This project is now complete.
In partnership with the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills, BCcampus offered a series of webinars during COVID-19 to support students, staff, and faculty on various topics related to mental health and to support the B.C. post-secondary sector with the pivot to learning online during the pandemic. This work was done in collaboration with students, staff, and faculty across the B.C. post-secondary system.
Mental Health and Wellness
- Adapting to COVID-19: Answering the Call to Being and Becoming an Ally
- Adapting to COVID-19: Being Trauma-Informed and Building Resilience
- Adapting to COVID-19: Break-out sessions for International Student Onboarding and Support (Part 3)
- Adapting to COVID-19: Continuing the Discussion on Teaching and Practice Adaptations to Support Student Mental Health and Well-Being
- Adapting to COVID-19: Developing a Work/School/Life Balance during Graduate Studies
- Adapting to COVID-19: Fun Friday with Gurdeep Pandher
- Adapting to COVID-19: Funky Friday
- Adapting to COVID-19: How Practicing Mindfulness can Improve Your Overall Well-Being
- Adapting to COVID-19: In it Together – Building Community and Enacting Care in Online Environments
- Adapting to COVID-19: Innovative Approaches to Supporting the International Student Experience (Part 2)
- Adapting to COVID-19: Mental Wellness in Challenging Times
- Adapting to COVID-19: Teaching and Practice Adaptations to Support Student Mental Health and Well-Being
- Adapting to COVID-19: Tips and Tricks to Keep Healthy and Fit at Home
- Adapting to COVID-19: Understanding the challenges of International Learners (Part 1)
- Adapting to COVID-19: We’re Here2Talk
- Building Community & Resilience during COVID-19
- Fear & Anxiety Related to COVID-19
- LGBTQ2S+ Students in the Time of COVID – Connecting Amongst Distance
- LGBTQ2S+ Students in the Time of COVID – Resilience in the Face of Challenge
- Promoting and Practicing Self-Compassion
- Reducing Student Stress – Learning How to Advocate for Yourself
- Reducing Student Stress – Student Rights – Get Your Questions Answered!
- Reducing Student Stress – Tips & Tricks for Students with Online Learning
Learning and Teaching
- Adapting to COVID-19: Establishing and Building a Stronger Relationship with Your Supervisor
- Adapting to COVID-19: Dealing with Burnout
- Adapting to COVID-19: Learning Design Studio Drop-In Session
- Adapting to COVID-19: Multimedia (Audio/Video/H5P) Help
- Adapting to COVID-19: The Technology Toolkit
- Adapting to COVID-19: The Technology Toolkit – Breakout Session
- Adapting to COVID-19: Using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to Remove Barriers for All Learners
Thriving Beyond Campuses — Well-Being in Learning Environments
UBC Health Promotion and Education, SFU Health Promotion, and BCcampus previously hosted Thriving Beyond Campuses: Well-Being in Learning Environments, a dialogue series connecting B.C. post-secondary schools. The partnership aligned with efforts from BCcampus to engage faculty and educators to support student mental health and well-being during COVID-19 as part of the COVID-19 mental health project.
- Cognitive Bandwith
- Promising Learning Environment Practices that Enhance Student Well Being
- System Change Panel
- The Impact of Mental Bandwith Depletion on Student Mental Health and Well-Being – Keynote
Healthy Minds | Healthy Campuses 2021 Summit
In partnership with BCcampus, Healthy Minds | Healthy Campuses invited campus stakeholders and community partners to attend the February 22–25, 2021, summit: We Belong to Each Other: Cultivating Campus Communities for Mutual Well-Being. This summit provided an opportunity for our community of practice to come together once again in our collective pursuit of mental well-being and healthy relationships with substances at post-secondary institutions in B.C.
- Campus Innovation Talks – Room 1
- Campus Innovation Talks – Room 2
- Connecting with Campus: Undergraduate Student Challenges and COVID-19 by Nicole Malette
- Dialogue Session 1: We are all related: Developing EDI-focused activities for community well-being
- Dialogue Session 2: Connecting with Campuses on Suicide Prevention
- Dialogue Session 3: Diversity and Inclusion at BCIT: Diversity Circles Initiative
- Dialogue Session 4: Promoting Dialogue to address stigma & discrimination
- Dialogue Session 5: Using Research-Based Theatre to Generate Dialogue on Wellbeing and Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity within Graduate Supervisory Relationships
- Dialogue Session 6: Cultivating Inclusion Through Lived Experience of Addiction and Recovery
- Dialogue Session 7: Equity, Diversion, and Inclusion on Campus: A Conversation
- Dialogue Session 8: National Standard of Canada for Mental Health and Well-Being for Post-Secondary Students
- Dialogue Session 9: Cultivating Community During COVID-19: A year in review
- Diversity in Mental Health
- HM|HC Talks – Room 1 – Accompaniment
- HM|HC Talks – Room 2 – Current Trends in Post-Secondary Student Mental Health
- HM|HC Talks – Room 3 – Surfacing pandemic losses and gains and the impact on postsecondary mental health: How do we apply this knowledge?
- Indigenous Opening and Introductions
- Lateral Liberation by Kim Haxton
- So, how are we doing?
- Social Connection in Communities Without Borders
- Translating Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion into Healthy Relationships and Campuses by Dr. Adrienne Chen