August 15, 2013 | Stephen Smith, President Andrew Petter, Dr. Mark Dooris, Rosie Dhaliwal and Alisa Stanton.
In preparation for a new academic year and on the heels of the release of the National College Health Assessment data, Healthy Minds/Healthy Campuses invited campus stakeholders to participate in a webinar organized to stimulate dialogue and support strategic and sustainable action. The webinar featured international expertise, local leadership and the official launch of the animated video.
The mental health and well-being of post-secondary students continues to gain attention and there is growing recognition of personal, academic and community impacts. However, complex factors including the environments where students live, learn, work and play strongly influence mental health and wellbeing which means there is no simple solution. To address these inter-related factors, momentum continues to build around a ‘whole campus’ approach that looks beyond individual students (for example, see content from Summit 2012 - Revolutionizing Campus Wellness: A Vision for Healthy Campus Communities). Everyone has a role to play! There are opportunities to be innovative and strategic in designing healthy campus communities where all students can learn and thrive.
In preparation for a new academic year and on the heels of the release of the National College Health Assessment data, Healthy Minds/Healthy Campuses invited campus stakeholders to participate in a webinar organized to stimulate dialogue and support strategic and sustainable action. The webinar featured international expertise, local leadership and the official launch of the animated video.
The webinar was streamed live from the host site at Simon Fraser University to over 300 participants across BC and Canada – ranging from student service professionals to senior administrators, faculty, students, community organizations and government representatives.
*To read a transcribed version of the speakers' presentations, simply click on the link highlighted for each presenter.
Stephen commented on the provincial-level context of the healthy campus communities approach and its alignment with BC’s 10 Year Mental Health and Substance Use Plan.
Andrew Petter, President and Vice-Chancellor, Simon Fraser University
President Petter described their rationale for adopting this approach and how it complements the academic plan, strategic vision and mission of the post-secondary institution.
Mark shared insights and expertise from his experience applying the World Health Organization’s healthy settings approach in the post-secondary context. Learn more about Healthy Universities UK and their online resources.
Rosie and Alisa provided concrete examples from SFU and their efforts to apply a healthy campus community approach. Learn more about their initiative.
Jonny Morris facilitated a discussion period where audience members both in-person and virtually could ask questions to any of the speakers.
Read additional insights from SFU and Mark Dooris
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Core funding for the initiative is provided by BC Mental Health and Substance
Use Services with additional support from the BC Ministry of Health
