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Training and Education
Mental Health and Well-being Training and Workshops
Health and Counselling Services offers on-demand workshops and services in support of mental health and well-being. These are offered free of charge to all SFU departments and groups.
The below list highlights the workshops and outreach we provide to students, faculty, and staff. We can work with you to:
- Tailor the training and workshops to meet the needs of your students, staff, or faculty groups
- Brainstorm ways to embed the workshops into existing curriculum and programs
- Determine an optimal delivery method (i.e. level of interactivity, virtual or in-person)
Information Booth
Target audience: All students
Time: Flexible
Learning outcome:
Increase awareness of services we offer
To book an information booth, please complete this survey.
Health Peer Outreach
Volunteer Health Peer educators are trained in planning and providing health campaigns in collaboration with campus partners.
Target audience: All students
Time: Flexible
Learning outcome:
Further understanding of positive health behaviours and lifestyle choices to support academic success, and physical and mental well-being
To book a Health Peer Outreach, please complete this survey.
Introduction to Wellness Workshop
Target audience: Undergraduate students
Time: 50 minutes
Learning outcome:
- Reflect on the concept of wellness and how one’s upbringing and culture can play a role in how we understand it
- Recognize different mental health models and the broader systems that influence one’s experience of health
- Practice strategies that support wellness
- Increase awareness of mental health and wellness services and supports available
To book this workshop, please complete this survey.
Managing Stress and Cultivating Resilience Workshop
Target audience: Undergraduate students
Time: 50 minutes
Learning outcome:
Describe the relationship between stress, success, wellness and resilience
Practice strategies that reduce stress and build resilience
Identify key mental health services and supports available at SFU
To book this workshop, please complete this survey.
Thriving in Graduate School
Target audience: Graduate students (TAs/TMs)
Time: 1 hour
Learning outcome:
Learn evidence-based strategies for building your own resilience
Increase awareness of support services for mental health and well-being at SFU and the role graduate students can play is assisting students in distress
Identify concrete strategies for creating a positive and engaging learning environment that enhances well-being
To book this workshop, please complete this survey.
Supporting Your Students: Mental Health & Well-being Workshop
Target audience: Faculty, instructors, staff and/or students
Time: 1 hour
Learning outcome:
Learn practical strategies for taking care of your own mental health and well-being
Increase awareness of available support services for mental health and well-being at SFU
Understand staff and faculty roles in recognizing and referring a student for support
Identify ways for embedding well-being in learning environments
To book this workshop, please complete this survey.
Contributing to a Healthy Campus Community Workshop
Target audience: Faculty, instructors, staff and/or students
Time: 1 hour
Learning outcome:
Understand the Healthy Campus Community vision, Areas of Action, and current projects
Determine areas of alignment with the design and delivery of your course, policies/processes, and physical spaces
Increase awareness of support services available at SFU
To book this workshop, please complete this survey.
Suicide Awareness and Prevention
Target audience: Faculty, instructors, staff and students
Time: 3 hours
Learning outcome:
Increase your capacity for recognizing distress and suicide risk
Further understand when it's time to refer students to seek out mental health support
For more information, visit the Suicide Prevention and Awareness Workshop page or contact David at david_lindskoog@sfu.ca
To explore further opportunities within your department or faculty, please send us an email at health_promo@sfu.ca.