Healthy Minds | Healthy Campuses (HM | HC): Promoting Mental Well-being Among Postsecondary Institutions in British Columbia

Posted on December 13th, 2022

This book chapter gives a historical account of the development of Healthy Minds | Healthy Campuses as a collaborative learning community. Since 2004, HM|HC has sought to enable its campuses to enhance their respective environments and cultures. This has involved a growing understanding...

Regulating Use and Marketing of Substances: Substance Use Policy on Campus

Posted on January 14th, 2020

This is the fourth in a series of discussion papers reflecting on a health promotion framework for policy initiatives that bear on substance use. This paper takes up how measures in the campus context to carefully limit situations of use and restrict promotional inducements can serve shared...

Promoting Health Literacy: Substance Use Policy on Campus

Posted on May 18th, 2018

This is the third in a series of discussion papers reflecting on a health promotion framework for policy initiatives that bear on substance use. This paper explores developing capacity to manage health by attending to culture, engaging in holistic drug education and intervening to encourage...

Building Community: Substance Use Policy on Campus

Posted on May 18th, 2018

This is the second in a series of discussion papers reflecting on a health promotion framework for policy initiatives that bear on substance use. Various policies that make no explicit reference to substance use can have a significant impact. This paper takes up the critical area of enhancing...

Stories of change: The value of qualitative evaluation through narrative

Posted on July 1st, 2017

Change Dialogue #2 at SUMMIT 2017: A panel of recent and current post-secondary students weighed in on ways in which campuses have been effective in supporting student mental health and fostering an environment of well-being. Meredith Graham, Child and Youth Care Counselling Student at Douglas...

A framework for action: Promoting health with campus substance use policy

Posted on July 1st, 2017

SUMMIT 2017: The resource presented is the first in a series of discussion papers from CARBC that offers a potential framework for guiding thought and action on substance use policy. Dan Reist, Assistant Director, and Tim Dyck, Research Associate, encouraged Summit participants to carefully...

Summit 2016 Participant Reflections

Posted on June 17th, 2016

This report provides a snapshot of the participant experience. The reflections of students and professionals from ten different BC post-secondary institutions on their key learning and plans for implementing mental health promotion strategies are laid out within. The interactive format,...

Growing a Vibrant Community of Practice

Posted on January 21st, 2015

A Prezi Presentation that provides an overview of what a community of practice (CoP) is and how you can launch, grow and evaluate a CoP. The presentation references helpful materials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, as well as from Etienne Wenger and Beverly...

Creating Campus Communities of Practice

Posted on January 9th, 2015

This report was created following a 2-day workshop facilitated by Etienne Wenger in 2008 called Creating Campus Communities of Practice. The Healthy Minds | Healthy Campuses initiative, which was initially called the BC Campus Project, officially became a Community of Practice after the...

Join our mailing list to get the latest Healthy Minds | Healthy Campuses information.