On March 7th and 8th 2019, campus stakeholders, including students, faculty, staff and senior administrators, from across British Columbia came together to mobilize collective action in pursuit of promoting mental health and well-being and healthier relationships with substances on campus. On March 9th, post-secondary students gathered to continue the dialogue and grow the student voice towards the provincial goals of Healthy Minds | Healthy Campuses.
Summit 2019, Building Connection At All Levels: A Socio-Ecological Approach to Well-being on Campus, took place in downtown Vancouver in the Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue. This year’s Summit featured an array of engaging speakers and opportunities to learn and collaborate together, with immersive workshops aimed to inspire innovation and action on campus and beyond.
Keynote Addresses
Building Connections on Campus: Frameworks, Examples and Challenges by Dr. Anne Thorpe, PhD
The Complexity of Healthy Connection: A Conversation with Shannon Turner
Panels
Connecting the Dots on BC Campuses by Martin Mroz, Charlotte Heppner, Polly Leonard, Lauren Oleksewich
Okanagan Charter Endorsement Dialogue and Anticipating Our Future by Dan Reist and Matt Dolf
Morning Yoga
Connect with Yourself: Mindbody Medicine with Thara Vayali, N.D.
Arts-Based Workshops
Movement and Mental Health Workshop with DancePl3y by Melanie Levenberg, M.Ed., B.Kin
Story Weave by Dawn Schell and Anne Cirillo
Deep Dive Sessions
Supporting mental health on Canadian campuses through the development of the Standard on Psychological Health and Safety for Post-Secondary Students by Polly Leonard and Punit Virk
The Interconnected Student: The Importance of Holistic Education by Charlotte Heppner, Jennifer Lisle, and Marcia Mejia-Blanco
Innovation Talks
The Connection between a Supportive Campus Environment and Student Mental Health by April Holland
Enhancing Well-being and Social Connection for Graduate Students and the Students they Teach by Alisa Stanton and Tinta Bbela, Simon Fraser University
Pop-Up Market
Beyond the Blues: Education and Screening Days by Sarah Hamid-Balma
Talk to Me (TTM) at Vancouver Island University by Michael Kuntz and Celina Guadagni
For more sessions and information regarding the program, please see Summit Program
This year’s Summit brought in 168 participants from all across British Columbia and Canada!
This year we welcomed participants from:
“A healthy campus experience” A student led mural project at Selkirk college
Activating the Okanagan Charter- Engaging Faculty to Support and Enhance Student Wellbeing
Advancing Campus and Community Wellbeing Through Teacher Preparation
Building Connections in Student-Informed Mental Health
Building connections on campus-frameworks, examples and challenges
Collegiate Recovery Communities-Building Campus Connection for Students in Recovery from Addiction
Creative Collective-Building Social Connections
Enhancing Well-being and Social Connection for Graduate Students and the Students they Teach
Mental Health Literacy-Approaches On Our Campus
The Connection between a Supportive Campus Environment and Student Mental Health
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Healthy Minds | Healthy Campuses is managed and coordinated on behalf of the BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information by CMHA BC
Core funding for the initiative is provided by BC Mental Health and Substance
Use Services with additional support from the BC Ministry of Health
