Harm Reduction Workshop Series Development

MacEwan University: The Coalition for Harm Reduction at MacEwan (CHARM for short) aims to enhance campus well-being through educational workshops on harm reduction. The goal is to address issues such as stigma reduction, harm reduction strategies, health-promoting behaviours, and service awareness. This project involves planning and implementing a series of workshops that will educate students on these topics, fostering a safer and more informed campus community. The workshops should be interactive, engaging, and tailored to the needs of the student population. By applying classroom knowledge in nursing, health sciences, psychology, or social work, learners will gain practical experience in educational program development and delivery. The project will also involve researching best practices in harm reduction education and evaluating the effectiveness of the workshops.

Level Up: Peer Health Education Mental Health Coping Cards

Level Up Positions Available: 2 The Peer Health Education Mental Health Coping Cards project requires the student(s) to create pocket-sized resources highlighting common emotions and mental health symptoms and effective coping strategies for each. These Coping Cards will be available at New Student Orientations and educational table displays for students to have. By the end of this project, the student(s) should deliver a minimum of 10 coping cards to share with the community.

Level Up: Student Dimensions of Wellness Project

Level Up Position Available: 1 The Student Dimensions of Wellness project aims to create a video series explaining health, wellness and the 7 dimensions of student wellness in a friendly, engaging and creative way. The videos will be used to promote holistic wellness throughout campus, shared on MacEwan University's YouTube channel and in the myHealth at MacEwan meskanas course. The videos should be 1-3 minutes in length and provide a brief introduction to each concept.

Faculty Perspectives of Student Mental Health

Wellness and Psychological Services provides confidential support to MacEwan students. We also offer training opportunities for faculty and staff members to enhance their ability to identify and assist students who are in distress. To assist with our program development and better understand the campus community, we are interested in exploring MacEwan faculty members’ experiences with supporting student mental health. Potential research questions include: What barriers do you experience to supporting student mental health? What is one of the toughest situations you've faced connected to student mental health? What type of information or learning opportunities would be most helpful for you to enhance your ability to support students who are struggling with their mental health? How do you balance your own wellness with teaching? We would like assistance with exploring the topics identified above. This would help to inform our future workshop and training development for MacEwan faculty members. It could also benefit the larger academic community. This exploration could occur via focus groups or a qualitative survey disseminated through Qualtrics, Microsoft Surveys, or Google Forms.