012 as a special focus within the CoP, with funding provided by the BC Ministry of Health. The goal was to build local capacity among stakeholders at BC’s post-secondary […]

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Food and Substance Use Project

Campus members experience a variety of relationships (some healthy, some not) with food and with alcohol or other drugs. There also seems to be a synergism in the relationship where food and substances intersect, which can contribute to increased risk […]

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Designing Healthy Campus Communities Video

Through a creative whiteboard style animation, the video makes a pitch to think big when it comes to “designing healthy campus communities.” Campuses are often where students learn, live, work, and play. In three short minutes, this resource helps to distill […]

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Post-Secondary Student Mental Health: Guide to a Systemic Approach

The guide illustrates a framework for addressing student mental health in post-secondary institutions. The purpose of the guide is to be used as a tool to support the creating of campus communities that are deeply conducive to transformative learning and […]

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Hi F.I.V.E. Movement for Mental Health

The Hi-F.I.V.E. campaign aims to eliminate stigma towards those who are experiencing mental health distress or illness (now or in the past). All campus communities are invited to take the pledge and respect and embrace anyone experiencing mental health distress or mental illness. Provincial interest in […]

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Campus Capacity Development Grants

Campus Capacity Grants were developed to support BC post-secondary institutions in building capacity and encouraging innovation in campus mental health promotion and the reduction of risky substance use. These grants provided funding to encourage institutions to converge diverse and cross-sectoral representation to […]

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