To better understand what our 91精品黑料吃瓜 community needs, where service gaps exist and how to build on our current wellness initiatives, we have held several important listening and learning exercises, and produced two reports.
Mental health and wellness
The well-being and safety of our students, faculty and staff are top of mind at the University of Ottawa. We鈥檙e committed to offering a supportive teaching, learning and working environment where our community can thrive academically, professionally and personally. We鈥檙e also taking action to make our workplace more safe, psychologically speaking. By taking care of ourselves and of each other, we can reach our goals, both individually and collectively.
Understanding your needs
Roadmap to Wellness at 91精品黑料吃瓜
The Roadmap to Wellness at 91精品黑料吃瓜 report was developed by the Campus Action Group in January 2020. It contains concrete recommendations on creating a campus culture focused on the health and wellness of our students, faculty and staff.
President鈥檚 Advisory Committee on Mental Health and Wellness
The final report of the President鈥檚 Advisory Committee on Mental Health and Wellness was developed by the committee in December 2020. It outlines actionable recommendations concerning mobilization, training and strengthening supports and services.
Wellness check surveys and 鈥渓istening tour鈥
The physical and psychological wellbeing of our staff is vital. That鈥檚 why we conducted two wellness check surveys in 2020鈥2021. In June 2021, we conducted a 鈥渓istening tour鈥 to dig deeper into the results of the second wellness check survey.
Accessing mental health resources
The big picture
鈥淧romoting wellness is as vital to our educational mission as are books and classrooms.鈥
Jacques Fr茅mont
鈥 President and Vice-Chancellor
Thriving
Through a comprehensive approach to mental health, we鈥檙e working to ensure our community thrives and succeeds. Over the past several years, we鈥檝e taken specific measures to bring additional mental health resources to the University. Here are some examples.
- We鈥檙e promoting mental health and wellness throughout our community and beyond. We鈥檝e signed the Okanagan Charteron health promotion at postsecondary institutions.
- We鈥檝e appointed a new university adviser on mental health and wellness, Professor Elizabeth Kristjansson, who is helping to implement several positive initiatives for students, faculty and staff. She has set up a governance structure for mental health with a steering committee, advisory committee and 10 working groups.
- We鈥檝e appointed evening counsellors and implemented a new case management model to better serve students with complex needs.
- We鈥檝e hired two racialized counsellors to better serve the needs of racialized members of our community, who face intercultural, interracial and intersectional challenges.
- We鈥檝e received Canada Awards for Excellence庐 (CAE) Silver certification in Mental Health at Work! for employeesfrom and will continue to improve our practices to become a leader for our community.
