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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 ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV 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 .

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 .

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 .

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 ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV

To book this workshop, please complete this .

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 ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV 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 .

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 ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV

  • 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 .

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 ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV

To book this workshop, please complete this .

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.